There were few problem areas requiring police attention ahead of Wednesday's local government elections, police chief Bheki Cele said on Tuesday.

There was chaos at court on Thursday when a former Blue Bulls rugby player appeared for allegedly axing three people to death.

The doctors' strike cost taxpayers R10-million as the department of health had to transfer patients to private hospitals.

An application for drug-trafficking charges to be withdrawn against Sheryl Cwele was rejected by the high court sitting in Ramsgate on Wednesday.

ANC Youth League president Julius Malema on Saturday said it was not true that he had driven white voters away from the ruling party.

Intelligence Minister Siyabonga Cwele says they have information that former apartheid security officials are fabricating intelligence reports.

KwaZulu-Natal ANC chairperson, Zweli Mkhize on Sunday reacted angrily to reports that he and other party leaders were plotting to oust Jacob Zuma.

Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) national chairperson Zanele Magwaza-Msibi and her backers have cut ties with the IFP.