BAKU - The COP29 climate talks opened Monday in Azerbaijan with a call to show global cooperation was not "down for the count", as Donald Trump's re-election hangs over the key discussions.

CAIRO - South Africa has been hailed as a leader on the continent. UN Habitat recognises the country as being at the forefront of advancing the 2030 sustainable development goals. The country's ...

Two powerful earthquakes rocked southern Cuba in quick succession on Sunday, US geologists said, just days after the island ...

Makazole Mapimpi scored two tries as world champions South Africa returned to the top of the world rankings with a 32-15 win ...

CAPE TOWN - Alleged underworld boss, Mark Lifman was buried in secret on Thursday, just four days after he was shot dead outside a shopping mall in George. Not even his closest co-accused were aware ...

JOHANNESBURG - Calm has returned at Lebombo border post, with traffic now flowing smoothly between South Africa and ...

The SANBS is embarking on a campaign aimed at increasing awareness of blood donation. Less than one percent of South Africans ...

JOHANNEBESURG - The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union, is calling for significant reforms within South Africa’s justice ...

Checkpoint’s Nkepile Mabuse sat down with Health minster Aaron Motsoaledi to put questions to him from the mothers of the six Naledi kids who died last month, and make him account to the nation.

The latest high profile figure to make such a shift is Advocate Dali Mpofu, a former EFF chairperson and advocate, who has ...

JOHANNESBURG - An apparent leadership exodus in the Economic Freedom Fighters party has resulted in many big names, crossing the floor and it seems the Umkhonto Wesizwe Party is their destination of ...

JOHANNESBURG - The South African Chefs Association recently announced the election of Chef Coo Pillay as its new president.