News

Human Rights Watch said "the authorities have suppressed the political opposition and critics of the ruling party, stifled the media, and failed to ensure the electoral commission's independence".

Gauteng police have seized cocaine valued at R20-million at a plot in the upmarket Blue Hills estate, Midrand.

The Madlanga Commission of inquiry has heard about developments leading to the arrest of alleged Big Five cartel member, Katiso 'KT' Molefe.

According to the latest government figures, about 1,700 US troops are currently deployed in Romania.

The border between the two neighbours has been closed for more than two weeks, and news of the state of the talks was met with despair.