Domestic

President Jacob Zuma says the Marikana tragedy has highlighted the deepening levels of poverty, unemployment and inequality in the country and the frustrations that this generates. Answering questions in parliament on Thursday, president Zuma

Six foreign nationals and two South African women have been arrested after police seized drugs with an estimated street value of R60m in Pretoria. Police spokesperson, Liuetenant-Colonel Lungelo Dlamini said police found the drugs and 11 kg of

The ruling party says one of the men accused of killing two KwaZulu-Natal ANC leaders is a local ANC Youth League branch leader. Regional secretary Mzwandile Mkhwanazi said Sifiso Khumalo is the local branch chairperson of the ANC Youth League in

The National Health Department has warned consumers about the incorrect labelling of some frozen chicken products sold across the country. The department said the warning applied to frozen chicken portions, also referred to as "Individually

Three of South Africa's biggest mines were at a standstill today, with thousands of workers reiterating a growing call for a pay increase to 12-thosuand-500 rand. The strike at Lonmin Platinum in Rustenburg went into its second month, with the

 Civil rights organisation AfriForum says the ANC should accept responsibility for farm murders. CEO Kallie Kriel says in a statement that ANC Secretary-General Gwede Mantashe's attempts to exempt the ruling party from accepting any

A motorist was shot and wounded after he pointed a firearm at a metro police officer in an apparent road rage incident in Honeydew, Johannesburg, early on Wednesday morning. Metro Police Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar says the cars of the 24

Trade union federation Cosatu has condemned Julius Malema's call for a national strike at all the mines until the leadership of the National Union of Mineworkers steps down. Cosatu said Malema was playing a dangerous game and was exploiting the

The SA Institute of Race Relations says the ANC-led government deserves more credit for improving the living conditions of poor black South Africans. The Institute's deputy chief executive Frans Cronje says he agrees with statements made by