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Two men have been arrested and about seven suspects are on the run after police intervened during an attempted cash-in-transit heist at a shopping mall in Gauteng....

Life is difficult in Marikana near Rustenburg in the North West since the beginning of the strike in the platinum mining sector, a resident says....

Dignitaries from around 47 countries, including UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon and numerous heads of state, will attend President Jacob Zuma's inauguration, the international relations department says....

Two men accused of killing a Cape Town stilt walker have appeared in the Western Cape High Court....

A police officer witnessed three strikers being shot during the violent strike in Marikana, the Farlam Commission of Inquiry has heard....

Medical doctors will attend Marikana mineworkers and their families this weekend, Gift of the Givers says....

Newly appointed North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo has congratulated his predecessor Thandi Modise on her appointment as National Council of Provinces chairperson....

EFF leader Julius Malema will oppose a final sequestration of his estate....

The Communication Workers' Union (CWU) has dismissed as ill-informed and extremely insensitive Telkom's proposed retrenchment of close to 1 000 employees. ...

Mmusi Maimane has officially launched his campaign to become Democratic Alliance (DA) Parliamentary leader. ...

There have been clashes between protesting NFP members and police in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands....

The City of Cape Town has introduced a new initiative to prevent flush toilets from being vandalized in the Du Noon informal settlement....

The Buffalo City Metro has confiscated building material that Ilitha residents allegedly put on a piece of land near East London. ...

Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir's lawyer says a witness being burned with boiling water is unlikely, this as Bhekithemba Lukele concluded his evidence on Thursday...

A man allegedly kidnapped, assaulted, and tortured by Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir and five others has been asked to describe one of the two policemen allegedly part of the attack....

Sources in Yemen have confirmed that kidnapped Pierre Korkie is still alive, the Gift of the Givers Foundation says....

Johannes Christiaan de Jager fulfils the criteria of being a serial killer, a police forensic psychologist has told the Western Cape High Court....

The Hawks are investigating new ANC MP Patrick Mabilo for fraud....

Mmusi Maimane has confirmed he will stand for the position of parliamentary leader of the DA....

Public Protector Thuli Madonsela is set to probe the development of a R2bn town in President Jacob Zuma's home village of Nkandla....