The legal battle over Nelson Mandela's assets continues as the state plans to appeal a Supreme Court of Appeal ruling that favoured Mandela's daughter, Makaziwe, in auctioning off personal items.

A prominent South African arts figure has ignited a difficult public conversation about the right to choose when and how one dies after outlining his decision to end his own life.

Assets including Nelson Mandela’s iconic floral shirt, a pen given to him by former US president George W Bush and a broken prison key can now be auctioned after the latest unsuccessful attempt by the SA Heritage Resources Agency to block the sale.

For the third time in recent weeks, a suspected rabid seal has been reported on Western Cape beach, with the latest incident resulting in two people being bitten during New Year’s Day celebrations at Central Beach in Plettenberg Bay.

A lifeline for some of the Eastern Cape’s most vulnerable residents is hanging by a thread as the Care Haven Psychiatric Centre in Gqeberha turns to the courts to secure a government subsidy it has relied on for 34 years.

The trial of two men accused of plotting to illegally harvest perlemoen from Bird Island will proceed after the Makhanda high court overturned a magistrate’s decision to acquit them on the basis of alleged unlawful entrapment.

Marius Stander, a prominent figure in South African criminal law known for handling major cases in Nelson Mandela Bay, has been appointed as the deputy director of public prosecutions (DDPP) in Gqeberha.

Just as the family of a man who went missing in Gqeberha five years ago thought the case had gone cold, the police have made a breakthrough with the arrest of a 41-year-old woman.