Domestic

CAPE TOWN, December 29 (ANA) – The retail price of 93 octane petrol is set to rise by 50 cents a litre and 95 octane by 48 cents a litre on Wednesday January 4, the energy department announced on Thursday.According to a statement from the

A 42-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his wife to death, police said in a statement on Friday.Police spokesperson Sergeant Mmako Mophiring said police were called to the couple’s home in Mabolela Village, QwaQwa in the

An initiation school at Foster Follan Farm on the outskirts of Masilo, Theunissen, has been closed after one of the initiates was very badly beaten, apparently by teachers, police said on Friday.Police spokesperson Malebo Khosana said the school was

The Independent Examinations Board has announced that the 2016 IEB matric pass rate of 98.67% for private schools was comparable to last year’s pass rate of 98.30%.This year, 11 022 full-time and 703 part-time candidates from 237 examination

CAPE TOWN, December 29 (ANA) – The South African Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training, Umalusi, on Thursday said it has approved the “credible” results of the highly anticipated 2016 matric

CAPE TOWN, December 29 (ANA) – With just two days to go until the end of 2016 police are preparing for New Year’s celebrations, warning they will come down hard on criminals.In a statement released on Thursday, police spokesperson

Thousands of vehicles have been taken off the roads for being unroadworthy, the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) said on Thursday.“The number of motor vehicles discontinued and impounded since the start of the festive period, from

Three men have been arrested in connection with an attack on paramedics in Khayelitsha, police said in a statement on Thursday.Police spokesperson Captain FC van Wyk said the Emergency Medical Services paramedics were robbed of their cellphones by

The South African Revenue Service said on Wednesday that customs services at Lebombo border post had made a “massive seizure” of suspected counterfeit sneakers with a total value of R8.7 million early on Monday morning.A total of 9,085