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Nine people, including a man going 202km/h in a VW Golf, were arrested for speeding on the N12 in Benoni on Sunday, Ekurhuleni metro police said. The 33-year-old man driving the VW Golf claimed he was on his way to drop somebody off, spokesman Chief Superintendent Wilfred Kgasago said in a...

Light snowfalls are expected over the Drakensberg, Lesotho and KwaZulu-Natal mountains on Saturday night, the SA Weather Service said. "By tonight [Saturday evening] light snowfalls are expected over southern Drakensberg into Lesotho spreading to the KwaZulu-Natal region," forecaster Edwin...

A seven-time champion and the two-time women's winner will defend their titles at the annual hot dog-eating contest on Coney Island. Seventeen men and 13 women will compete Friday in front of a crowd of about 30,000 spectators and a TV audience of about one million in the Nathan's Famous Fourth...

Parliament's rules dictate that it must establish a new ad-hoc committee to investigate the Nkandla report, former speaker Max Sisulu told Beeld. "This is what parliamentary rules prescribe and it is not dependent on individuals' feelings," he said in an interview published on Friday. Sisulu...

Twenty-three initiates have died since the start of the winter initiation season because of botched circumcisions and 104 others have been admitted to hospitals for related injuries, Deputy Traditional Affairs Minister Obed Bapela said on Thursday. "It is saddening to report the increased...

The ANC in Gauteng think they are better than their President Jacob Zuma, Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema said on Thursday. "They think they are smarter than Jacob Zuma's collective," Malema told reporters in Johannesburg. Malema said the removal of EFF MPLs from the Gauteng...

Electricity blackouts in Centurion, south of Pretoria, were caused by saboteurs, Tshwane mayor Kgosientso Ramokgopa said on Wednesday. "We think that this amounts to sabotage, just to undermine the economy of the capital city and the nation in general," he told reporters in Pretoria. "We have...

ANC MP Lindiwe Michelle Maseko has suggested the SABC broadcast the national anthem twice a day to foster patriotism, The Times reported on Wednesday. According to Maseko this was because South Africans were not patriotic enough. She reportedly suggested the anthem be played by the national...

Economic Freedom Fighters leader Themba Wele in the Bhisho legislature was kicked out of the House for calling white people boers, Sowetan reported on Wednesday. Legislature speaker Noxolo Kiviet kicked Wele out of the House on Tuesday for referring to white people in his speech as "AmaBhulu"...

The SA Revenue Service (Sars) intends collecting nearly R1 trillion during the 2014/15 tax season, which began on Tuesday. Tax revenue was expected to grow by 10.4 percent to R993.6 billion, with R899.8bn collected last year, after refunds, Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene told reporters in...

Vehicle manufacturer BMW was rebuked over a controversial billboard advert featuring a Mini Cooper which was placed on the outskirts of Soweto, the Sowetan reported on Tuesday. The advert featured an outline of a Mini Cooper, with a large hole where the car should be. A banner across the advert...

Traffic will be disrupted in the Johannesburg CBD on Tuesday due to a National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) march, metro police said. "Motorist are advised to stick to the eastern side of the CBD between 11am and 3pm," Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar said. The march would start at...

President Jacob Zuma has signed the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill into law, his office said on Monday. The legislation notably re-opens the restitution claims process that closed at the end of 1998 and gives claimants five years -- to June 30, 2019 -- to lodge land claims. Only...

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A game breeder paid R7.8 million for an exotic Saddleback blesbok, Beeld reported on Monday. The brown and white blesbok, named Top Deck, stole the limelight at the 13th Absa Kirkwood Wildlife Festival when Gamevest owner Phillip Mostert bought him. Top Deck's brother, Mnumzane, was reportedly...

Large parts of Centurion in Gauteng were without electricity since early Sunday morning due to the Brakfontein substation being vandalised, the City of Tshwane said. "The areas affected are Brakfontein, Rooihuiskraal, Amberfield, the Reeds, Noordwes, Thatchfield, and Wierda Park," spokesman...

The Democratic Alliance was desperately recruiting and parading black people in a bid to conceal its real identity, the ANC said on Sunday. Reacting to the Sunday Times report that cast doubt on DA MP Phumzile van Damme's eligibility to be a Member of Parliament, the office of the ANC chief...

The ANC did not mandate Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti to push the controversial new land reform proposals, City Press reported on Sunday. Government's recently released policy paper on land reform and restitution -- titled "Strengthening the Relative Rights of People...

Dota 2 prize pool reaches R100 million Cue trumpets bellowing from the rooftops – the $10m mark has been broken.

The release of a report on the security upgrades at President Jacob Zuma's private homestead in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal, has been delayed, the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) said on Friday. "The unit has until recently indicated that it was hopeful that its report... will be completed by the...