Domestic

Parliament's public accounts watchdog committee Scopa will question the public works department on the upgrade of President Zuma's private home in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal. Standing Committee on Public Accounts chairman Themba Godi confirmed on

 Congress of the People leader Mosiuoa Lekota was ordered out of parliament on Tuesday after refusing to withdraw statements about President Jacob Zuma. Last week, Lekota called for president Zuma to be impeached for defying a Supreme Court

 The Eastern Cape population appears not to have grown at the same rate as other regions over the past 15 years. Figures released by Statistics South African on Tuesday show that Eastern Cape population was 6.1m in 1996, 6.3m in 2001 and 6

Thirteen dogs being taken illegally to Angola have been rescued by police at Cape Town International Airport. Two Angolans were arrested in a sting operation on Monday, and face charges of theft. Their export documents were incomplete and

 An Eastern Cape bus driver has been convicted on 23 counts of culpable homicide following a horror accident in the Hex River Pass in the Western Cape two years ago. Sisa Nonama will be sentenced on the third of December in terms of a plea

The Department of Basic Education says it roped in the police and a chopper to assist in delivering exam papers to schools affected by last week's floods in the Eastern Cape. Department spokesperson, Panyaza Lesufi, says they adjusted their

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) will conduct two weeks of public hearings in all nine provinces on Eskom’s application for a 16% increase for each of the next five years. The public hearings will be held from January

 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