Shamila Batohi insists that rushing NPA prosecutions isn’t the recipe for success. This comes after MPs slammed its ‘lack of progress’.

A kidnapped DSTV technician was found dead after his family paid his kidnappers a part of the ransom that was demanded for his release.

Angry community members beat a 44-year-old man until he revealed where he buried his girlfriend. The man was arrested in November after the disappearance of Thokozile Makhowane but was released by the court due to insufficient evidence. He died of his injuries.

WARNING Graphic Images: A 76-year-old florist from Tongaat was found in a pool of blood with his throat slit in his home on Tuesday afternoon.

Neither the PowerBall nor PowerBall PLUS jackpots were won on Tuesday night, 7 December. A combined R35 million will be up for grabs on Friday.

In the latest news in South Africa on Wednesday 8 December 2021, the Land Expropriation Bill was not passed into law.

Paramedics said a man died after he collapsed near the shore break on the Umhlanga Main Beach, North of Durban.

Experts warn that what seems like a mild cold might actually be Covid-19, despite a lack of more severe symptoms.

The Land Expropriation Bill failed to secure a two-thirds majority after only 204 Members of Parliament voted in favour of it.

‘We reject this Bill and call on the millions of our people to do whatever it takes to get their land back,’said EFF leader Julius Malema.

The SIU is currently trying to figure out who looted South Africa’s Covid-19 PPE relief fund to the tune of R14.8 billion.

City of Cape Town MayCo member for Safety JP Smith said traffic staff were attacked by ‘illegal taxi operators’ in Brackenfell.

MPs will debate and vote on whether to amend Section 25 of the Constitution to allow for land expropriation without compensation on Tuesday.

Founder of both the Plett and Ballito Rage festivals has blamed the media for causing the hysteria that played a role in the events being cancelled.

A teenager who saw a photo on Facebook of a woman who looked just like her mother has helped police solve a 20-year old kidnapping case.

It has been almost four weeks since an 11-year-old girl was kidnapped in front of the E.P. Baumann Primary School in Mayfair in Johannesburg.

In the latest news in South Africa on Tuesday 7 December 2021, three matrics were killed in an accident en route an end-of-exams holiday.

The Hoërskool Ben Viljoen said a wreath-laying ceremony would take place at the school on Tuesday for the three matric boys.

South Africa recorded more than 6000 new COVID-19 cases on Monday. Gauteng accounted for 70% of the new infections.

John Woest and Jan Basson, the farmers who allegedly shot and killed a hawker in Paarl last week, were granted R5000 bail each on Monday.

The family of Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi confirmed that he has contracted COVID-19 again. His symptoms are “relatively asymptomatic.”

A Chinese school has appointed Ndumiso Mpanza, 28, as a deputy principal. “Once they hire us, they give us high salaries,” he said.

The Free State police responded to three incidents in which women were allegedly killed by their partners over the weekend.

Former Deputy International Relations Minister and struggle veteran Ebrahim Ebrahim has died at his home on Monday.

From Monday to Sunday, areas including Pinelands, Salt River, Kuils River, Strand and others, will experience power cuts because of planned maintenance on electrical infrastructure.