Domestic

The South African Police Service said its members would continue to stamp the authority of the state countrywide in anticipation of a busy long weekend.

A police task team has seized mining equipment valued at R60 million in the ongoing crackdown on illegal mining.

Four SANDF members killed in accident involving two Samil 50 vehicles.

The Department of Basic Education in Gauteng says it’s learnt with shock of an incident involving at least 90 learners who were rushed to hospital on Wednesday after they had allegedly consumed ‘space cookies’ laced with dagga. Department spokesperson Steve Mabona says the learners are in grades ranging from Grade R to 7.

After four consecutive months of decline, annual consumer inflation edged upward in August, rising to 4.8% from 4.7% in July.

A 32-year-old man beaten unconscious in a parking lot in Klerksdorp has died. Hilton Pretorius sustained a brain injury following the incident at a parking lot at a shopping mall in Doornkruin earlier this month.

The Minister of Higher Education and Training Blade Nzimande, said there was no crisis at the National Student Financial Aid Scheme, NSFAS.

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has confirmed that it’s received a complaint from the Democratic Alliance regarding the recent social grant payment fiasco. DA MP Bridget Masango said the complaint is against the minister of Social Development, Lindiwe Zulu, as well as the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) and Postbank for their part in the ongoing social grant payment debacle.

The Automobile Association of South Africa says motorists should brace for more fuel price pain in October.