Domestic

 Agang SA leader Mamphela Ramphele says she will take a break from politics. In an open letter on the party's website, she said she would take time to reflect on the Agang SA journey and would then return to contribute to building the party

  Numsa says President Jacob Zuma and Cabinet ministers who defended spending on security upgrades at his Nkandla homestead should resign. NUMSA secretary general Irvin Jim was briefing reporters in Johannesburg on Thursday about a four-day

 The security cluster of ministers is to approach a high court for a judicial review of Public Protector Thuli Madonsela's Nkandla report. Acting government spokesperson Phumla Williams has stressed that the ministers are NOT taking

 Lonmin says it is hopeful there will be a resolution to the almost four-month-old wage strike in the platinum sector. Company spokesperson, Lerato Molebatsi says they want to assure their employees that there will be a resolution to the

 Eskom will know by the end of the month whether it needs to increase its electricity tariffs. The parastatal says it is awaiting a determination from the National Energy Regulator of SA. The power utility asked Nersa last year to

  Amcu leaders have vowed to persist in a marathon strike in the platinum mining sector, as an undisclosed number of union members returned to work on Wednesday. Platinum producer Lonmin set Wednesday as the deadline for employees to return

 Murder-accused Oscar Pistorius will be sent for mental observation, the High Court in Pretoria ordered on Wednesday. "I am satisfied that a case has been laid out... and I shall grant that order," Judge Thokozile Masipa said

 State prosecutor, Gerrie Nel has lodged an application in the High Court in Pretoria that Oscar Pistorius be referred for mental observation. This followed the conclusion of his cross examination of defence witness, forensic-psychiatrist

  The driver of a bakkie that plunged into a dam while carrying 29 school children, has been arrested for murder. Five children died in the accident in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands on Monday. Police spokesperson, Colonel Jay Naicker says