Domestic

Parliament's chief financial officer Leslie Mondo has been dismissed with immediate effect following the findings of a disciplinary hearing, the national legislature said on Friday. Mondo was found guilty on four out of five counts of misconduct

 A young hippopotamus who got stuck in the swimming pool of a Limpopo game lodge died on Friday morning, the lodge manager said. The hippo, named "Solly" after one of his caregivers, died around 11am before he could be rescued

 Democratic Alliance leader, Helen Zille, has welcomed the appointment of retired judge Ian Farlam to head up the commision of inquiry into the Marikana mine shooting. President Jacob Zuma announced on Thursday that judge Farlam will be

President Jacob Zuma has announced that retired supreme court judge Ian Farlam will lead the judicial commission of inquiry into the Marikana mine shooting. The other members of the commission are advocate Bantubonke Tokota and advocate Pingla

 A local Griquatown magistrate has recused himself from hearing the case of a teenager arrested for a farm murder. Correspondent Marinay Jacobs reports that a magistrate from neighbouring Groblershoop will hear the case against the 16 year

Twelve police officers, including 10 from the Durban organised crime unit, have been granted bail of five thousand rand each in the Durban Regional Court. They were arrested on Wednesday by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate on

President Jacob Zuma has told striking mineworkers in Marikana that he will speak to Lonmin about their wage demands. Zuma visited the area again yesterday afternoon, to speak to the striking workers. He told them that he would send a message to

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate says 12 police members, including 10 from Durban's organised crime unit at Cato Manor, were arrested on Wednesday. IPID spokesperson, Moses Dlamini, says 10 of the men were taken into custody in

Consumer price inflation (CPI) eased further to 4.9 percent in July, Statistics South Africa said on Wednesday. "The official inflation rate (ie the percentage change in the CPI for all urban areas in July 2012 compared with that in July