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An Eastern Cape serial rapist whose reign of terror spanned across the province has been sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of rape, and housebreaking with the intent to rape. 

A review report has highlighted that young children were more likely to live in poverty, suffer from food insecurity and malnutrition, and die before their fifth birthday than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic.

The government, which apologised in 2019, acknowledges that around 16,500 people including those with mental and physical disabilities were forcibly sterilised under the law that aimed to "prevent the generation of poor quality descendants".

The 2024 Tax Season kicked off on Monday, and the South African Revenue Service (SARS) has already paid R10 billion in tax refunds. The average payout to the 1.6 million early-bird taxpayers amounted to R5 900.

The Human Sciences Research Council has found that over two-thirds of South African agribusinesses implemented innovative activities from 2019 to 2021, despite the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and other challenges.

Protesting students burnt tyres and blocked the entrances to the North and South campuses.

A couple from Swellendam appeared in the local magistrates court on Tuesday on charges of fraud amounting to R13 797 069.73.

Two people are in custody for the murder of former SA Olympian, Jacque Freitag.

The AA said after two consecutive months of substantial fuel price decreases, the tide appears to be turning.