Metro cop, 2 others held for Cowey Road murder
Three men, including a metro police officer, have been arrested in connection with the murder of a Durban businessman earlier this week. ||| Durban – Three men, including a metro police officer, have...
View ArticleKZN tops for voter turnout in #Elections2016
More than three million voters in KwaZulu-Natal cast their ballots in the 2016 municipal elections, the highest voter turnout in the country. ||| Durban – More than three million voters in...
View Article16 hurt as taxi, truck collide in Mpumalanga
Sixteen people were injured when a minibus taxi and a truck collided on the N4 Woestalleen Road in Middelburg, Mpumalanga. ||| Middelburg – Sixteen people were injured when a minibus taxi and a truck...
View ArticleNo victory party for the ANC
The ANC has announced that it will break with its tradition of holding a victory party after the elections. ||| Pretoria - The party that likes to party has developed a case of the post-election blues....
View ArticleFamily fights to #getcaylumtoboston for life-saving op
Seven-month-old Caylum Willemse, who had his first major surgery at just two days old, needs R6.9m for an operation at the Boston Children's Hospital. ||| Johannesburg - Many a night the Willemse...
View ArticleCoalition could tip balance of power in Rustenburg
If the ANC cannot secure coalition partners the municipality could become the only council to be run by opposition parties. (VIDEO) ||| Rustenburg could be the key that will unlock broader cooperation...
View ArticleNo coalition talks yet, says EFF
The Economic Freedom Fighters say they are not in any coalition talks with either the Democratic Alliance or the African National Congress. ||| Pretoria – The Economic Freedom Fighters are not in any...
View ArticleOne dead, four critical after Muldersdrift crash
A woman was killed and four other people were critically injured when the car they were travelling in rolled on the R114 in Muldersdrift, Gauteng. ||| Johannesburg – A woman was killed and four other...
View ArticleSleuth pins acquittal hopes on topless sunbather
Hope of an acquittal for Paul O'Sullivan in his passport-use violation case could lie with the case of a topless sunbather in Cape Town. ||| Johannesburg - Hope of an acquittal for forensic consultant...
View ArticleSo close, yet so far for ANC in Ekurhuleni
The ANC has come just short of winning an outright majority in the Ekurhuleni metro, managing to garner only 48.64 percent of the vote. ||| Pretoria – The African National Congress has come just short...
View ArticleRapist, double murderer jaied for 224 years
“Bad influence” was part of a gang who repeatedly raped two women, bit one in the face and shot dead two of another victim’s friends. ||| Pretoria - A man who was part of a gang who repeatedly raped...
View ArticleAdvocate in tears over baby snatcher’s letter
Advocate Matlemolla Mohlahlo broke down while reading a letter from his client in which she begged forgiveness from the woman whose baby she snatched. ||| Pretoria - Emotional scenes played out at the...
View ArticleWe did our best to win Tshwane, says Thoko Didiza
The ANC did all it could in the highly contested metropolitan municipality, mayoral candidate Thoko Didiza said. ||| Pretoria – Although the African National Congress suffered reduced support in...
View ArticleGauteng ANC says result a reason for introspection
The ANC in Gauteng said it was concerned that its vote share had slipped below 50 percent in certain municipalities. ||| Johannesburg – The African National Congress in Gauteng on Saturday said it was...
View Article‘IEC must apologise for #RememberKhwezi protest’
The ANC Women’s League has demanded answers from the IEC after four women staged an anti-rape protest directed at President Jacob Zuma. ||| Pretoria - The ANC Women’s League demanded answers from the...
View ArticleANC election loss fallout
President Zuma's future as leader of the ANC is set to be challenged from within as the fallout over the elections ripples through the party. ||| Johannesburg - President Jacob Zuma’s future as leader...
View ArticleWoman’s mystery death at Spier Estate
The “suicide” of the wife of a top businessman at a luxury winelands estate is being investigated as a murder. ||| Cape Town - The “suicide” of the wife of a top businessman at a luxury winelands...
View ArticleHard choices as the horse-trading begins
With the dust settling on the local government elections, a clearer picture is emerging of what could happen in municipalities with hung councils. ||| Johannesburg - Johannesburg, Nelson Mandela Bay,...
View ArticleANALYSIS: ANC has paid the price for Zuma presidency
Not all of the blame can be laid at President Zuma's door, but in some areas his malign influence can be clearly discerned, writes Craig Dodds. ||| Not all of the blame can be laid at President Zuma’s...
View ArticleNo purging of jobs, insists DA’s Trollip
Job security jitters abound in Nelson Mandela Bay with presumptive DA mayor Athol Trollip expected to make sweeping changes in the metro’s administration. ||| Port Elizabeth - Job security jitters...
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