Domestic

The Department of Defence and Military Veterans has once again squashed rumours that their will be blanket payments to military veterans. Department spokesperson, Simpiwe Dlamini, says they are currently updating their national database and the

Public Protector Thuli Madonsela will meet Chief Justice Mogweng Mogweng in Pretoria on Tuesday. That's to discuss complaints about the country's courts. Madonesela's office says the meeting will also serve as a stakeholder introductory

The Financial Intelligence Centre has warned the public against a scam using the Government coat of arms, the parliametary logo and FIC's name. The Financial Intelligence Centre says people should not respond to such notices which are being used

Afrikaner lobby group AfriForum says it has laid a charge of hate speech against ANC Youth League deputy president Ronald Lamola. The charge relates to Lamola's recent comments about the expropriation of land and his call for section 25 of the

Western Cape premier Helen Zille says the army should be called in to help stem the spate of gang violence sweeping the Cape Flats. Zille said on Sunday that she believes the situation has gone beyond the capacity of the SA Police Service. She

Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe will undertake an official visit to Tanzania on Sunday, to participate in the O.R. Tambo Annual Educational Tour. The Presidency says the purpose of the Annual Tour is to carry forward the legacy of the Solomon

Trade and Industry minister, Rob Davies says a development agency will be established as a result of the Co-operatives Amendment Bill. He says the agency will be a body for both financial and non-financial support "tailor-made for co

The Young Communist League says government must ban the tender system in order to prevent corruption. It says in a statement it believes that the shortage of medicine, textbooks, education and health infrastructure and many other state shortfalls

Two men were killed and two others were injured when a train hit their car in Hotazel in the Northern Cape on Saturday evening. ER24 spokesperson, Vanessa Jackson says one man died at the scene, while the remaining three occupants of the vehicle