Domestic

The Independent Commission for the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers has recommended that any public office bearer earning more than R1 000 000 a year, which includes mayors, should not receive an increase. The commission has recommended that

 President Jacob Zuma has approved a salary hike of R45 million for government, despite earlier calls to freeze pay increases. The five percent pay hike applies to the 2013/2014 financial year and is for members of Zuma's executive, premiers

ANC deputy secretary-general, Jesse Duarte says the party is united behind President Jacob Zuma and will not field another candidate for the presidency in the upcoming national election. She made the remark at the launch of the ANC's Western Cape

Statement by Gift of the Givers: Pierre Korkie is alive. We have achieved a stay-in-execution for now. We have been granted a 3 week extension. They also volunteered information that Pierre is not in good health. After a break in

 New HIV infections in South Africa have fallen by a third since 2004, according to a report handed to Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe on Friday. Between 2004 and 2012, the number of new HIV infections fell from an estimated 540,000

 Friday is the deadline set by Al Qaeda captors for a 3-million dollar ransom to be paid for the release of South African teacher, Pierre Korkie, or he will be killed. Korkie's wife, Yolande, who was released earlier by their captors

 The Automobile Association of South Africa says hefty fuel price increases can be expected next month. AA spokesman Graeme Scala says data from the Central Energy Fund is currently predicting big jumps in the fuel price for February

The Department of Basic Education says the start of the 2014 school year is progressing smoothly. Department spokesperson, Panyza Lesufi, says their provisional report, up until 9am, indicated that everything went off smoothly. He said 99% of

Al Qaeda operatives holding South African teacher, Pierre Korkie, hostage in Yemen have threatened to behead him if a ransom of $3-million is not paid by Friday. The founder of the Gift of the Givers organisation, Imtiaaz Sooliman, says his