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12-10 IOL South Africa Mqanduli River 'highly contaminated' The Eastern Cape health department has urged residents of the Mqanduli area near Mthatha not to use river water for drinking.
12-10 IOL South Africa Mystery virus identified The mystery viral haemorrhagic fever which killed three people in South Africa has been provisionally identified.
12-10 IOL South Africa Take we, not me to bed When feminists of the '60s and '70s started protesting about disparities in the treatment of men and women, they also quite rightly urged women to reclaim their bodies.
12-10 IOL South Africa Respect 'will make SA safer' The road to Damascus of a former AWB commandant's son, who once fantasised about killing Nelson Mandela, has led to the countrywide release of a book this week. Fred Kockott reports.
12-10 IOL South Africa Home final Boom Durban is set to score millions as Sharks bring Bulls to town, writes Fred Kockott.
12-10 IOL South Africa SA participates in Antarctic rescue mission South Africa is taking part in an air mission to rescue a severely injured Norwegian mechanic at an Antartica research station.
12-10 IOL South Africa It's about hedgehogs and foxes, says guru With markets in a turmoil this week, Clem Sunter, South Africa's contemporary business fortune teller, believes times will be tough, but we'll have a softer landing than many other economies. Vivian Attwood spoke to him.
12-10 IOL South Africa New Cabinet representatives for LOC President Kgalema Motlanthe has reportedly appointed World Cup local organising committee replacements for ministers who resigned in the recent government reshuffling.
12-10 IOL South Africa Heavy metal Chris Makhaye reports on this phenomenon that's a feature on our roads and speaks to the people who eke out a living at the coal face of capitalism
12-10 IOL South Africa Crime hits small business big time Mary Corrigall reports on how thousands of businesses in South Africa are falling victim to robberies each year.
12-10 IOL South Africa 'Too black' for advert Cape Town's famous egg man has been left crushed after a casting agency turned him away.
12-10 IOL South Africa Pet owners threaten suicide Panic has set in among pet owners about a bylaw that is about to be enforced. Helen Bamford reports.
12-10 IOL South Africa R10m claim to make legal history Cape Judge President John Hlophe's decision to sue 13 constitutional court judges for violating his "personality rights" has raised some eyebrows, writes Jeremy Gordin.
12-10 IOL South Africa 'Be grateful you're not in Russia' Finance Minister Trevor Manuel has advised South Africans not to panic in the midst of a global economic crisis.
12-10 IOL South Africa Lekota's war Dissident ANC members are defying Jacob Zuma as they mobilise across the country in preparation for an all-out rebellion.
11-10 IOL South Africa Tow-truckers' dirty tricks In an industry where a 20km tow can cost around R1 850, everyone wants in on the action.
11-10 IOL South Africa Minor's rape claim challenged The defence has asked for the discharge of former Mamelodi Sundowns' marketing and communications director Alex Shakoane, who is charged with the indecent assault of a teenage girl.
11-10 IOL South Africa 'The time to defend our democracy is now' Former ANC chairperson Mosiuoa Lekota addressed a group of disgruntled ANC members in Langa, Cape Town.
11-10 IOL South Africa No police reports on Lekota bodyguard Police have denied any knowledge about the alleged kidnapping of Mosiuoa Lekota's bodyguard.
11-10 IOL South Africa Two die in shack fire Two people have burnt to death in a shack fire early at Mkhanqa village in Ekhuruleni, Gauteng police said.
11-10 IOL South Africa ANC denies N West recall The African National Congress national headquarters on has dismissed radio reports that North West premier Edna Molewa would be recalled.
11-10 IOL South Africa Shoprite robbed, robbers make off with cash Police are on a loot out for four men who allegedly robbed the Tsakane Shoprite in Ekurhuleni.
11-10 IOL South Africa Seven injured in bus crash Seven people received minor back injuries when their Intercape bus hit a truck on the N1 15km from Springfontein, Free State police said.
11-10 IOL South Africa Location chaos threat to Cape film industry Cape Town is fast losing its image as a film-friendly city, with some roleplayers saying the industry is in crisis.
11-10 IOL South Africa Fear lurks in V&A 'secret garden' Parents are concerned about security at the V&A Waterfront after a group of seven young pupils were robbed by two teenage boys, one brandishing a broken bottle.
11-10 IOL South Africa Casualty ward closed on fresh virus fears The death of a woman who died shortly after admission to George Mukhari Hospital this week has forced the closure of the casualty section and observation of everyone who had attended to her.
