Domestic

 A R21m lottery ticket will not be worth the paper its written on Thursday. National Lottery Operator Gidani is calling on players who played the Lotto jackpot of the 30th of May 2012 to check their tickets carefully. A Lotto jackpot

 Labour Minister, Mildred Oliphant says more than 17-million 200-thousand working hours were lost to illegal or unprotected strikes last year. She says last year, 99 strikes were recorded in the department's strike data system. Oliphant

 Forty-five people have been arrested for public violence, housebreaking, and possession of unlicensed firearms in Diepsloot, north of Johannesburg. Police spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Lungelo Dlamini says 38 suspects were arrested for

 ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe will be one of the guest speakers at the National Woolgrowers' Association's annual national congress. Other guest speakers include economist, Dawie Roodt, Chris Burgess, editor in chief of

 A senior prosecutor at the National Prosecution Authority, Glynnis Breytenbach, has been cleared of all 15 charges at a disciplinary hearing. The chairperson of the disciplinary committee, Selby Mbenenge, says the charges against her could

 The NSPCA says wildlife is not only being smuggled into South Africa from Botswana but also from other neighbouring countries and countries further north in Africa. National Wildlife Inspector Wendy Willson was reacting to a report that

 Five men have been arrested for allegedly killing five rhino in the Hluhluwe area of KwaZulu-Natal. Police Captain, Thulani Zwane says the men, aged between 20 and 64, were arrested over the weekend, after police received a tip-off. Two

 The Durban High Court has ordered the KwaZulu-Natal education department to pay damages of R3.9m to a former pupil, accidentally hit by a teacher. The Mercury reports that the teacher hit the young boy in the eye with the tip of his belt

 A ranger shot and wounded during an operation to apprehend suspected poachers in the Kruger National Park, is still in hospital. SA National Parks says although he is in a stable condition, he remains in the Intensive Care Unit