Domestic

The Minister of Science and Technology, Naledi Pandor, says South Africa needs more women scientists to help reduce poverty and solve health problems. Speaking at a function in Johannesburg on Friday morning, she said women's scientific skills

Student Constable Sipho Mbatha, accused of shooting dead Soweto teenager Thato Mokoka, has been found guilty of murder in the Johannesburg High Court. Forty-year-old Mbatha shot 16-year-old Mokoka during a raid on his grandmother's home in

Justice Minister Jeff Radebe says the NPA must explain why the 270 arrested Marikana miners are facing murder charges. Radebe says in a statement that he has requested the acting National Director of Public Prosecutions, advocate Nomgcobo Jiba

A Cape Town father has been jailed for 20 years for sexually violating his two daughters and three of their friends. The 42-year-old man, whose identity may not be revealed, was sentenced in the Blue Downs Regional Court on Thursday. He was

Three men have been arrested after police found stolen beer worth R200,000 in their possession. Police spokesperson, Lt-Col Katlego Mogale, says the men, aged 18, 25, and 28, were arrested on Friday after police searched premises in Hillbrow

A man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a Johannesburg metro police officer in Midrand. Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar says the 41-year-old driver of a car pulled over at an intersection to ask metro police why they were fining a

A robber was shot dead and three people were wounded in a hold-up at the Pick n Pay in Radiokop, west of Johannesburg, on Thursday night. A 14-man gang hit the supermarket at 7pm, ordering everyone inside to lie down. Police spokesperson

The South African Institute of Race Relations says the dwindling number of public schools is not necessarily cause for alarm. The SAIRR says the majority of public schools are under-resourced and the closure or merging of smaller schools with

All international flights out of Cape Town International Airport after sunset will be escorted while taxying to the runway before take-off. It follows an incident in August when a man last seen climbing over the airport fence was found dead in a