Nomvula Mokonyane says the army has moved in Alexandra after protests there over arrested demonstrators turned violent.
Preliminary results indicate the ANC has retained its power by winning the fifth national elections, but with a reduced majority of just over 62%.
At 99.9% of this year’s votes counted, almost 73.5% of the voters turned up and cast their vote. Five years ago that percentage was 77.3.
Ballistics expert Thomas Wolmarans highlighted differences between his conclusion and the state’s while testifying at Oscar Pistorius’s murder trial.
Toll tariffs will increase by in line with the consumer price index but e-tolls will remain the same until 2015.
The trial of Czech businessman Radovan Krejcir and five others accused of kidnapping has been postponed until next week.
The IFP says its supporters held election officials and ANC members hostage after apparently seeing ballot boxes being loaded into a strange car.
The traditional stronghold of the ruling party gave the ANC a 78.33% win, while the DA has come in a distant second with 10.4% of the provincial vote.
A social worker, anaesthesiologist and a ballistics expert have been called by Oscar Pistorius’s defence team to testify in his murder trial.
The Proteas ODI captain and the world’s leading Test match bowler are two of the five nominees for the CSA’s main award – Cricketer of the Year.