Domestic

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday told the Congress of South African Trade Unions' (Cosatu) 13th national congress that government had no plans to retrench 30,000 civil servants.Ramaphosa was speaking at the opening of the congress, the

A woman has been arrested after her four children burnt to death in a house in Alexandra north of Johannesburg on Monday, the Gauteng social development department said."Although details are still sketchy, it is believed that the mother left

South Africa's commercial banks are this week expected to give evidence at the commission of inquiry into State Capture on why they decided to shut down business accounts linked to the controversial Gupta family.As the dark cloud gathered

A Kuruman South African Police Service (SAPS) crime intelligence officer hijacked by a gang of six men managed to escape after stabbing one of the hijackers with a knife used to threaten him when the hijackers stopped to buy beer at a tavern in the

Members of the national joint operational and intelligence structure Rhino 9 team have arrested 27 alleged wildlife poachers during the week, the South African Police Service (SAPS) said.The Rhino 9 team continued to make significant strides in

An Inkatha Freedom Party local government councillor was killed in an apparent ambush between Estcourt and Colenso in KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday night.Confirming the incident via Twitter on Sunday, IFP national spokesperson Mkhuleko Hlengwa said

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) board has taken issue with African National Congress secretary general Ace Magashule over his reported comments on cost-cutting and possible staff retrenchments at the public broadcaster. "

A man, believed to be in his 40s, died when his motorised paraglider crashed in Centurion in Pretoria on Saturday morning, paramedics said. ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene soon after 8.30am in Centurion where they found the man near his

Deputy President David Mabuza on Friday charged the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) to deliberate and come up with solutions to counter the massive economic headwinds tormenting the South African economy at the moment."