Domestic

 President Jacob Zuma's case against Media24 and former Rapport editor Tim du Plessis for allegedly harming his reputation and dignity continued in court this week. According to reports, Zuma's demanding R5m over a photo which appeared in

 Mining giant Anglo American says production of platinum dropped 29% in the fourth quarter of 2012 because of violent strikes at mines. In a statement to the London Stock Exchange on Friday, Anglo American said the illegal strikes in

 A man from Muldersdrift on the West Rand has been shot dead during an attempted robbery at his home. Police say the man walked into his house on Thursday, to find three men holding his wife at gunpoint. There was a struggle for the gun

 South African rescuers have freed a nine metre long humpback whale that was entangled in seven fishing ropes north of Cape Town. The juvenile whale was found south-east of Dassen Island on Thursday with its mouth snared by a heavy rope

 The High Court in Pretoria will hear an application by the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance - Outa on Friday to appeal against a previous judgment approving e-tolling. Outa said on Tuesday that it remained "committed to the case

 Floods in southern Mozambique have displaced up to 70 000 people and cut power exports to energy-hungry neighbour South Africa in half. The south and centre of the country have been placed on red alert after experiencing the heaviest

 The SA National Defence Force says the navy vessel SAS Amatola will continue with its maritime operations in the Mozambican channel. This is in support of the Southern African Development Community's maritime strategy. The SAS AMATOLA

 The Human Rights Commission is probing the case of two siblings who were kicked out of a Cape Town school for wearing traditional Islamic headgear. Sixteen-year-old Sakeenah Dramat, and her 13-year-old brother Bilaal were asked by teachers

 Around 15 000 crocodiles escaped from the Rakwena Crocodile Farm into the Limpopo River during flooding in the past week. A few thousand crocodiles have been recaptured in the dense bush next to the river and in the adjacent orange groves