Three ATM bombers were shot dead in separate incidents in KwaZulu-Natal and the North West, police said on Thursday.
The gloves come off this weekend when the top eight Premier Soccer League clubs get down to the business of opening the new season.
Cabinet on Thursday highlighted strategies it says are necessary to deal with rising food prices and reduce the country’s reliance on food imports.
Threats by supporters of ANC president Jacob Zuma to make the country ungovernable should he be sent to jail were cause for concern, said the Cabinet.
SA’s business confidence index rose slightly to 92,8 in July from 92,6 in June, although a weaker economic environment continued to exert pressure.
A 41-year-old woman who had become isolated over rumours that she was HIV-positive, killed her four children and then committed suicide at Lusikisiki.
Telkom will resume wage negotiations on Thursday with two trade unions, following a stayaway which lasted for three days.
The Roodepark High School pupil who was stabbed in the head — allegedly with a pair of scissors — has died, police said on Thursday.
Middle-income households who rent are beginning to show economic stress, said Andrew Schaefer, managing director of property managers Trafalgar.
South Africa’s premier bird-watching destination is safe for the moment, despite a land invasion by local communities last month.
Mike Sutcliffe invites Niren Tolsi to his Zulu shield table to talk about what makes eThekwini tick.
The HIV-positive mother takes a deep breath as her name is called, scurrying behind the doctor who will tell her whether she has infected her baby.
The problem with the South African Broadcasting Corporation is not that biases its broadcasts, but that it holds back too much.
Pregnancy makes a woman exempt from the usual fought-for courtesies and rights offered to other members of the human race, especially women.
President Thabo Mbeki is consulting his lawyers on possible action over the newspaper’s report of his allegedly corrupt involvement in the arms deal.
A Middelburg man accused of bludgeoning his five-year-old stepdaughter to death after quarrelling with her mother has denied killing the child.
The Scorpions’ disbandment is intended to shield key ANC members from prosecution, parliamentary hearings on the matter heard on Wednesday.
Thousands of Cosatu members marched through South Africa’s cities on Wednesday in protest against the rising cost of living.
Najwa Petersen’s son testifies he was ”scared, very scared and shaken” when an intruder entered the room where he slept with his family.
There is only one Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) in the country, the organisation’s secretary general, Mfanelo Skwatsha, said on Wednesday.
A book in memory of South African Defence Force soldiers who died in the Bush War between 1966 and 1994 will be launched this weekend.
Four people were arrested in Durban after police uncovered an operation producing fake driver’s licences, pay slips and licence discs.
The Eastern Cape department of health needs to release a full report on the deaths of 142 babies in that province, says the DA.
Four ex-students of the University of the Free State who made a video that dumped the institution into a racial storm will have their day in court.
The North West legislature will hold public hearings on two Bills for the prevention and treatment of substance abuse later this month.
South Africa’s giant mining companies were badly hit by a strike on Wednesday over rising power, food and fuel prices.
Nedbank Group has reported a 6,8% increase in diluted headline earnings per share from 673 cents to 719 cents for the six months ended June.
The state has withdrawn its case against about 200 foreign nationals arrested for violating traffic laws, the SABC reported on Wednesday.
A draft policy on African traditional medicine has been gazetted for public comment, the Department of Health said on Wednesday.
The JSE pulled back from earlier highs at midday on Wednesday, but remained well in the black with platinum shares in charge of the winners’ board.
A breakthrough in research at Stellenbosch University uses audio recordings to generate a ‘snoring index’, reports Marc Abrahams.
Global analysts Lehman Brothers said on Wednesday that they viewed central bank governor Tito Mboweni’s speech on Tuesday as "mildly hawkish".