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The Department of Social Development in KZN says action is urgently needed to address the underlying causes of gender-based violence, particularly committed by police officers.

An application by National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula to block her arrest has been dismissed by the High Court in Pretoria.

The ANC Women's League says it's concerned that despite marches, talks, and summits on gender-based violence, the scourge continues to rear its ugly head.

A group of unemployed medical doctors have staged a sit-in at KZN Health's offices in Pietermaritzburg on Tuesday.

The speaker of the National Assembly, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, says she is ready to hand herself over to police from tomorrow.

Senior Congress leaders have complained that their phones were illegally tapped during the Assembly elections. They have pointed fingers at KTR as a key figure in orchestrating this breach of privacy. They said the tapping was done to intimidate and prevent BRS corporators from defecting to Congress.

Health Minister Joe Phaahla says the forensic DNA tests on the remains of the Limpopo bus crash victims will be a painstaking process.

A KZN police sergeant has been arrested after his girlfriend was assaulted.

Hyderabad, April 1 (IANS) The Telangana police have sought the custody of former Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Task Force, Radha Kishan Rao, for further questioning in a phone-tapping case.

South African Grammy award-winner, Tyla, is back home.