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Smokers were supposed to have been able to buy from level 4 a couple of weeks back, but we all remember how that played out, Kevin Ritchie writes.

Cigarettes should only be enjoyed in the privacy of your home and if you are found with one in your car, you will have a lot of explaining to do, including disclosing who sold it to you.

Sobs, tears don't keep ‘greedy’ mall jewel thieves from 15-year jail sentence

A large group of homeless people spent another night under a bridge in Culemborg after they were allegedly “dumped” there on Thursday evening.

The South African government has "noted" international ratings agency S&P Global’s decision to affirm South Africa’s long-term foreign and local currency debt ratings at "BB-" and "BB" respectively and maintain a stable outlook, the National Treasury said on Saturday.

An eyewitness describes the death of three men, believed to be taxi bosses, at the Engine petrol station behind the Mabopane transport station on Friday.

From Friday’s 988 new cases, 88% of the new infections were from the Western and Eastern Cape, while the deaths came from four provinces.

The number of cases opened by the police for lockdown regulation violations has more than doubled in May to 230,000, with the Western Province proving the least compliant province, Police Minister Bheki Cele said on Friday.

The first South African movie filmed, produced and edited during the lockdown, could be coming to a small screen near you.

Brazil became the world No. 2 hotspot for coronavirus cases on Friday, second only to the United States, after it confirmed that 330 890 people had been infected by the virus, the Health Ministry said.