Domestic

 The Presidency says President Jacob Zuma withdrew his claim for damages against cartoonist "Zapiro" to avoid setting a legal precedent. Spokesman Mac Maharaj said in a statement on Sunday that the President wants to avoid setting

A motorcyclist was killed and his passenger sustained serious injuries, after a car rear-ended them in Bloemfontein on Sunday morning. Netcare 911's Chris Botha says the bike was stationary at a traffic light, when a Toyota Corolla slammed into

President Jacob Zuma has withdrawn his claim for damages against a Zapiro cartoon published in the Sunday Times and agreed to pay half of its legal costs. The cartoon by Jonathan Shapiro, better known as Zapiro, depicted Zuma unbuckling his

ANC heavyweight and businessman Cyril Ramaphosa has offered to testify at the Farlam Commission of Inquiry in Marikana. He says he believes there are a number of issues relevant to the deliberations of the inquiry on which he may be able to make

Cosatu secretary-general, Zwelinzima Vavi has called for a review of all minimum wage agreements. He says workers should be paid according to the jobs they are doing. Vavi was addressing a Cosatu rally at Olympia Park Stadium in Rustenburg on

The world's biggest platinum producer, Anglo American Platinum, has agreed to rehire 12,000 wildcat strikers who were earlier dismissed. The National Union of Mineworkers says it has struck a deal to get Amplats to take back all the workers it

The Congress of SA Trade Unions says it will rally in Rustenburg on Saturday to demand the reinstatement of dismissed mining workers. Cosatu secretary-general, Zwelinzima Vavi, SA Communist Party secretary-general, Blade Nzimande and ANC

 Western Cape fisheries says a perlemoen poacher drowned yesterday when officers tried to arrest him off the coast of Hermanus. Officers patrolling on jet-skis found three men diving for perlemoen near Breakfast Bay. One of the poachers

 The Democratic Alliance has asked President Jacob Zuma to explain the over R200m upgrade to his private Nkandla residence in KwaZulu-Natal. Party leader Helen Zille said the president must also explain what personal accountability he takes