A Unisa security guard accused of beating up a Beeld photographer has in turn opened a case of assault against his accuser.

The Freedom Front Plus says Deputy Police Minister Maggie Sotyu is creating "racial tension" with her comments that courts are racist.

The state decided to drop land claims by two different clans against the country's biggest sugarcane farmer.

A series of anonymous letters from employees and former employees of daily newspaper Beeld to the board of its holding company, Media24, has accused Beeld management of "serious corruption".

The Pretoria offices of the daily Afrikaans newspaper Beeld were robbed of more than 30 computers and four cars, Pretoria police said on Saturday. "I can confirm that a group of armed men stole about 38 computers, four cars, a camera and a cellphone during the robbery in Hatfield on Friday night," said Captain Lucas Sithole.

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Opposition parties on Friday called for a commission of inquiry to investigate police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi and for President Thabo Mbeki to state categorically whether a warrant was issued for Selebi's arrest. Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said the seriousness of the situation should not be underestimated.