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A Brazilian tourist has been rescued from near drowning at Surfers Corner Beach, near Muizenberg in Cape Town. Spokesperson for the city's disaster risk management centre, Wilfred Solomons-Johannes says the 25-year-old Brazilian woman was

The Department of International Relations says there are South Africans stuck in Mali after the coup d'état in the West African nation. Dept spokesperson, Clayson Monyela says nobody can go into Mali, as the airports are closed. He says

Suspended national police commissioner, Bheki Cele signed off on a dodgy R26 million World Cup tender. The Sunday Times reports that the contract - awarded to Thoshan Panday, the owner of Goldcoast Trading - never went out to tender. The

Deputy President, Kgalema Motlanthe says government plans to bring down new HIV infection rates to zero in the next 20 years. He says the National Strategic Plan for HIV, TB and sexually transmitted infections will aim at eliminating new HIV and

The National Prosecuting Authority says the Department of Justice is processing an extradition request for Lolly Jackson's alleged killer to be sent to South Africa to stand trial. NPA spokesperson, Mthunzi Mhaga says they have already started

South Africa's deputy minister of Trade and Industry, Elizabeth Thabethe, will lead a business delegation to Zimbabwe at the end of March. The department says the delegation of about 45 South African business people from the infrastructure

 George Luca, the man accused of killing strip club owner Lolly Jackson, will appear in court in Cyprus on Tuesday, police said on Saturday. Luca was arrested in Cyprus after being on the run since 2010, national police spokesman Lt-Col

 Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille's reference to Eastern Cape pupils who flocked to the Western Cape for a better education as refugees was "inhumane", the Eastern Cape ANC said on Saturday. "This... inhumane statement

The Civil Aviation Authority has temporarily withdrawn the air operators certificate of embattled low-cost airline, Velvet Sky. In a brief statement today the CAA said this will allow the authority to the opportunity to conduct the necessary