Domestic

Real gross domestic product at market prices increased by 3.2 per cent during the second quarter of 2012 compared with 2.7 percent in the first quarter of the year. Statistician-general, Pali Lehohla, says "the seasonally adjusted real GDP

The ANC's national executive committee says improving the performance of local governments will be high on the agenda of the party and government. The ANC said the auditor-general's report as well as its own internal monitoring report had

A young South African adventurer seeking to follow the Amazon River from its origin to its mouth is in a stable condition in a Lima hospital after being shot and robbed by a pair of youths while on a Peruvian tributary. The 24-year old David du

Government spokesman Jimmy Manyi's contract has not been renewed, the presidency said on Monday. "Mr Manyi left his position on the 25 August 2012 after serving his full three year contract," the presidency said in a statement

A Boeremag member, convicted of treason after spending more than 10 years in jail, has been granted bail by the Pretoria High Court. Pretoria accountant, Adriaan van Wyk, was released on bail of 15-thousand rand by judge Eben Jordaan on Monday

Talks between unions and Lonmin management are due to get underway in Marikana on Monday. The National Union of Mineworkers said the talks will centre on normalising the situation at the mine following the shooting of 34 miners two weeks ago

The Democratic Alliance says it has received confirmation from the Public Protector, that she is investigating the party's complaint that Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson had violated the Executive Ethics Code. DA MP, Pieter van Dalen, says this

The Pretoria accountant described as the "weak" member of the Boeremag is to apply for bail in the High Court in Pretoria, after spending 10 years in jail. Last week, Adriaan van Wyk's lawyer Daan Moster, told Judge Eben Jordaan his

Two men and a woman have died in an accident involving three cars on the R31 near Kuruman in the Northern Cape. ER24's Vanessa Jackson says the accident happened early on Sunday morning when an Opel Astra collided into the rear of a Ford Focus