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Nineteen pilot whales beached at Noordhoek Beach in Cape Town on Sunday morning, the city said. Five of the whales had died, said the city's disaster management centre spokesman Wilfred Solomons-Johannes. Police, sea rescue and other services

The SA Humans Rights Council says the police and their management are covering up events surrounding the Marikana shooting. It says national police commissioner Riah Phiyega has failed to mention a statement by police officer Hendrich Wouter

 Transport Unions say wage talks in the bus industry have deadlocked, with the possibility of a strike in April. Negotiations between unions and industry associations began towards the end of January, and deadlocked on the 19th of February

 A new political party, the Workers and Socialist Party (Wasp), has made its entrance on South Africa's political scene. Party spokesman Mamatlwe Sebei was happy with the turn-out of 600 delegates from across the country at Thursday's party

  A tentative court date has been set for Oscar Pistorius to appeal his bail conditions. National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Medupe Simasiku says the date being proposed is Thursday 28 March but that it still needs to be finalised

 Prof Cyril Karabus will have to wait before returning home, as the prosecution in United Arab Emirates has 14 days to appeal his acquittal in court on Thursday. Karabus was found not guilty on charges of manslaughter and falsifying

 A number of Human Rights Organisations warned on Thursday that many South Africans continue to struggle for the protection of basic human rights. In a statement released on Human Right Day, Human Rights Commission Spokesman Isaac Mangena

 Cape Town police are searching for one of two gunmen who shot and killed five Pakistani nationals during a robbery last night. Police spokesperson, colonel Tembinkosi Kinana, says one suspect was arrested. He says two men entered a house

Wasteful government spending of R24.8b, could have been used for numerous projects to the benefit of South Africans. The South African Institute of Race Relations says people have become so inured to seeing examples of corruption and wasteful