11-10 IOL South Africa Zille raps Tutu for no-vote stand DA leader Helen Zille has questioned Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu's recent statement that he won't vote if the ruling party fails to heal its divisions.
11-10 IOL South Africa Victory for new border patrol unit A new Customs Border Control Unit set up to combat the flood of counterfeit goods and drugs coming through the country's ports,, airports and borders has already uncovered counterfeit DVDs worth over R2,5-million.
11-10 IOL South Africa SA will survive turmoil, say analysts South African markets have suffered one of their worst weeks in years as a global wave of investor panic hit home.
11-10 IOL South Africa Mystery virus spreads in two countries The number of people being observed for traces of the deadly mystery viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF) has now climbed to 144.
11-10 IOL South Africa Evita to launch new political party Evita Bezuidenhout - that seemingly indestructible political legend - is planning to beat Mosiuoa Lekota to the punch.
11-10 IOL South Africa Rolex gang strikes again A Johannesburg man has reportedly become the latest victim of the "Rolex Gang" after he was involved in a shootout in Houghton, Johannesburg.
10-10 IOL South Africa Bus accident victims identified Families of the 28 accident victims have identified them. However, after thorough recording checking, it emerged that 29 people died in the accident and not 31.
10-10 IOL South Africa The hunt is on... World Health Organisation's epidemologists are said to be hunting for the cause of the mysterious illness which has killed three people in SA.
10-10 IOL South Africa South Coast murder accused found not guilty The murders of nine women from KwaMakhutha, south of Durban, remain a mystery after the two remaining suspects in the crimes were acquitted.
10-10 IOL South Africa Can Motlanthe, Zille be friends? Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille has some very interesting things to say about ANC's Kgalema Motlanthe...
10-10 IOL South Africa Woolies fears for its workers According to police, hundreds of protesting Woolworths employees, who were supposed to be at different posts, stormed through an outlet in Johannesburg's CBD and intimidated employees and assaulted a truck driver.
10-10 IOL South Africa 'Mamelodi 10' to rest The freedom fighters known as the "Mamelodi 10" will finally be re-buried in a mass grave in Mamelodi on Sunday...
10-10 IOL South Africa Exhausted mom ends testimony on kids' deaths Charlotte van der Westhuizen, who lost her children in 2006 when her husband allegedly shot them dead, was in tears when she told the media that her baby daughter would have turned four on Sunday.
10-10 IOL South Africa Meeting on street names turns nasty Tempers flared at a public meeting to discuss the renaming of streets in Pretoria's inner city.
10-10 IOL South Africa Schoolgirl violence enters conference talks Experts at a summit conference on school safety in KwaZulu-Natal have sounded the alert about violence among schoolgirls, which is becoming more prevalent.
10-10 IOL South Africa Iron homes to replace burned shacks Corrugated iron homes are to replace the almost 800 shacks destroyed in the Foreman Road informal settlement, but it has taken more than a month and comes after wrangling over construction materials.
10-10 IOL South Africa Baboons run amok across Cape Town Kommetjie junior school children have to eat their sandwiches in their classrooms because the local baboon troop has taken to raiding the school grounds in search of easy pickings during the absence of baboon monitors.
10-10 IOL South Africa Marburg, Ebola ruled out Investigations conducted by Zambian laboratories on samples from the first two victims of the mystery virus have ruled out Ebola and Marburg.
10-10 IOL South Africa Rocking the Daisies... Rocking the Daisies 2008 was well-supported. So well-supported, in fact, that way more people arrived at the venue than the organisers had ever hoped or planned for.
10-10 IOL South Africa Land deal discussed behind closed doors The Ekurhuleni metro council has agreed to discuss an embarrassing report on dodgy multimillion-rand land deals in committee, to avoid public scrutiny.
10-10 IOL South Africa Blue-light revolutionary? Former defence minister Mosiuoa Lekota is allegedly a "blue-light revolutionary"...
10-10 IOL South Africa SA gets category 1 air safety rating South Africa has been given a "category one" safety rating by the United States Federal Aviation Administration.
10-10 IOL South Africa Surty vows not to interfere with the NPA Newly appointed Justice Minister Enver Surty has vowed he would not "cross the line" and interfere with the duties of the NPA, provided it operated within the rule of law.
10-10 IOL South Africa What about the unaired side of the exposé? Tshwane's executive mayor Dr Gwen Ramokgopa says Carte Blanche's use of selective coverage and unreliable sources didn't reflect the whole story.