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 South Africans will from Wednesday have to reach deeper into their pockets to pay for alcohol, cigarettes and fuel. Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan stuck with tradition in his annual budget and again raised sin taxes. A packet of 20

 A popular Cape Town bakery was forced to apologise Tuesday after bringing out an array of Oscar Pistorius themed cookies ahead of the South African athlete's murder trial next week. The cookies -- one of which depicted him with the logo of

  Editors have welcomed Tuesday's ruling by the High Court in Pretoria to broadcast the murder trial of paralympian Oscar Pistorius. The SA National Editors' Forum says the judgment will go a long way in entrenching an open, democratic

 The High Court in Pretoria has ruled that parts of the murder trial of paralympian Oscar Pistorius may be televised, including opening and closing argument. Judge Duncan Mlambo ruled a short while ago that the athlete's testimony will be

 An investigation has been launched into the death of an eight-year-old girl who was allegedly kicked and beaten by three school bullies at a Soweto primary school. The Gauteng education department says the matter only came to their

 ANC councillor Loyiso Nkohla has been expelled from the party following his involvement in faeces-dumping protests. Nkohla and former City of Cape Town councillor Andile Lili were charged with, among others, bringing the ANC into disrepute

 A Twitter account called @OscarHardTruth has been set up by murder-accused paralympian Oscar Pistorius's media management team. "This platform, along with the website, will become the key outlet for information," spokeswoman

 The Free State and North West are in the top three worst offenders when it comes to racial intolerance. The SA Human Rights Commission says the Free State generated 69% of all racism complaints it received in the third quarter of the 2013-2014

The African Christian Democratic Party has promised to address poverty, unemployment, inequality, crime, sub-standard education and healthcare through its policies. Party president, Kenneth Meshoe says their policies aim to address these