Pretoria, South Africa News

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Monday will see day 11 unfold in the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria.

The ANC's top six members Jessie Duarte, Gwede Mantashe, Baleka Mbete, Jacob Zuma, Cyril Ramaphosa and Zweli Mkhize during the second day of an NEC meeting held in Irene, Pretoria.

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A joke on the radio that went to far reminded me that educated people still don't believe in Africa's potential to be a world leader, says Rethabile Mashale .

Sights along the 1,300 kilometres of track include Matjiesfontein, where a man offered rides on a double-decker bus, and Kimberley, where the diamond industry got its start in 'the Big Hole.'

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PRETORIA, South Africa: Displaying photographs of a bare-chested Oscar Pistorius standing in his garage on bloodied prosthetic legs and wearing shorts soaked in his girlfriend's blood, prosecutors attempted Friday to focus attention on the killing for which the double-amputee Olympian is on trial for murder, while the defense poked holes in the ... (more)

As the country faces the possibility of yet another wet weekend, emergency personnel in two provinces are searching for five children who have been swept away by the floods.

None of South Africa's nine provinces has declared a disaster caused by floods, Co-operative Governance Minister Lechesa Tsenoli said on Friday.

AT the Arcadia Centre in Madiba St, Pretoria, you can have your trousers altered, or buy ammunition designed to blow a hole in someone the size of a 50c piece.

A man was killed and his wife robbed on Friday during a house robbery in Cullinan, east of Pretoria, Gauteng police said.

Poynting, the largest wireless antenna designer and manufacturer in the country, had acquired African Union Communications for R49.5 million in a deal that would enable it to sell into the African market for the first time, the AltX-listed firm said yesterday.

South Africa earlier this week expelled three Rwandan officials from its embassy in Pretoria .

I admit it. I am afraid of white men who are strangers. This is especially the case when white men are in groups, but on occasions when I have seen a lone white man on a dark street at night, I have quickened my steps and crossed the road.

Public Protector Thuli Madonsela's report on SABC Chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng is obsessed with vilifying him, a group of religious leaders said on Thursday.

What's better than the privilege of traveling on one of the world's most lavish trains? Receiving a complimentary hotel night at a stunning hotel to add onto your journey, that's what.

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He had covered his face before, when bloody photos flashed across court monitors of his own bathroom, where his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp lay after he shot her on Valentine's Day last year.