JUST IN | Boy stabbed to death at Gauteng school

Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has expressed grief at the killing of a 14-year-old Freedom Park Secondary School pupil in the province. Source

Prasa, govt vow to respond to protesters' demands to improve public transport

Hundreds of workers from various industries marched to the Cape Town train station and Parliament on Thursday. Source

WATCH LIVE | Auditor-General business executive to testify at Zondo commission

The commission of inquiry into state capture will on Friday hear testimony from a business executive at Auditor-General South Africa. Watch live. Source

'It's a thing of the past' - Mantoa Malema accepts Cyril Ramaphosa's apology

EFF leader Julius Malema's wife Mantoa Matlala has accepted the apology President Cyril Ramaphosa extended during his reply to the debate on the State of the Nation Address, following claims that her husband abused her. Source

Winde: CT law enforcement officers to work under WC police commissioner

Winde made the announcement during the State of the Province address on Thursday. Source

NHI Bill public hearings to kick off in Gauteng this weekend

Parliament's portfolio committee on health has been travelling across the country since the NHI Bill was passed in Parliament last year. Source

PICS | Tazne van Wyk: Angry protesters try to get into court where murder accused is due

Tensions are high outside the Goodwood Magistrate's Court as more than a hundred protesters descended on the courthouse to protest against the brutal murder of 8-year-old Tazne van Wyk. Source

Mantashe: Eskom being under DPE complicates its management

Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe said that having Eskom under Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan's department only made it more difficult to manage the power utility as it did not fall under his energy portfolio. Source

Carl Niehaus: Zuma back in SA on Saturday, 'thousands' expected at airport

Former president Jacob Zuma is expected to return to South Africa on Saturday after receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness in Cuba, and 'thousands will gather' to welcome him. Source

Tazne van Wyk murder: Angry community members look to force way into court

People outside the courtroom door were chanting "We want justice" and "Let us in" as several police officers tried keep the doors closed as protesters were fighting to make their way inside the already packed courtroom. Source

'Match made in heaven': Abused pitbull Cooper gets adopted

The one-year-old dog was tortured and disfigured a month ago when his ears were hacked off and sewn back on in Mitchells Plain. Source

Sona debate wrap: Ramaphosa takes aim at GBV, apartheid; stays firm on Eskom

On Thursday, President Cyril Ramaphosa responded to the debate on his State of the Nation Address (Sona) delivered last week. Source