ANC national chair Baleka Mbete is the uncontested new speaker of the National Assembly after receiving more than 70% of the votes.
Parliament’s 400 new and returning MPs have been sworn in, with newcomers including Julius Malema and Floyd Shivambu.
After arriving back in the Western Cape, the DA head says her party will start planning for the 2016 local government elections from Monday.
Prosecutor Gerrie Nel has accused Oscar Pistorius of faking emotional distress while being cross-examined about shooting Reeva Steenkamp.
Oscar Pistorius has told court he never looked at Reeva Steenkamp before he rushed to confront a suspected intruder.
Oscar Pistorius will take the stand in his murder trial, his defence team has confirmed.
In the weeks before Reeva Staankamp died she had several Whatsapp exchanges with her boyfriend Oscar Pistorius that indicated fights.
A police investigator says he had moved objects on the scene where Oscar Pistorius shot Reeva Steenkamp as a legitimate part of the investigation.
A former police officer has testified that evidence was mishandled on the scene were Oscar Pistorius shot Reeva Steenkamp.
A forensic expert has disputed Oscar Pistorius’s claim that he was wearing his prosthetic legs when he broke down a door to reach Reeva Steenkamp.