Domestic

 The wool market held up well at the first sale of the new year despite a stronger rand. The Cape Wools Merino indicator softened by a marginal 0,8% to close the day at R109p/kg for clean wool. There was good competition in the auction

 The Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services will visit the Groenpunt Maximum Security correctional centre in Deneysville next week. This follows the violent riot that broke out at the prison earlier this week. Committee Chairperson

 Protesting Western Cape farmworkers overturned and set fire to a journalist's car before assaulting him in De Doorns on Wednesday. The car, which belonged to Independent Newspapers and was being used by Cape Times journalist Xolani Koyana

 Three teenagers died when they were struck by lightning at Nkandla in northern KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday night. Two of them aged 13 and 14 from the Dlamini family, and one from the Zwane family, died instantly when they were struck by

 Police fired rubber bullets at striking farmworkers in De Doorns on Wednesday afternoon. The main road leading from the N1 into the town was strewn with rubber bullet casings, after running clashes between officers and the protesters. It

Basic education minister Angie Motshekga said that she has not been informed of any hiccups on the first day of school in inland provinces. She added that she was expecting reports on Wednesday afternoon. Addressing the media in Johannesburg

 New vehicle sales ended 2012 on a positive note with aggregate industry new vehicle sales for December at 46 016 units. This was 1.8% up on the corresponding month the previous year. NAAMSA reports that the December 2012 new passenger car

The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance has filed its appeal against e-tolls in the Pretoria High Court. Outa chairperson Musa Strachan says the application for leave to appeal was filed in court on Tuesday. He says Outa members firmly

 The Witzenberg municipality in the Western Cape is investigating a senior traffic officer for allegedly posting calls for violence against farmers on Facebook. CensorBugbear.org, a news organisation which claims that Afrikaners are victims