On Friday, the High Court in the Western Cape set 31 May 2021 as the trial date.

The Hawks said that the accused scammed a 54-year-old woman into believing that she had met a businessman online.

The child disappeared in February last year and her alleged killer, who lived in the area, was tracked down in the Eastern Cape.

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on Friday said the convicted rapist was 17-years-old, and he was sentenced in the Port Elizabeth Regional Court this week on two counts of rape.

On Thursday, Biovac announced a local manufacturing partnership with US-based immunotherapy firm - ImmunityBio.

The collaboration aims to develop capability in South Africa for the full value-chain manufacturing of vaccines.

Two men were killed and four other people were wounded in the shooting at a guest house in a Mossel Bay community.

Preliminary investigations indicate that the three men and three women were all inside the house when three armed men entered and started shooting on Monday night.

Bongo had been accused of trying to derail a parliamentary inquiry into Eskom back in 2017.

The boy was lowered into the pit latrine by other learners to retrieve the principal's phone.

This partnership has seen more than 3,000 similar donations being handed over to schools in underprivileged communities.

Patrick Lunguza, 53, was transporting five corpses to Malawi for burial when he was arrested in Mozambique.

The Automobile Association said increasing international petrol prices were being worsened by a dipping rand/dollar exchange rate.

The Western Cape Health Department's head of operations, Dr Saadiq Kariem, raised concerns about cluster infections.

The South African Union of Students (SAUS) announced a nationwide shutdown on Sunday.

She died from COVID-19-related complications, last week and was laid to rest at the Westpark Cemetery in accordance with Islamic traditions just hours after her death was announced.

The Cape Town metro police's K-9 unit executed a search warrant at a house in Sir Lowry's Pass on Friday, which resulted in the discovery of the dagga.