About 600 stray dogs which have presumably been killing livestock, have been culled in the Laingsburg area.

Bystanders have told how two Welkom flying squad policemen swooped on a cow which had been struck by two cars, cut off its head and driven off with it.

A cancer patient says she's been "though hell" due to the public servants' strike, because she can't have chemo.

Salary increases for ministers and top government officials should be frozen in order to reduce the income gap between executives and ordinary workers, the ANC has said in KwaZulu-Natal.

KwaZulu-Natal Premier Zweli Mkhize has denied any involvement in the alleged R200m tender fraud which led to the arrest of senior government officials.

The SA Communist Party in the North West province has called on the ANC to fire premier Maureen Modiselle, spokesperson Kaizer Mohau has said.

Home Affairs says claims that Zimbabweans living in SA will have to return to Zimbabwe to get newly-required documentation, is "far from the truth".

Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane has visited a nurse who had been attacked by striking public servants at Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital, her spokesperson has said.

The SAPS is planning to launch an education trust fund for children of police officials who have died in the line of duty.

Two people were killed in a road accident on the N2 near Doti, between Dutywa and Mthatha in the early hours.