Domestic

A man was shot dead and his girlfriend seriously injured in a shooting in Reiger Park on the East Rand yesterday - the second such incident in Gauteng in two days. Police spokesperson, Lieutenant-Colonel Katlego Mogale, says the 47-year-old man and

Suspended police commissioner Bheki Cele has told the Board of Inquiry into his fitness to hold office, that he had trusted too many people working for him. The board of inquiry was established by president Jacob Zuma after the Public Protector

South Africa has a new national marketing slogan, Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane announced on Thursday. "After extensive stakeholder consultation by Brand SA, Cabinet [has] approved "South Africa: Inspiring New Ways" as

The protest action by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) on Wednesday was beyond the narrow issues of labour brokering and the e-tolling system -- it was more about class struggle, its general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi told

A woman is in a serious but stable condition in the Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria after she was bitten by an Egyptian Cobra in her home in Jakalsdans, north of the city. Netcare 911 says the woman was bitten when she got up last night

The long-awaited Second-Hand Goods Act will come into effect next month, broadening the scope for the prosecution of thieves and buyers of stolen goods. Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa says any person who buys stolen goods is as guilty as the person

The Democratic Alliance has accused a parliamentary committee of trying to protect the trade and industry department by voting to keep secret a report about the arms deal. DA federal chairperson, Wilmot James, says the decision is an attempt by

A Durban woman has given birth to a set of twin girls on the side of the road. ER-24 says its believed the woman was on her way to hospital when her waters broke and she started having contractions. Spokesperson, Derrick Banks, picks up the

The European Commission says it has given global miner Anglo American the green light to take control of De Beers, the world's biggest diamond company. The Commission says it has given Anglo American authorisation to proceed with a deal initially