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The reappointment of Angie Motshekga as basic education minister has been welcomed by the Federation of Governing Bodies of SA Schools....

UPDATE: Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has sworn in Cyril Ramaphosa as the country's deputy president, the first of President Jacob Zuma's new Cabinet to take the oath....

The ANC has named Zizi Kodwa as the party's new national spokesperson....

KwaZulu-Natal Transport MEC Willies Mchunu has raised concerns over the increasing number of deaths on the province's roads....

The assault trial of Mandla Mandela, grandson of late former president Nelson Mandela, has been adjourned in the Mthatha Magistrate's Court....

Despite it being a solemn occasion, there have been giggles when some names were read out during the swearing in of new Cabinet. The biggest laugh coming with the name of public works minister....

Constitutional Court Judge Sisi Khampepe has began swearing in deputy ministers at the presidential guesthouse in Pretoria....

Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema's acknowledgement that he failed to comply with past tax obligations has been welcomed by the SA Revenue Service....

The family of kidnapped Pierre Korkie has asked South Africans to pray for him....

A 33-year-old Limpopo man who allegedly killed his 2-year-old daughter has handed himself over to police....

A Limpopo woman accused of hacking one of her three-month-old twins to death with an axe has been sent for mental observation....

A man identified only as Mr X will not testify this week about the 2012 Marikana shootings, the Farlam Commission of Inquiry into the events says....

Three men accused of murdering a Free State farmer and his wife are expected to apply for bail....

President Jacob Zuma's new Cabinet has taken the oath of office in a marathon ceremony in the presidential guesthouse in Pretoria....

Limpopo's traditional affairs department has approved 275 permits for initiation schools and rejected 36 applications....

The trial of an Mpumalanga pensioner accused of hacking his friend to death with a butcher's knife is set to start next month....

The General Council of the Bar of SA has called on South African authorities to intervene to stop the death sentence of a pregnant woman in Sudan....

Mmusi Maimane has been nominated unopposed for the DA parliamentary leader position, the party says....

The DA says with the swearing in of the Siyabonga Cwele as minister of telecommunications and postal services, SA could see the rebirth of the apartheid-era information ministry....

Newly-appointed North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo has pledged to improve the lives of residents of the province by ensuring effective service delivery....