Domestic

President Jacob Zuma says Africa needs to be better represented in the United Nations security council. He says about 70% of the agenda of the UN security council is taken up by issues from the African continent. Zuma says the security council

The Department of Energy says the price of fuel will increase next Wednesday. The price of 93 octane petrol will increase by 21c a litre while 95 octane fuel will go up by 23 cents. All grades of diesel will increase by 39 and 40 cents a litre

The Road Freight Employers Association has approached the Labour Court with an urgent application to request relief from strike violence. Spokesperson, Magretia Brown-Engelbrecht, says the matter is set down for this afternoon. The application

Four Roodepoort men have been jailed for an effective six years following their conviction in a Mossel Bay court for housebreaking and possession of explosives. Police spokesperson, captain Bernadine Steyn, says the men were sentenced on

Public Enterprise Minister Malusi Gigaba only learned of the resignation of the SA Airways chairpeson and six board members through the media, his office said on Friday. "We only found out about the resignations through the media. Our main

A staff member of The Citizen newspaper who made comments on Twitter about an altered photograph published in the paper, has been dismissed. The newspaper says in a statement on its website that a disciplinary hearing under an independent

A looming strike at the Impala platinum mine in Rustenburg has been averted after workers accepted a pay agreement on Thursday. An AMCU spokesman said they would not be going on strike as the mine had agreed to adjust their pay with effect from

The SA Chamber of Commerce and Industry says its Copper Theft Barometer decreased to a level of R17m in August. That was from R19.7m in July and R17.9m in June. Sacci says this is the lowest point in the Barometer since September 2011 and a

Most South Africans fear falling victim to housebreaking, a crime survey has revealed. Releasing the results of 2012 Victims of Crime Survey (VOCS) in Pretoria on Thursday, Statistics SA deputy director general Kefiloe Masiteng said about 59.3