The drugs were hidden inside a heavy metal case made to look like a spare part for a machine or a car, police say.>>>

Police have sent a "stern warning" to people consult fake doctors after the latest incident ended in death.>>>

A domestic worker chased away two women attempting to rob the Pretoria house where she works.>>>

The operator of a Yemeni aircraft that crashed into the Indian Ocean off the Comoros islands this week has cancelled flights from Paris.>>>

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will not run for re-election as governor.>>>

Around 30 people were believed to be trapped in a tower block in London after a fire spread through eight floors.>>>

Agencies paid to assess the level of risk of investments and rate them accordingly have come under the microscope, following the sub-prime crisis in the United States. In the wake of a collective investment fund collapse in South Africa, they are being questioned here too.>>>

The Government Employees Medical Scheme (Gems) recently signed up its one millionth beneficiary and continues to grow strongly, with 500 new applications to the scheme each day.>>>

A large number of investors in money market funds have clearly been spooked following last week's Personal Finance report on the collapse of money market-type cash manager Corporate Money Managers (CMM), and its Cash Managed Fund (CMF), under the headline "Money market investments may not be as safe you think".>>>