Domestic

Five people were trapped under a truck trailer after their bakkie collided with 8 other vehicles on the N3 in Pinetown on Tuesday, paramedics said. ER24 spokesman Derrick Banks said 9 other people were injured and taken to hospital when three

Copper theft in the country declined from R23m in May to R17.9m in June. That's according to the SA Chamber of Commerce and Industry which said its Copper Theft Barometer showed a third substantial decline since the peak of R34.7m in March

Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela, has called on government to ensure that construction contracts are awarded on the basis of merit, with a view to saving state resources. Speaking during a stakeholder consultative dialogue in Bloemfontein

The ANC's national executive committee has acknowledged that the late delivery of textbooks in Limpopo was a "serious failure" by government. ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe said the NEC considered the lack of delivery of books in

 Government and Eskom have promised to keep the lights on even though they are facing a constrained power supply compared to the demand. Public Enterprises minsiter Malusi Gigaba addressed a business breakfast on energy sufficiency in

The price of all grades of petrol will rise by 22 cents a litre on Wednesday next week, the energy department said on Friday. The price of diesel with a 0.05 percent sulphur content would increase by 14.62 cents a litre, and that with a 0.005

Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga is bemoaning a media report that she knew about the looming Limpopo textbook saga last year. Her spokeswoman Hope Mokgatlhe said in a statement that the article was misleading and creates the impression

Correctional services says the man accused of raping a 94-year-old KwaZulu-Natal woman after being released under a special remission had been serving a theft sentence. Chief deputy commissioner for incarceration and corrections James Smalberger

 President Jacob Zuma has approved a 5.5% salary increase for top public servants. The presidency announced the decision on Thursday after the Independent Commission for the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers presented its recommendation