Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia has brought private security companies into government's June 30 preparations, citing immigration tensions and the risk of unrest.
The state has split the R360-million Medicare24 tender fraud trial, separating alleged underworld kingpin Vusimuzi 'Cat' Matlala to face the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court alone.
A Limpopo crop farmer says rising feed prices are squeezing small farmers out, and that government training on making affordable fertiliser is the only fix.
The family of a Zion Church bishop say he was found in a shallow grave wrapped in a blanket, cowhide and plastic while his coffin, displayed at a public funeral, held only building blocks.
Parliament's police watchdog says people who publicly called for violence ahead of the June 30 deadline have not been arrested, even as the government spends R600 million on security.
South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal ruled the Zambian government failed to prove Edgar Lungu agreed to a State funeral, handing his widow the right to bury him in Johannesburg.
Fuel prices are set to drop on 1 July, but the government is also removing a levy that will cut into the saving, leaving petrol users about R1.44 cheaper per litre.