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A woman caused a commotion when she stripped naked and caressed the statue of former president Nelson Mandela in Sandton, The Star reported on Wednesday. The woman was said to have walked around Nelson Mandela Square before undressing herself in full view of the public on Monday afternoon. The...

The ANC has been asked to act against hate speech by the Jewish community following a Twitter post saying "Keep calm and kill Jews," The Star reported on Tuesday. The SA Jewish Board of Deputies wrote a letter to the African National Congress on Sunday to act against hate speech on a Twitter...

A champion cyclist is in the intensive care unit of a Durban hospital after being stabbed and robbed of his bicycle, the Mercury newspaper reported on Tuesday. According to the report 59-year old Vaughan Cronje was attacked in the leafy upmarket Westville suburb on Sunday night after stopping...

Numsa accepts wage offer The National Union of Metalworkers SA announced on Monday that the strike in the engineering and metal sector is over after it accepted a wage offer. "The settlement offer has been overwhelmingly and unanimously accepted by our members," Numsa general secretary Irvin...

ANC Chief Whip Stone Sizani on Monday called for more state funding for ruling party officials in Parliament. Sizani told reporters at Parliament the amount of money ANC office bearers received from the public coffers did not match the duties they performed to make sure the legislature ran...

Fist bumps are more hygienic than handshakes and drastically reduce the risk of spreading infectious diseases, researchers in Britain have found. The study discovered that a handshake transfers 10 times as much bacteria as a fist bump, following a series of tests at Aberystwyth University on...

A parliamentary ad-hoc committee will again be established to consider President Jacob Zuma's response to Public Protector Thuli Madonsela's report on Nkandla, Beeld reported on Monday. ANC chief whip Stone Sizani confirmed this on Sunday after a lekgotla of the ANC caucus. "The president...

State officials say hundreds of women may have been secretly videotaped from cameras found hidden in bathrooms at the University of Delaware. On Friday, authorities announced the July 1 arrest of a University of Delaware graduate student after cameras were found in women's restrooms on campus...

South Africa stunned four-time champions New Zealand with a nail-biting 17-12 final victory to seal Commonwealth rugby sevens gold at Ibrox Stadium on Sunday. Tries from Seabelo Senatla (2) and Cecil Afrika, one converted by Franco du Preez, were enough for the Springboks to inflict a...

The Economic Freedom Fighters will liberate all the oppressed people of the world, leader Julius Malema said on Saturday. "All the oppressed people in the world, we want them liberated," he told supporters at Thokoza Park in Soweto. "We seek to liberate the world and Africa in particular."...

The Democratic Alliance must be rejected at all costs as it is funded by people from Israel, Julius Malema told supporters on Saturday. "All of us must reject the DA. The DA gets money from Israel," he said. Malema told supporters who had gathered at Thokoza Park in Soweto for the party's one...

The African National Congress on Saturday welcomed the appointment of Ephraim 'Shakes' Mashaba as the new head coach of Bafana Bafana. "We congratulate Mr Mashaba on his appointment which is duly deserved based on his experience and expertise," spokesman Zizi Kodwa said in a statement. "Soccer...

The Hawks on Friday confirmed they are investigating a government official for corruption involving R1.6 billion. "There is no formal charge at the moment, but we can confirm that a preservation order was applied for in the high court," Captain Paul Ramaloko said. "Most of this matter is...

South African leaders need to reach out to those in the Afrikaans-speaking and African communities on their concerns about singing the full national anthem, Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday. Ramaphosa was responding to questions from journalists in Cape Town on whether he...

A Latvian company's scheme to circumvent liquor laws by hiring out rather than selling alcoholic drinks backfired on Thursday when tax authorities pulled its license and launched an audit. The company, Seavita, raised eyebrows running billboards in the southern town of Bauska -- famous for its...

The Kyalami race circuit, which has hosted racing greats including Ayrton Senna, was sold at an auction for R205 million in Johannesburg on Thursday. It was sold to a telephone bidder in an auction lasting around one minute and 50 seconds. There was a palpable sense of anticipation in the...

Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday warned against "angst" over the proposed introduction of a national minimum wage. Ramaphosa said a decision on a national minimum wage would only come after thorough consultation. "Minimum wages in other countries have actually gone to an extent of...

A large number of Afrikaners in South Africa may be at risk of contracting Parkinson's disease because of their ancestors, a study by Stellenbosch University has found. "If genetic studies confirm the presence of a founder effect for [Parkinson's disease] PD in Afrikaners, this would imply that...

People should not fret too much about the recent increase in tension between MPs during parliamentary debates, Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday. "Parliaments are often beerhall type of theatres where people enjoy debates," Ramaphosa said while addressing a parliamentary Press...

The Economic Freedom Fighters will rule the country, the party's leader Julius Malema told MPs in the National Assembly on Wednesday. Speaking shortly after President Jacob Zuma delivered his budget vote speech, Malema said other political parties had grossly underestimated the EFF and the...