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Relatives of one of the men accused of killing Juliet Dakada (59), strongly believes that police arrested the wrong person. Dakada was brutally beaten, raped and killed in July.

Super Wednesday is almost done and dusted.

Today thousands of South Africans voted for the first time ever during a global pandemic.

Graeme Raubenheimer has been tracking this story.

Residents of Nelson Mandela Bay are going into the weekend with new COVID-19 restrictions in place.

This comes after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the municipality is now considered a coronavirus hotspot.

Natalie Malgas filed this report.

Opportunities for South African hockey players are scarce.
While many have their eyes set on an international gig not everyone is afforded that chance.
So what is it like to finally get to tick that off your bucket list?
Amy Samuels chatted to South African men’s hockey player Ryan Julius about his latest achievement.

Much like the United Kingdom, several countries, including France, Germany and Saudi Arabia, have imposed temporary bans on flights coming from South Africa.
This is as a result of the growing number of people infected with the new COVID-19 variant. Now imagine being a South African in the UK at this very difficult time.
Viwe Zulu is a young South African woman living in the UK,
and she joined us to share her story.

Phase two of the country's vaccine rollout plan gets underway from Monday.
While over 400 000 healthcare workers have already been vaccinated there are tens of millions of South Africans who are likely to wait many more months for their shot. A new report from the National Income Dynamics Study – Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey reveals that 71% of adult South Africans are willing to get vaccinated. But what about those that don't? Why are they so hesitant? To take us through the numbers from the report we were joined in studio by our producer Nic Andersen.

He spent much of his life contributing to the struggle to liberate our beautiful country.
Now poet, sculptor and cultural expert, Professor Pitika Ntuli has made yet another contribution. And it’s not just here in South Africa, but globally. Out of 116 nominations across the world his online exhibition of bone sculptures has been recognised in the seventh annual Global Fine Art awards in Paris. The creator of the Azibuyele Emasisweni exhibition which means ‘return to the source’ joined us live.

As the questions around South Africa’s leadership continue ordinary citizens are doing what they can to rebuild and restore hope.
According to Brand SA - our greatest and most powerful weapon now is Ubuntu.
The collaborative force of peace and unity that cannot be overpowered.
Among those reminding us of the heart of South Africa is Mbali Ndhlovu,
One of the creators of the Rebuild South Africa Volunteers Group.
She’s a social media strategist who is now connecting
people and their skills with those who need help.
Mbali joined us via Zoom.

It’s been a week since millennials hit COVID-19 vaccination sites, and while there’s been an uptick in vaccination figures, our death toll continues to climb. Yesterday, the country surpassed the 80 000 death toll mark. Experts say it’s now more important than ever to get jabs to people, and not wait for them to come to sites. Rianté Padayachee reports.

Smaller parties could be at a disadvantage in the upcoming election due to limited campaigning time because of COVID-19. That’s the view of Action SA. The party was commenting on the IECs announcement that the election will go ahead on the 1st of November. With the polls just over six weeks away political parties are now hard at work preparing for the big day. Action SA's Abel Tau says it’s time for voters to flex their muscle.