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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

The ANC has announced further concessions on the Protection of State information Bill after two years of public protest over the draft classification law. The ANC agreed on Wednesday to remove a handful of bitterly contested provisions. ANC MP

One suspect has been arrested following a dramatic shootout between several armed robbers, security guards and police in Fourways in Johannesburg. Police say three men robbed a store in a nearby mall early on Wednesday morning when they were

An outbreak of anthrax has killed 30 Roan antelope in the Kruger National Park. Sanparks spokesperson, William Mabasa, says the carcasses were found at the weekend in an enclosure created for breeding. He said the park was trying to contain

The SA Human Rights Commision says public hearings on water and sanitation issues will be held country-wide. The public meetings start in Mpumalanga on Wednesday and will continue across all provinces until November. The deputy chairperson of

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has withdrawn from a leadership summit in Johannesburg because of the attendance of former British prime minister Tony Blair, his office said on Tuesday. "The Archbishop has spent considerable time over the

Real gross domestic product at market prices increased by 3.2 per cent during the second quarter of 2012 compared with 2.7 percent in the first quarter of the year. Statistician-general, Pali Lehohla, says "the seasonally adjusted real GDP

The ANC's national executive committee says improving the performance of local governments will be high on the agenda of the party and government. The ANC said the auditor-general's report as well as its own internal monitoring report had

A young South African adventurer seeking to follow the Amazon River from its origin to its mouth is in a stable condition in a Lima hospital after being shot and robbed by a pair of youths while on a Peruvian tributary. The 24-year old David du