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Who are the four new SABC board members?

Jacob Zuma has appointed four non-executive members to the board of the South African Broadcasting Corporation. Who are they?

Eskom: Save electricity or be left in the dark

Eskom said using electricity could stave off the re-introduction of load shedding as cold winds and snow dragged temperatures down to single digits.

Clock ticking ahead of local government elections

Clock ticking ahead of local government elections

From 7am on Wednesday over 23-million registered voters will go to over 20 000 polling stations to choose a representative at local government level.

Zuma joins the Twitterverse

Zuma joins the Twitterverse

President Jacob Zuma began tweeting on Tuesday gathering over 600 followers within an hour of his first post.

Krejcir lawyer accuses O’Sullivan of making threats

Krejcir asked to hand himself over

Fugitive Radovan Krejcir is supposed to report to his lawyer’s chambers on Thursday to be handed over to police for questioning, his lawyer says.

Manyi: Govt studying Glenister judgement

Hawks say fight against corruption continues

The Hawks will continue their corruption fight while rectifying legislation in line with a ruling they were vulnerable to political interference.

What Would Jacob Do?

Churches take issue with Zuma comments

The SA Council of Churches hopes to meet President Jacob Zuma over his "problematic" statement that a vote for the ANC will get people into heaven.

Minister ‘hopeful’ unions will accept govt wage offer

Minister ‘hopeful’ unions will accept govt wage offer

Public Service Minister Richard Baloyi said on Tuesday he hoped to never see a repeat of this year’s public-sector strike.

New number plates for Gauteng motorists

New number plates for Gauteng motorists

Gauteng plans to introduce its new licence-plate system in December, the month it expects to run out of numbers to allocate under the old system.

Selebi hints at ‘improper’ prosecution ahead of appeal bid

Former police chief Jackie Selebi has asked his lawyers to tell "authorities" that his corruption prosecution may have been improper.

Equal opportunity ‘up yours’ Hayibo to close

Satire website Hayibo.com will post its last article on Friday after advertisers shied away from it, one of the site’s writers said on Wednesday.

Govt says genocide claims ‘ludicrous’

A claim that the government was committing genocide against Afrikaner farmers was "ludicrous", spokesperson Themba Maseko said on Tuesday.

Search continues for missing tiger

Panjo the tiger, who reportedly jumped out of his owners’ bakkie on Tuesday morning and went walkabout, has caused a stir.

Doubts over replicating Cup courts successes

There are doubts over plans to replicate the successes of World Cup courts which have seen cases around the tournament swiftly concluded.

SA diplomatic staff dodge traffic fines in UK

SA diplomatic staff owe more than £600 000 (about R6,8-million) in unpaid traffic congestion charges to the UK government.

Vavi receives death threat

Vavi receives death threat, says Cosatu

Cosatu chief Zwelinzima Vavi has received a death threat amid a furore over his complaint that allegations of corruption are not being investigated.

SA authorities probe Cup terror-plot reports

SA authorities probe Cup terror-plot reports

SA intelligence authorities were on Wednesday still trying to verify the accuracy of reports detailing an alleged plot to attack the World Cup.

Tributes pour in for Frederik van Zyl Slabbert

President Jacob Zuma has hailed the late apartheid-era opposition leader Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert , and called him a principled patriot .

SA checking passenger list of crashed Libyan plane

The SA government is working through the passenger list of a plane that crashed in Libya to verify if there were South Africans aboard.

Acsa: No word on when UK-bound flights will resume

The Airports Company South Africa (Acsa) was still awaiting word on Monday on when flights would resume to the UK and Europe, a spokesperson said.