Domestic

Five suspects have been shot and killed in Mariannhill, west of Durban.

Since 1995, South Africans who gained citizenship in another country lost their South African citizenship automatically. A case brought by the Democratic Alliance challenging this has been successful in the Supreme Court of Appeal.

A man from North West accused of Tax fraud amounting to R19 million appeared in the Leeudoringstad Magistrates Court on Wednesday. Fifty-nine-year-old Jacobus Opperman and the corporate body he represents, are facing 93 charges of fraud and 29 of contravening the Tax Administration Act.

A summons has been issued for convicted wife-beater Jaco Swart who has reportedly fled to the United Kingdom (UK). Swart made national headlines a year ago when a video of him viciously assaulting his wife, Nicole, went viral on social media.

The National Assembly passed the controversial National Health Insurance Bill on Tuesday, pushing it a step closer to being signed into law.

Two suspects linked to the murder of a Free State police officer, Warrant Officer Johannes du Randt, appeared in court on Monday.

The Zimbabwean arrested for aiding and abetting Thabo Bester to escape from prison has been formally added to the charge sheet of eight accused suspects.

Suspended Public Protector, Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane, has released damning audio recordings of late ANC MP, Tina Joemat-Petterson, in conversation with her husband, David Skosana, in support of her claims of bribery and corruption within Parliament's Section 194 Enquiry.

The Customs division of the South African Revenue Service started to destroy illicitly smuggled cigarettes valued at R43 million at the Beitbridge border post. SARS Deputy Commissioner Johnstone Makhubu says the process started at the Beitbridge border post on Monday and is expected to last for a few days.