Domestic

The National Planning Commission says the successful implementation of the National Health Insurance could take up to 25 years. Building an NHI system is among the objectives contained in the revised National Development Plan. The revised 20

The Department of Home Affairs says close on 430,000 identity documents still need to be collected from its office countrywide. Department director-general, Mkuseli Apleni, told MP's yesterday that the new tariff system had drastically reduced

Eight people have been arrested in Cape Town after Khayelitsha residents burnt tyres and stoned vehicles in service delivery protests. The city's disaster management centre spokesperson Wilfred Solomons-Johannes said on Monday a group of 200

Rape survivor Alison Botha has handed a petition containing 11,000 signatures to the parole board, objecting to the possible release on parole of her attackers. According to reports today, Botha told a Women's Day function in Bloemfontein this

Agriculture Minister, Tina Joemat-Pettersson says attempts to purge her department of corruption has led to death threats and slander. The Sunday Times reports that she has received death threats, and according to her, the same individuals who

Civil rights NGO, Section 27 has accused the Department of Education of not obeying a court order to deliver textbooks in Limpopo, and is considering more legal action. Section 27 lawyer, Nikki Stein says there is a possibility that the group

The ANC says the resolutions of it's June policy conference have not been circulated among the party's branches. Party spokesperson, Keith Khoza says there is still some work to be done,and the resolutions will be discussed at the next national

A raging fire in KwaZulu-Natal has destroyed about 20 homes and powerlines. Department of co-operative governance spokesperson, Vernon Mchunu says Saturday's blaze was threatening to cause more havoc and the heavy wind-storm in the region was

Journalist and author Heidi Holland was found dead in her Johannesburg home on Saturday. Police spokesperson, Lt Col Katlego Mogale says the body of 64-year old Holland was found by her gardener at her house in Melville. Mogale says nothing