A family was relaxing in their Eastern Cape home on Wednesday night when two suspects burst through the door, shot, and killed them.

The Cape of Good Hope SPCA continued its battle against dogfighting when it rescued three pitbulls from a Ocean View property on Wednesday.

South Africa officially surpassed the third wave threshold on Thursday, 10 June, when it added more than 9000 new COVID-19 cases.

The Western Cape announced that it has entered its third wave of COVID-19 infections on Thursday, 10 June. The province tallied more than 6000 active cases by 13:00.

The Western Cape has experienced a rapid increase in new COVID-19 cases over the last 10 days. Health officials warned that the province is entering the third wave, on Thursday.

The Western Cape government hopes to transform the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) into its first mass vaccination site within the next few weeks.

A young black bear found itself in a predicament in Arizona on Monday morning when it wandered up an electricity pole and could not get down.

A hyena attack in Zimbabwe left a 9-year-old boy fighting for his life last month. On Wednesday, the hospital announced he is no longer in danger and will undergo facial reconstruction in South Africa

Pope Francis appointed Bishop Mandla Jwara as the Archbishop of Durban on Wednesday, 9 June. His predecessor occupied the role since 1992.

South Africa recorded 8881 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, 9 June. The NICD said the increased number is evidence of the third wave.

The EFF in Mpumalanga opened a case against officials at the provincial Department of Health. It alleges that a R648 million was awarded to a company that is not fit for purpose.

Four men and three women were killed in a collision between a taxi and truck on the R27 in Melkbosstrand, Cape Town on Tuesday.

The Baxter Theatre was forced to cancel the entire run of both the Life & Times of Michael K and Kiss of the Spider Woman at the last minute because of the pandemic. The shows are expected to return in 2022.

French President Emmanuel Macron was slapped by a bystander in southeastern France on Tuesday while on the second stop of his nationwide tour.

Western Cape EMS officials were shot at while tending to a critically injured patient in the attack at a Ceres taxi rank on Tuesday morning.

Three unknown suspects let off shots “indiscriminately” at a Ceres taxi rank on Tuesday morning. Five people were killed in the attack.

A pair of women, aged 75 and 91, were attacked on Sunday night in the Eastern Cape. The 75-year-old managed to escape but by the time police arrived at the scene the older woman had been killed.

Alique Perez took to Facebook to complain after her order contained a deep-fried towel instead of chicken. The post went viral and led to Jollibee shutting down the offending shop for three days.

“The family is hugely saddened by the passing of Shaleen Surtie-Richards, a huge and iconuc veteran and contributor to the arts industry,” said Alistair Izobell

Hlengiwe Madlala, 39, was found stabbed to death outside her home on Sunday, KZN Premier Sihle Zikalala announced on Monday, 7 June.

An ex-police officer allegedly killed his girlfriend at his Mpumalanga home on Sunday then drove her vehicle to the police station.

Two Limpopo police officers helped a young woman deliver her baby at the Roedtan Community Service Station on Sunday, 30 March.

Four members of a family died in an Atlantis fire in the early hours of Friday. The City of Cape says the deceased succumbed to smoke inhalation-related injuries.

Three suspects were arrested by the Hawks after it was discovered that a mother agreed to allegedly traffic her five-day-old twin daughters for R50 per day in order to fund her drug addiction.

Two guards on night duty at the Groenkloof Reserve, Tshwane, died from apparent smoke inhalation on Wednesday night.