One of life’s great questions has, perhaps ironically, been what happens in the moments before we die.
The last apartheid-era president of South Africa, FW de Klerk, has died at the age of 85 at his home in Fresnaye, Cape Town.
Jeanne Pouchain’s nightmare started in 2017 after a letter arrived from a French court declaring her legally dead.
The autopsy results for the three people found dead in a Pretoria home in April revealed the presence of copious amounts of date rape drugs and alcohol.
Dr. Kathryn Mannix, a palliative care doctor, believes it is best to break the taboo that exists around death and explains what happens to the body in those final moments.
The couple who sparked last year’s deadly cross-country El Dorado wildfire after a botched gender reveal party are being made to pay for their mistake.
Based on all death notification forms maintained by the Department of Home Affairs, these are the top 10 causes of death in South Africa.
Technology is changing society and human connection, so much so that a man can lie dead in his apartment for nine years with automated payments preventing anybody from knowing.
It’s been a long journey to the presidency for Joe Biden, who has persevered despite some terrible tragedies along the way.
Bloomberg decided to tackle some of the most common concerns related to the COVID-19 vaccines, and their possible side-effects.
A nine-year-old girl in the UK is thought to be the first person in the world to have air pollution listed as a cause of death by a coroner.
The killing of Nathaniel Julies, allegedly at the hands of a police officer, has caught the attention of the BBC.
We often talk about the cost of living in South Africa, but rarely tackle the topic of the ‘cost of dying’.
To draw attention to the penal system in the US, photographer Jackie Black recreates the last meals requested by prisoners on death row.
On Monday morning, August 10, South African-born doctor Walter Reynolds was murdered by a patient weilding a hammer and machete at a clinic in Canada.
The 2012 case, where a Thai police officer was killed in a collision with a Ferrari driven by the heir to the Red Bull fortune, is now back in the spotlight.
A man was shot dead in the parking lot of Lakeside Mall in Richards Bay on Tuesday, in full view of bystanders.
Vanessa Bryant believes that the death of her daughter and husband was due to negligence on the part of the pilot flying the helicopter.
A video captured a fight between two men, in front of police, that ended with a brick, a death, and a murder charge.
The bushfires appear to be the product of a combination of climate change, human error, and deliberate arson. Sadly, an estimated one billion animals have now died.
A new report reckons Millennials are in for a really bad decade when it comes to health, healthcare, and pretty much everything else.
A father believes that his daughter contacted him from a refrigerated truck in Essex, where 39 bodies were found last week.
Paediatric surgeon Peter Beale has been suspended pending an investigation into the circumstances surrounding a young boy’s death. There may be more blood on his hands.
Shay Bradley was determined to have one last laugh, and the final word, at his funeral.
A man has been arrested following the discovery of an SD card, with a video of the brutal murder of a dark-haired woman.
Vaping is officially under the spotlight again, as more people come forward with stories about how it almost killed them.
The inventor of the GHD, Martin Penny, decided to end his life after years of battling acute anxiety.
A nun collapsed and died as she and her friend prepared to take on Katy Perry’s legal team in a property dispute.
Two people were found dead in their hotel room, another person died five days earlier, and now a US couple thinks they might know why.
A terrifying scenario analysis predicts that human civilisation will be coming to an end in the not-too-distant future.