The murder of the owner of a prominent Cape Town gay nightclub has not been linked to a clampdown on the bouncer industry in the city, police say.

Eighteen schoolchildren were injured when their minibus taxi was hit by a bakkie south of Johannesburg, paramedics have said.

A Western Cape social welfare senior director charged with drug possession has been placed on leave with immediate effect, social development MEC Albert Fritz says.

Scores of bikers have converged on the Pretoria North Regional Court for the brief appearance of a man who allegedly ran over and killed two motorcyclists with a stolen Hummer.

A video showing a 4-year-old Chinese boy being forced by his parents to run almost naked through the snow in bitterly cold New York has gone viral and sparked an online uproar.