Domestic

Growth in business confidence in the building sector appears to be stymied by concerns about extortion as well as delays in municipal approvals.

A South African national and two Mozambican nationals have been arrested following the kidnapping of a Pakistani businessman and the murder of another Pakistani businessman. Police spokesperson Lt Col Amanda van Wyk said: “SAPS organised crime led by intelligence have been working on a kidnapping case emanating from a business robbery in Ennerdale on 27 August 2024 in which two business partners were attacked at their hardware store.”

Six suspects were killed in a shootout with law enforcement following a robbery in Germiston.

The bus driver involved in the accident that claimed the lives of two pupils in Vryheid in northern KZN is spending the weekend behind bars.

Eleven traffic officers from Limpopo have been arrested on suspicion of corruption in Polokwane.

A 42-year-old Warrant Officer attached to the National Intervention Unit had a narrow escape when he was shot at on Friday morning in Mandela Park in Mthatha. He was on his way to work at the time.

Two Cameroonian Nationals appeared in the Pretoria Magistrates Court on Wednesday for allegedly manufacturing counterfeit South African and American currency. Spokesperson Captain Lloyd Ramovha says Jude Yaya Oka and Evans Akor Tiku were arrested in a crime intelligence operation and charged with contravention of the Currency Act and violation of the Reserve Bank Act.

South Africa's beef industry says its optimistic for the future, following “favourable” trade discussions with China.

The country’s economy grew by 0.4% between April and June, Statistics South Africa announced on Tuesday. Seven of the ten production industries recorded positive growth in the second quarter of the year.