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The chief of the Mhlongo clan has angered neighbouring farmers in Carolina because he is renting land claim land to squatters instead of farming, Beeld newspaper reported on Wednesday. Clan head Reuben Ndlovu Dlangamandla was reportedly renting out plots on the farm "Kromkrans" for as little as...

One in two young South Africans believe the current legal drinking age of 18 should be lowered, according to a survey released on Wednesday. "The survey found that 50 percent of respondents believed it appropriate for people under 18 to drink alcoholic drinks," consumer insights company...

A Johannesburg woman has been sent for mental observation after she allegedly stabbed a boy, saying the mermaids sent her, Beeld reported on Wednesday. Charnice Smith, 29, from Jan Hofmeyer, appeared briefly in the Newlands Magistrate's Court on Tuesday after allegedly slashing a five-year-old...

The hearing into the R699 car sales scheme has been set down for early August in the Eastern Cape High Court in Port Elizabeth, a lawyer representing consumers said on Tuesday. "This morning the judge granted an order postponing the matter to the seventh [of August]," Duncan Heuer said. After...

Economic Freedom Fighters' members stormed into the Gauteng legislature during their march in Johannesburg on Tuesday. The party members had marched to the legislature to protest against the removal of their MPLs during a sitting on July 1. On arrival at the legislature, they pushed through a...

Nelson Mandela had a way with words, but not quite like this. Cyclists traversing Johannesburg in the former South African president's honor wore T-shirts with one of his many inspiring quotations, along with a glaring typographical error in the word "freedom." The T-shirt read: "The purpose...

South Africa is producing too few doctoral graduates, Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor said on Tuesday. Opening debate in Parliament on her department's R6.47 billion budget, she told MPs the country currently turned out just over 1800 PhDs a year. "The National Development Plan...

An Australian senator who told breakfast radio she would only date men who were rich and "well-hung" apologised Tuesday, saying she had tried to hide her embarrassment with a joke. Jacqui Lambie, who took her seat in the national parliament's upper house earlier this month, told Tasmania's...

Scientists have linked more than 100 spots in our DNA to the risk of developing schizophrenia, casting light on the mystery of what makes the disease tick. Such work could eventually point to new treatments, although they are many years away. Already, the new results provide the first hard...

The dragging of a four-year-old boy outside a hijacked car in Boksburg at the weekend was a heartless act, Gauteng premier David Makhura said on Monday. "This act was heartless. Dragging a small boy for 8km shows they could have been under the influence of drugs as we know the community has a...

Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) plans to sell some of its Rustenburg and Union mines, the company said on Monday. "The intention to exit Union mine [in Limpopo] and concentrators has already been announced, and it has now been concluded that Rustenburg [in the North West] and our Pandora JV...

The nephew of President Jacob Zuma has launched a land claim targeting more than 60 farms in Impendle in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, The Citizen reported on Monday. "I do not think there is any dispute around that -- that entire land was historically under the KwaNxamalala Tribal Authority,"...

Country singer LeAnn Rimes attended the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Swim shows in Miami Beach and says she was wowed by a selection of skimpy swimwear. "I like butts, and they do a really good butt," she said after the Luli Fama show, which she attended along with husband Eddie Cibrian. The...

The ANC will go "back to basics" through its Imvuselelo campaign, President Jacob Zuma said on Sunday. "We must use this campaign to reflect on where we are and what we can do in the immediate, to make the ANC the fighting force needed to take our people forward in the fight against poverty...

The Mail & Guardian denied a report on Friday that it is in financial trouble, that staff were unpaid for months, and that it subsidised business interests in Zimbabwe. "The allegations in the article are completely untrue," the newspaper's chief executive Hoosain Karjieker told Sapa. "We do...

The world is getting warmer, as greenhouse gases reach historic highs and Arctic sea ice melts, making 2013 one of the hottest years on record, international scientists said Thursday. The annual State of the Climate report 2013 is a review of scientific data and weather events over the past...

The government will spend R34m to have the South African flag flying at every school and teach everyone to sing the national anthem, the arts and culture ministry said on Thursday. Minister Nathi Mthethwa said this was aimed at forging a national identity and unity. "It is imperative that...

Two Lonmin security guards apologised and pleaded for mercy before protesting mineworkers killed them, the Farlam Commission of Inquiry heard on Thursday. "They apologised but no one listened to them. We just killed them," a police witness identified only as Mr X told the inquiry in Pretoria...

President Jacob Zuma needed more information before responding to findings on his Nkandla home, his office said on Thursday after he missed a deadline to report to Parliament on the matter. "President Jacob Zuma is still seized with preparing the report to the Speaker on the upgrades at his...

The five-month-long strike in the platinum sector led to a 40 percent decrease in production at Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) in the second quarter, the company said on Thursday. "Platinum-equivalent refined production decreased by 40 percent to 358,000 ounces as a result of the industrial...