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Seventeen more Covid-19-related deaths have been recorded in the country, bringing the number to 178, while the biggest one-day spike in new cases hit 663.

An investigation over several months has revealed how Coca-Cola ignored the water-saving regulations and how the City of Cape Town failed to take any action.

While at least 19 000 inmates inside South Africa's prisons will be eligible for special parole to curb the spread of Covid-19, those sentenced for a range of serious crimes will not make the cut.

The body of an elderly woman, who died of Covid-19, has been lying at a funeral parlour since Monday because her family, who are in another province, cannot get the necessary documents from closed Home Affairs branches in order to travel.

Eight suspected illegal miners, known as zama zamas, have been arrested in Limpopo, following a Hawks investigation.

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A man found guilty of cable theft has been sentenced to a decade in prison.

Police are investigating a house robbery in which a couple in Amanzimtoti, on the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal, believed to be in their 50s was stabbed.

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'Little Women: Atlanta' star, Ashley Ross, has died after sustaining injuries in a car accident.

Makeup mogul, Kylie Jenner, has recently bought a mansion in Los Angeles.

The Duke of Sussex recently launched a fitness online program for the military community.

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Bollywood star, Irrfan Khan, has died after being admitted to the intensive care unit at Mumbai's Kokilaben hospital.

After a long battle with cancer, Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor has died.

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Meghan Markle is reportedly set to launch her lifestyle website to rival Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop.

On 4 May, 2020 Minister Nathi Mthethwa hosted a briefing, updating the public on the Department of Sports, Arts and Cultures Corona relief funds, and the received applications.

South Africa's film and TV industry got the green-light to reopen but as cameras start rolling and lights flicker back on it won't be business as usual.

Harry and Meghan are celebrating 365 days around the sun with Archie!

Police have launched a manhunt for the perpetrators of the murder of an 89-year-old woman in an old age home in Queenstown in the Eastern Cape.

Arsene Wenger says Liverpool will be regarded as 2019/20 Premier League winners even if the season is abandoned because of the coronavirus.

An alleged robber, who was wounded while his two suspected accomplices were killed in a shootout with police, has been arrested.

Five new Covid-19 cases have been recorded among prison inmates and three Department of Correctional Services officials have recovered.

Netcare St Augustine's and Netcare Kingsway hospitals have been given the green light to reopen.

A horror crash involving a truck and a tanker carrying a flammable substance has led to the closure of the N2, near the Mtunzini Toll Plaza on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast.

An arson case is being investigated after a tavern was torched in Hambanathi, Tongaat, outside Durban, following the discovery of human remains in the nearby Wewe River, KwaZulu-Natal police say.

South Africa's net death rate has decreased amid the Covid-19 pandemic over the past five weeks, despite the 186 deaths thus far, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says.

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