Domestic

A former deputy chief of the Tshwane metro police has been arrested for drunk driving in Pretoria. He was arrested at the intersection of Madiba and Sophie de Bruyn Streets on Saturday after he was involved in an accident. Senior

A 15-year-old boy has been shot dead during a stand-off with police following an illegal drag racing event in Durban. Colonel Jay Naicker says police were called out Saturday following complaints of people spinning tyres and drag racing at a taxi

The price of petrol, diesel, paraffin and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) will increase next week. The energy department says the increases will come into effect on Wednesday. Petrol would go up by 96 cents a litre, diesel by 74 cents, paraffin

The State Security Minister has ordered a probe into leaks of top secret documents. This week broadcaster, Al Jazeera, began publishing details of leaked documents from South Africa's State Security Agency. Some of the revelations include

Some taxation increases coupled with certain relief measures in a generally subdued but optimistic 2015/16 budget were announced by Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene on Wednesday. Presenting his first main budget as finance

Finance Minister, Nhlanhla Nene, has raised the personal income tax rates by one percentage point for all taxpayers earning more than R181,900 per annum. Delivering his maiden budget speech in Parliament on Wednesday, Nene said this would raise

The Chairperson of Parliament's Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence, Cornelia September, said she's concerned about leaked intelligence reports. Broadcaster, Al Jazeera, said it was possession of South African intelligence documents

Oscar Pistorius has launched a legal fight back against the State's attempt to see him convicted of murder. ENCA reports that the blade runners lawyers are seeking leave to challenge Judge Masipa's decision to give the State right to

Real gross domestic product at market prices increased by 4.1 percent during the fourth quarter of last year. Statistics South Africa said the seasonally adjusted real GDP at market prices for the fourth quarter of 2014, increased by an