Domestic

 South Africa is a much better place now that it was before 1994. The media, both local and foreign, have contributed to the progress that South Africa has made in moving from a pariah state status to a thriving vibrant young democracy

 Metal workers union Numsa says striking automobile workers will march to Naamsa's offices in Pretoria on Tuesday. Union spokesperson, Castro Ngobese says the march will be led by the union's national treasurer, Mphumzi Maqungo who will hand

The National Union of Mineworkers in the gold mining industry will embark on a strike on Tuesday 3 September. tomorrow. NUM's Lesiba Seshoka says they'll strike until the employers revise their wage offer. Employers in the gold mining

 A major national strike of over 50-thousand clothing workers has been averted at the last minute. The COSATU-affiliated SA Clothing & Textile Workers Union (SACTWU) settled its national wage dispute in the clothing industry on Monday

 The growing media contingent outside former president Nelson Mandela's Johannesburg home is being instructed to keep well away from the house's entry points. An unidentified official said the media must stay 50 meters away from entrances

 The trial of a 17-year-old boy accused of murdering a Griekwastad farmer and his family was postponed in the Northern Cape High Court on Monday. Northern Cape farmer Deon Steenkamp, his wife Christel and their 14 year-old daughter

 A woman from Thabong, in the Free State, has appeared in court on charges relating to possession of a gold bar. The 50-year-old woman appeared in the Welkom Magistrate's Court after the gold bar was found at her home. Warrant Officer

 President Jacob Zuma has extended his condolences to the families of the ten people, including nine young girls, killed in a bus accident near eShowe in KwaZulu-Natal. The victims were returning from the annual Umhlanga reed dance ceremony

 A planned strike by the National Union of Metalworkers in the motor industry has been put on hold. Numsa spokesperson, Castro Ngobese, says they've not yet issued an official strike notice of strike to employers. He says when the