Domestic

 It is widely expected that Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille will announce a merger with Agang SA in Cape Town on Tuesday morning. The DA has notified the media of a news conference by Zille, claiming it is in "national interest

 An Angolan man was arrested at the OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg yesterday with cocaine bullets, worth around R250-thousand, in his stomach. The Hawks says the 41-year-old was arrested on arrival from Sao Paulo, Brazil

 A Randburg police constable, convicted of rape, robbery and kidnapping, was handed five life sentences and an additional 284 years by the High Court in Johannesburg. The Independent Police Investigative Directorate says 38-year old Mokolo

 Negotiations between disaster relief organisation, Gift of the Givers and Al-Qaeda militants keeping a South African man hostage in Yemen, are severely strained. The foundation says Pierre Korkie's kidnappers refuse to believe that the

Correctional Services Minister, Sbu Ndebele is considering the parole applications of several prisoners, including that of apartheid killer, Eugene de Kock. The Saturday Star reports that Ndebele's spokesperson, Manelisi Wolela would not comment

Transport Minister Dipuo Peters has expressed shock and sadness at the death of 15 people in an accident in Mpumalanga. The provincial community safety department says the accident happened on the R555 between Witbank and Ogies on Friday, when a

 The High Court in Pretoria has ordered that R370 000 in damages be paid to the family of an Mpumalanga farmer who was shot dead by an escaped prisoner with a policeman's service pistol. Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa was ordered to pay

Amcu protesters pelted cars with stones and barricaded roads in Rustenburg on Friday morning as a strike in the platinum industry turned ugly in only its second day. Police spokesperson - Brigadier Thulani Ngubane - said the violence was

 Animal rights group Peta wants to adopt the bronze rabbit once it is removed from a statue of former president Nelson Mandela. Arts and Culture Minister Paul Mashatile says the group intends to use the miniature statue to highlight the