Domestic

The South African Local Government Association is calling on all former councillors who were not re-elected after last year's elections, to verify their details with their municipalities. That's to enable government to make a once-off gratuity

A former Western Cape acting judge has appeared in court for alleged drunk driving. Advocate Robert McDougall appeared in the Wynberg Magistrate's Court yesterday, after his blood alcohol level was reportedly found to be four times more than the

A man has been arrested and perlemoen worth about R5m confiscated in Cape Town. Western Cape police report that a police patrol pulled over an Isuzu bakkie which was being driven recklessly on the N2 highway yesterday. Officers found 6

Two would-be copper cable thieves have drowned near Marble Hall in Limpopo after they were shot by a farmer. Police said the 40-year-old farmer shot at the men after he caught them digging up cables in the early hours of yesterday morning. Police

The new commanding officer of the Tempe military base in Bloemfontein has been arrested on assault charges. Police spokesperson, Captain Chaka Marope, says 47-year-old Brigadier-General David Cebeni was arrested on Sunday afternoon after a

The Democratic Alliance has blamed the government for yesterday's death of a farmer in the North West province, saying it was the result of negligence of its responsibility towards the safety of its rural citizens. The 49-year-old farmer was shot

The Airports Company South Africa says there was an impressive increase in passenger traffic at most airports country-wide between November last year and January this year. Acsa spokesperson, Solomon Makgale, says despite tough market conditions

The Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria is to be declared a national heritage site, Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said on Monday. The move was intended to "further evoke a spirit of nation-building and reconciliation", she

Knysna Tourism and Fair Trade in Tourism South Africa have signed a memorandum of understanding which will create conditions for improved collaboration between the two organisations. Knysna Tourism CEO Shaun van Eck says the MOU also provides a