Domestic

 The South African Banking Risk information Centre says bank fraud related SIM swop scams have increased significantly in recent months. As a result, a number of bank customers have fallen victim to bank fraud. Sabric launched its

 Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has confirmed that South African troops have been deployed in countries neighbouring the Central African Republic. But, she said this was merely to support the withdrawal of SA force from the

 New evidence has come to light in the high treason case of four alleged right-wingers. The state told the Bloemfontein Magistrate's court on Friday that weapons had been discovered in the Eastern Cape, while ammunition had been found in

 A Midrand student reported missing earlier this month, has been found dead. Gauteng newspapers are reporting on Friday that the decomposed body of 19-year-old Philisande Ngum was found in the veld in President Park in Midrand on Wednesday

 Police Minister, Nathi Mthetwa, says reports of collusion between police and criminals in the Western Cape are of serious concern. His comments comes after the chairperson of the Western Cape community policing forum, Hanif Loonat, said

 A former senior official of the SA Revenue Service has been jailed for 15 years by the Western Cape High Court. Edmund Fredericks was sentenced on Thursday after being found guilty of racketeering, fraud and forgery involving R1.3 million

 President Jacob Zuma has broken his silence on the so-called Guptagate scandal. In a statement issued on Thursday he condemned the practice of using his name and that of Cabinet Ministers to secure privileges or flout government procedures

Reserve Bank governor, Gill Marcus, says the repo rate will remain unchanged at five percent, and the prime lending rate at 8.5 percent. The repo rate is the interest rate at which the Reserve Bank lends money to commercial banks. Marcus says

 At least 9 000 complaints had been filed against short-term insurers last year. The industry's ombudsman, Dennis Jooste says this represented a rise of 1.7% from 2011. He says most of the complaints received, involved motor, householders