Domestic

 A police sergeant has been shot dead during a robbery in Kopanong in Bloemfontein. Police spokesperson, Captain Harry Nagel, says the 41-year-old man was shot in the head outside a supermarket. Four gunmen robbed the store shortly before

 A four-year-old boy has been killed by an illegal electricity connection in Mmabatho. North West police say he was electrocuted while playing with the locked burglar door at his parents' house on Tuesday afternoon. A police spokesperson

 One hundred new trainee investigators have officially joined the Public Protector's staff. Thuli Madonsela's office says the trainees were recruited last year and would increase the number of investigators by 25%, to 400. Madonsela

 The Food and Allied Workers' Union says farmworkers are expected to continue their strike in Ceres, Wolseley and De Doorns today. Rob Burn from Traffic SA reports that the N2 towards Grabouw has already been closed ahead of the expected

 South Africa has so far dispatched half of the 400 troops authorised to go to the Central African Republic as part of "capacity building". The defence ministry says its sent around 200 personnel, comprising different components of

 The Public Servants Association has condemned the deaths of four babies at George Masebe Hospital in Mokopane, Limpopo. The babies reportedly died of treatable diseases last week, as the hospital faced severe staff shortages. PSA manager

The basic education department said that at least 98% of textbooks have been delivered to inland schools ahead of the first day of school for inland provinces on Wednesday. Minister Angie Motshekga said in a statement on Tuesday that they were

Three rhinos have been killed in the Kruger National Park since the beginning of the year. SA National Parks said that the animals were lost in two separate incidents. Spokesperson Ike Phaahla said a hunting rifle and two sets of horns have

The man whose body was found in a Sandton hotel in Johannesburg, has been identified as film director David R Ellis. He was relatively well-known in Hollywood and directed movies like "Snakes on a Plane", "Cellular", and "