The hijacking of a bus carrying about 40 Taiwanese businessmen on the N12 in Mpumalanga is bad news for South African tourism.
A programme to provide a basic amount of free water to every household in South Africa has now reached an estimated 27-million people.
Political control changed hands in 21 municipalities in four provinces following a 15-day floor-crossing window period for local councillors — 13 of them in the Western Cape, it emerged on Friday.
A 19-year-old golf caddie was convicted for the murder a British tourist at an Mpumalanga hotel in October when he appeared in the Middelburg Circuit Court on Wednesday.
Two more men were arrested on Wednesday in connection with an alleged plot to overthrow the government, police reported. Detective services representative Phuti Setati said thus far 17 people had been arrested in connection with the coup plot by white extremists.
A 13-year-old girl has been burned to death in Dirkiesdorp and three other children have been hospitalised in the wake of a massive veld fire.
Golf caddie Prince Mogane was jailed for life by the Middelburg Circuit Court on Thursday for murdering British tourist Diane Conway in the Royal Hotel in Pilgrim’s Rest, Mpumalanga in October.
The three-week municipal workers’ strike looks set to end after the SA Local Government Association announced on Tuesday night it had reached a tentative agreement with two trade unions.