Domestic

A 36-year-old Prosecutor from Upington in the Northern Cape is in police custody following his arrest for allegedly raping his partner, who is a police officer.

A third contractor at Eskom was on Wednesday positively linked to an act of sabotage at the beleaguered power utility. Eskom says he was arrested on Tuesday at its Camden power station in Mpumalanga.

Two pensioners have been arrested and charged with perjury, fraud, theft and contravention of the Social Assistance Act. A spokesperson for the National Prosecuting Authority Sindisiwe Seboka says 66-year-old Sarathamoney Sigamoney and 68-year-old Salamina Khoza appeared in the Pretoria North Magistrates Court on Wednesday for having received the older persons' grant from SASSA while being sole directors of companies.

The Automobile Association says unaudited mid-month data from the Central Energy Fund points to a “mixed bag of increases and decreases” to fuel prices for December.

A man has been shot dead at the popular Umhlanga Pier in Durban. Netcare 911 was dispatched to the Beach Whale Bone Pier at Umhlanga Rocks shortly before 11 am on Tuesday.

Police Minister Bheki Cele was on hand to congratulate singing policeman, Warrant Officer Thapelo Molomo, who was crowned the Idols Season 18 winner on Sunday.

An Eastern Cape Magistrate has been killed in an attack on her family near Mbizana on Saturday night.

An eight-year-old boy has died after being attacked and killed by a dog while playing in his family yard.

Nine people, including four children, were killed in a head-on collision on the N1 between Mokopane and Mookgophong in Limpopo on Saturday morning.