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The family of slain KwaDukuza municipality traffic officer Supt Desmond Arumugam, 50, who was killed while responding to a robbery and hijacking of a taxi filled with passengers in November last year has welcomed his killer’s conviction.

President Donald Trump said on Friday that no US government official would attend the Group of 20 summit in South Africa later this month, because of what he said were “human rights abuses” taking place in the country.

Two men, including a policeman died during an alleged altercation at Durban’s beachfront in the early hours of Saturday.

Despite reporting significant losses amid a challenging global environment for woodfibre producers, the CEO of a leading global producer said South African operations remain a bright spot in their portfolio.

Former Zulu regiments commander Prince Vanana Zulu has lambasted people who he said were trying to sabotage King Misuzulu KaZwelithini’s wedding with his third wife, Queen Nomzamo Myeni, at Jozini Stadium on Friday.

A man who was wounded and arrested after he and accomplices robbed a police officer has been sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment.

Suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu said his request to stand down from his duties in the ANC was declined when he offered to secretary-general Fikile Mbalula to step aside.

The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) overturned a five-year suspension previously imposed on attorney Johann Oosthuizen for misappropriating client funds, ordering instead that he be struck off the roll of legal practitioners.

Officials should focus on ridding the city of drugs rather than targeting informal traders, says a father supporting his family on the street sales he makes.

Supporters of soccer player Mokete Shaun Mogaila were permitted in the courtroom to see him on Thursday, but the family of the nine-year-old girl who allegedly died at his hands was ejected, according to AfriForum's private prosecutions unit.

The 2025 national senior certificate exams are at the halfway mark, and the basic education department reports the exams are progressing smoothly around the country.

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting at the Dinoto Technical Secondary School in Daveyton.

The UN Security Council will start negotiations on a US-drafted resolution to endorse President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, said a senior US government official.

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday Iran has been asking if US sanctions against the country can be lifted.

European nations are throwing their weight behind a $2.5bn (R43.36bn) plan to save the Congo rainforest.