Domestic

 The National Press Club has defended its decision to choose the South African rhino as last year's news maker of the year. Press club chairperson Antoinette Slabbert says the decision had been discussed in depth and that Marikana had been

 The National Energy Regulator takes its public hearings into Eskom's proposed electricity price increases to the Mangaung Metro Council in Bloemfontein on Monday. Eskom has applied to raise electricity prices by 16% per year over the next

 School children found doping in sports could face expulsion with the implementation of testing at schools from Monday. The SA Institute for Drug-Free Sport says the testing programme is aimed at stamping out the growing scourge of steroid

The ANC Youth League says the National Press Club should interact more with South Africans and unearth their stories. The League says it is concerned that the NPC decided that the rhino was more "precious than human life" when it named

The Public Works department spent nearly R65 million renovating the homes of ministers and deputy ministers in the 2011-2012 financial year. The Sunday Times reports that Public Works Minister, Thulas Nxesi had admitted this in a parliamentary

At least two people were killed in an accident in Cape Road, Port Elizabeth in the early hours of Sunday morning. Police spokesperson, Capt. Sandra Janse van Rensburg says 2 vehicles were involved. She says the accident happened on the corner

 Boy Mamabolo, a former friend of axed ANC Youth League president Julius Malema, will appear in a Limpopo court next week on charges of crimen injuria and assault following an SMS spat. The Sowetan reports that Mamabolo will appear in the

 ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe says the government has no plans to nationalise unsustainable mines. Speaking in Johannesburg on Thursday, Mantashe said the mines should be put up for public auction. He says if government takes over

 A former driving instructor has been sentenced to five years in jail by the High Court in Pretoria, for causing the deaths of two of his students in 2006. Thirty-nine year old Frans Molekwa was talking on his cellphone and weaving through