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Economists warn that higher fuel prices could ripple through the economy, pushing up transport and food costs, and placing additional strain on already stretched consumers.

South African soldiers moved into gang-ridden Cape Town townships on Wednesday, as two people were killed in fresh violence, nearly 50 days after the president ordered the deployment.

The provincial department warned that the surge in cases signalled the “relentless advance of the disease and the urgent need for a united response, with government, farmers, and communities joining forces to defend the...

South African soldiers deployed to high-crime areas have dismantled illegal gold mining operations in a community near Johannesburg, forcing some illegal miners to flee and abandon their equipment.

The deployment will focus on illegal mining in the Gauteng, North West and Free State provinces, and gang violence in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces. Parts of the national deployment could last more than a y...

Cape Town's plans to build a wall to prevent crime along on a highway used to travel between the airport and the city centre has divided residents in South Africa's tourist hotspot.

South ​Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said on ‌Wednesday that the escalating conflict in the Middle East was already putting strain on the ​African continent's supply chains and causing ​higher energy prices.

Building collapses are regarded as a major and persistent safety risk in the South African construction sector, which features among the top four high-risk sectors in the country, according to the department of employmen...

The South African rand weakened in early trade on Monday as the ongoing conflict in the Middle East rattled investors and added to global economic uncertainty.

An unidentified man opened fire on a taxi as the driver waited to pick up pupils on Wednesday, shooting the driver, another man and two children, police said. Two pupils, aged 14 and 16, were also injured in the attack,...

The Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen has described the arrival of the first batch of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccines as a victory for the country’s agricultural sector and a major step towards reopening glo...

In South Africa's most visited and affluent province, Western Cape, one of the worst droughts in living memory is drying up dams, scorching grass and killing livestock, prompting the government to declare a national emer...

From Argentina to Australia to South Africa, record heat and raging wildfires are rampaging through the Southern Hemisphere at the start of 2026, with scientists predicting that even more extreme temperatures could lie...

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) on Sunday issued an Orange Level 6 warning for severe thunderstorms in the Eastern Cape.

South Africa’s Human Settlements Minister, Thembi Simelane, says the death toll from the recent floods in Limpopo and Mpumalanga has risen to 38, as government accelerates emergency housing support for affected communiti...

Torrential rains and flooding have killed more than 100 people in South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, and authorities warned Friday that more severe weather was expected across several countries in southern Africa.

A popular South African radio and club DJ, Warrick Stock, also known as DJ Warras, was shot dead in the heart of Johannesburg on Tuesday, highlighting the country’s ongoing struggle with violent crime.

A bus veered off a road and plunged down an embankment on a steep mountain pass in northern South Africa, killing at least 42 people and leaving another 49 passengers injured, authorities said Monday.

South African authorities say "extreme poverty and a severe lack of affordable housing" were major factors in a deadly Johannesburg building fire two years ago.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has suspended his police minister “with immediate effect” over corruption allegations, a week after a provincial police chief made the accusations.