Johannesburg - A total of 45 111 people were arrested in Gauteng during the festive season for crimes ranging from robberies, rape, assault, kidnapping, attempted murder, murder, burglary at houses and business premises, drug related crimes, fraud and shoplifting.
Pretoria - The new National Rolling Traffic Law Enforcement Plan (NREP), which became effective 1 October, has already started to register significant successes.
Pretoria - Despite the recent teachers' strike and a long mid-year break due to the FIFA World Cup, it's all systems go for the final grade 12 examinations to kick off next week.
Pretoria - An alleged rhino poacher was shot dead in the Kruger National Park on Wednesday.
Pretoria - Police have confirmed that the body found on Table Mountain, after an apparent suicide on Sunday night, was that of property developer Rob Taylor.
Pretoria - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe will today meet with the South African National Editors' Forum (SANEF) to examine relations between government and the media.
Pretoria - Despite a drop in fatal crashes on South Africa's roads this past festive season, authorities say the number of people killed on the country's roads every year remains unacceptably high.
Polokwane - Musina police have made a major breakthrough following the arrest of five people who were found stealing steel supports from railway lines.
Polokwane - Limpopo's education department has spent R40 million providing mobile classrooms for schools that were damaged by heavy storms in the province.
Pretoria - Banking group FNB has scooped the multibillion rand corporate account for the Gauteng province, Premier Nomvula Mokonyane announced on Tuesday.
Pretoria - The Gauteng Health and Social Development Department has stopped paying salaries to staff who did not avail themselves for verification.
Pretoria - Gauteng police have seized a large arms cache, which included rocket launchers, hand grenades and rifles from an outbuilding in Katlehong on Tuesday.
Pretoria - While Robert Kieser, 18, was aiming for a position in the top five of Gauteng's 2010 matric top achievers - being among the top three came as a big surprise.
Johannesburg - The City of Johannesburg has conceded there is a need to overhaul the public transport system in South Africa's economic hub.
Pretoria - The Department of Water Affairs has reduced the number of flood gates opened at the Vaal dam from 17 to 14 and dam levels were expected to be back to 100 percent by today after being 104 percent full.
