Julius Malema’s handover of an EFF-built house caused a fracas outside Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla homestead, with ANC supporters disrupting proceedings.
Following the fatal, partial collapse of a mall in Tongaat, the eThekwini municipality is considering trying to force the demolition of the structure.
Police were preventing DA leader Helen Zille from approaching President Jacob Zuma’s homestead in Nkandla on Sunday, for her own safety.
The KwaZulu-Natal Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association says Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula should be disciplined by the ANC or resign.
Convicted drug dealer Sheryl Cwele has handed herself over to authorities at the Pietermaritzburg High Court to begin serving her 20-year prison term.
An indictment against 30 police officers part of Cato Manor, described them as a crime enterprise that enriched itself by killing.
Twenty former members of the disbanded Durban Organised Crime Unit face 71 charges, including 14 of murder, the Durban Regional Court has been told.
The Independent Complaints Directorate is investigating 51 cases against the disbanded Durban Organised Crime unit over death squad allegations.
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/ 17 January 2012
Waste management director Nolwazi Cobbinah says a recycling levy on tyres will become effective next month for the collection and recycling of tyres.
The Kruger National Park will get 150 additional rangers to combat poaching, following news that 11 rhino have been already been killed in SA in 2012.
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/ 19 December 2011
Two of the so-called" Waterkloof Four" have been released on parole from Zonderwater Prison outside Pretoria.
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/ 13 December 2011
Sanef has asked Public Protector Thuli Madonsela to investigate Siyabonga Cwele’s comments about the Protection of State Information Bill.
The higher education department has not been informed that the Tshwane University of Technology has a new vice chancellor, it said on Tuesday.
Anton Hammerl’s family has appealed to President Jacob Zuma to ask Libya’s leader Muammar Gaddafi to return the slain photographer’s remains.
Imposing conditions on Walmart’s R16,5-billion acquisition of Massmart will violate trade agreements, the Competition Tribunal heard on Monday.
SA lacks a coherent and comprehensive approach to fighting corruption, former National Prosecuting Authority boss Vusi Pikoli said on Thursday.
Public Works Minister Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde will comment within the next 30 days on the Public Protector’s report into a police lease agreement.
Public Works Minister Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde announced on Tuesday that she has put a halt to the refurbishment of Jacob Zuma’s residence in Pretoria.
Gijima has been re-instated as the supplier of the home affairs department’s new R2,1-billion IT system after being axed almost a year ago.
Police chief Bheki Cele said on Thursday that he was not guilty of corruption amid calls for his resignation following a Public Protector report.
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/ 18 February 2011
If your Global Positioning System (GPS) has been playing up or your internet has been a bit patchy, don’t panic.
Two policemen involved in an altercation with ANC veteran Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and her bodyguards have been suspended.
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/ 5 February 2011
Police officers attempted to storm the <i>Pretoria News</i> offices late on Friday afternoon in an apparent bid to arrest a photographer.
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/ 4 February 2011
The Gauteng highway improvement project will cost motorists 66 cents a kilometre and heavy duty lorries R3,96 a kilometre, Sanral said on Friday.
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/ 2 February 2011
Female recruits at the police’s training academy in Ulundi have had their heads shaved — leaving one of them in need of medical attention.
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/ 25 January 2011
Recent floods caused about R1-billion in lost agricultural production, and another R1-billion in damage to farm infrastructure, said AgriSA.
ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema called for a programme of nationalisation to eliminate poverty at the ANC’s anniversary celebrations.
More than 250 000 Zimbabweans have applied to the Home Affairs department to legalise their stay in South Africa, officials said on Friday.
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/ 27 November 2010
Exxaro’s planned retrenchment of 300 workers would be the price of paying the company’s black economic empowerment shareholders a bigger dividend.
Africa had the potential and advantages to become the next big success story and emulate the successes of Asia, Absa CEO Maria Ramos said on Tuesday.
About 400 taxi drivers protesting against the traffic demerit system converged on the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Tuesday.
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/ 28 October 2010
A blaze that ripped through the third floor of the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday brought the wheels of justice to a halt.