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Committee to investigate EFF conduct in Parliament

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Cape Town – National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete says she has asked Members of Parliament belonging to opposition party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), to give reasons why they should not be suspended for disrupting a sitting of the National Assembly last week.

Tip-offs assist police net criminals

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Pretoria - The communities of South Africa are getting involved in the fight against crime by providing anonymous tip-offs on criminal activities in their neighbourhood.

GDP increases by 0.6% in 2nd quarter

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Pretoria - South Africa's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at market prices increased by 0.6% in the second quarter of 2014, Statistics South Africa, said on Tuesday.

JCPS Cluster condemns disruptions in Parliament

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Pretoria – Ministers in the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security (JCPS) Cluster have condemned the disruptions in Parliament last week, saying measures have now been put in place to ensure that such incidents do not happen again.

Let’s fight abuse together

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Everywhere I go there is a palpable sense of anger and sadness at the recent spate of abuse and killing of women and children in our country. The shocking incidents in Reiger Park and Westbury where children were killed have no place in our society. Government is saddened by these deaths and I convey my deepest condolences to the families and friends who lost their loved ones.

Condolences to Attenborough's family

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Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has sent condolences to the family and friends of Sir Richard Attenborough, who died on Sunday.

MEC condemns violence by Joburg residents

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Pretoria - Gauteng MEC for Human Settlements and Co-Operative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Jacob Mamabolo, has strongly condemned the use of violence by some residents of a Johannesburg inner-city flat as a strategy to stop evictions.

Govt sets record straight on State Security Agency

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Pretoria - Government has dismissed media reports that the State Security Agency has become an employment department for the children of Ministers and other high-profile officials.

Gauteng Health suspends CFO

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Pretoria – The Gauteng Department of Health has suspended its Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Ndoda Biyela, pending an internal investigation, the department said on Monday.

Team sent to end Mooi River protest

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Pretoria - A high-level rapid response team has been sent to the Mooi Mpofana Local Municipality to end the protest action, which is blocking traffic on the busy N3 highway near Mooi River.