Domestic

Statistics South Africa says the number of people employed increased from an estimated 8.5 million in March to about 8.6 million in June this year. Stats SA says this reflected a quarterly increase of about 155-thousand employees during this

 Members of the Right2Know Campaign picketed in Pretoria on Monday demanding that the Seriti Commission of Inquiry into the 1999 arms deal be dissolved. Gauteng coordinator, Dale McKinley, says the Seriti Commission is not doing its job, is

 Public Works Minister, Thulas Nxesi, says irregular expenditure has cost his department a staggering R34.9 billion. Speaking to the media in Pretoria on Monday, Nxesi said some of the irregular expenditure goes back to 2001. Nxesi said

 A proposal to turn murdered AWB leader, Eugene Terre'Blanche's home in Ventersdorp into a heritage site, was rejected at a meeting of the North West heritage council. The Sowetan reports that the proposal was announced by heritage council

 A bogus traditional healer was arrested for allegedly stealing money from a man who paid him to enlarge his genitals, Gauteng police said on Monday. The 31-year-old man was arrested on Sunday after police set-up a fake consultation with

 The South African Banking Risk Information Centre has issued a warning to businesses about a payment scam that has resurfaced. CEO, Kalyani Pillay, says the scam is not new but banks have been reporting a resurgence. She says the Change

The presidency says arms deal-linked bribery allegations against Jacob Zuma contained in a Sunday Times report are "nothing new." On Sunday, the newspaper published details from transcripts of testimony provided in a confidential

Five people have been killed in an accident near Beaufort West in the Karoo. Western Cape Emergency Medical Services spokesperson, Robert Daniels says ten others, including three children were critically injured in Saturday morning's accident

The Economic Freedom Fighters was unconcerned by a report on Friday that about 100 of its Northern Cape members had defected back to the ANC. The New Age reported that the 100 EFF members left the party, branding its leader Julius Malema a