Domestic

There was “nothing wrong” with ANC members accepting nominations and contesting positions in the party’s leadership, President Jacob Zuma said on Saturday. “People think there is something wrong with accepting nominations

Former President Nelson Mandela had gallstones removed on Saturday morning and is recovering from the successful procedure. Presidency spokesperson, Mac Maharaj says the medical team decided to attend to a lung infection before determining when

 Security at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, where the ANC is to hold its national conference, has been beefed-up considerably. Police were this morning searching cars and only people with accreditation were allowed on

 Former president Nelson Mandela was still receiving treatment in hospital by late Friday afternoon. The Presidency says doctors attending to Mandela reported that he was comfortable and that he remained under treatment in hospital

 Five people were killed and six others were injured in an accident near Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal this morning. Netcare 911 spokesperson, Chris Botha, said a bakkie which was carrying eleven people seemed to have lost control and

A motorist has been arrested for doing 228 kilometres an hour on the N-4 toll route, in Mpumalanga. The provincial community safety department said he was caught on Friday. Police said the man was charged with reckless and negligent driving

 ANC secretary-general, Gwede Mantashe, says the party's elective conference will go ahead in spite of a Constitutional Court ruling nullifying the Free State nomination conference. He said today that the Constitutional Court will provide

 Convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik says the millions of rand he gave President Jacob Zuma was for the "upkeep and education" of his children. The Mail&Guardian reported on Friday morning that Shaik said he gave the money to

The ANC in the Free State will host the 53rd national conference of the party, but will not take part. The Constitutional Court declared the ANC's Free State provincial elective conference invalid, in a judgment handed down in Johannesburg on