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"There's a government excavator [worth more than R2m] on my stoep," says Mpumalanga farmer Gerrie Roets.

After years of warning about a nuclear Iran, Israel seems to be weighing an attack.

The ANC's support of a super-tax on mining profits is reckless and would kill jobs and investment, the Democratic Alliance says.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has vowed to strengthen existing sanctions against the Syrian regime and seek further ones to dry up funding and arms shipments.

President Jacob Zuma will use social media to find out what is troubling South Africans ahead of his State of the Nation address, his office says.

The sanctions against suspended ANC Youth League president Julius Malema will only take effect after mitigation, SABC radio news reports.

Egypt's interior minister has ordered Cairo's Tora prison hospital to make preparations to receive former President Hosni Mubarak, who has till now been held in a military hospital.

Suspended ANC Youth League president Julius Malema has been given a 14-day reprieve to argue for a lesser sentence after he failed to have his suspension overturned.

Police say 15 people have been arrested after they allegedly set fire to a local businessman's cars and demolished a wall at his home in Lehurutshe in the North West province.

Numsa says its energy conference is aimed at preventing the renewable energy sector from being dominated by a capitalist system.

UN leader Ban Ki-moon has slammed Russia and China's veto of a Security Council resolution on the Syria crisis, saying it undermines the United Nations.

Motorola says some refurbished Xoom tablets may have contained previous owners' data and may not have been properly wiped.

Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward says he will not participate in the band's reunion recordings unless he is offered a "signable" contract.

The Vodacom Bulls held off a resurgence to secure a 16-12 win over the Kings in Port Elizabeth to open their season on a high.

Madonna has debuted a new video for single Give Me All Your Luvin off her much-anticipated album MDNA.

The Syrian army is slowly disintegrating as troop morale plummets and more soldiers defect to join rebels fighting a regime crackdown against dissent, a spokesperson for the Free Syrian Army says.

An Israeli soldier stranded after a raid in occupied territory has been escorted to safety by a Palestinian man in the same village the troops had targeted.

Disarray in the crime intelligence unit and a lack of experienced detectives could be the reason for an increase in ATM attacks, a crime expert says.

Malaria is not spreading locally, the National Institute of Communicable Diseases has said following six cases of the disease in the Tshwane region.

The ANC in Limpopo has refused to comment on claims that it has failed to pay workers their salaries, saying it cannot discuss internal matters.