Mom of Baby X 'unmoved’ by photos of dead child
The response of Baby X’s mother to “horrific” photographs of her daughter shown during her trial was the focus of vigorous cross-examination. ||| Durban - How Baby X’s mother did not see her child”s...
View Article'They should pay costs from their pockets'
Major-General Johan Booysen wants NDPP Shaun Abrahams and his team to pay his legal costs from their own pockets. ||| Durban - Suspended KwaZulu-Natal Hawks Head Major-General Johan Booysen is asking a...
View ArticleFransman confidant on sex claim: None of it is true
A passenger on the trip during which Louisa Wynand claims she was harassed by Marius Fransman has dismissed her version of events. ||| Cape Town - Louisa Wynand, the young woman who has accused ANC...
View ArticleAxe falls on Ipid investigations head Sesoko
Ipid has fired its head of investigations, Matthews Sesoko, after he was found guilty of gross misconduct in a disciplinary inquiry. ||| Johannesburg - The Independent Police Investigative Directorate...
View ArticleSilent marchers protest brutal war on women
A large crowd of Wits students marched silently through the university’s grounds in solidarity with victims of gender violence. ||| Johannesburg - A large crowd of Wits University students marched...
View ArticleMan’s mutilated body found on empty field
The mutilated body of a man has been found on a vacant spot earmarked for land development in Mfuleni. ||| Cape Town - The mutilated body of an unidentified man was found on a vacant spot earmarked for...
View ArticleRiver Club proposal concerns residents
Observatory residents fear a proposed R4bn redevelopment of The River Club will mean the loss of public open space. s ||| Cape Town - Observatory residents fear a proposed R4 billion redevelopment of...
View ArticleMan stabbed to death by handbag robbers
A 35-year-old man was stabbed to death in Durban by two men who robbed him and his girlfriend, police say. ||| Durban - A 35-year-old man was stabbed to death in Durban by two men who robbed him and...
View ArticleSabotage at Telkom hits web, phone customers
Thousands of people across SA face being without landlines and the internet following a spate of sabotage acts on Telkom facilities. ||| Johannesburg - Thousands of people across the country face being...
View ArticleWestbury residents in stayaway over crime
Residents of Westbury in Joburg are being encouraged to take part in a major stayaway after at least six shootings over the past 10 days. ||| Johannesburg - The ongoing gang violence in Westbury has...
View ArticleDA's Trollip is new Nelson Mandela Bay mayor
The DA's Athol Trollip has been elected Mayor of the Nelson Mandela Bay metro. ||| Cape Town - The DA's Athol Trollip has been elected Mayor of the Nelson Mandela Bay metro.Eyewitness News reports that...
View ArticleUK move to bar SA preacher Angus Buchan
UK lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex organisations want SA preacher Angus Buchan barred from preaching there. ||| Durban - British lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex...
View ArticleDA ward councillor bound, shot and dumped
A DA official was shot execution-style just a day before he was to be sworn in as a member of a Northern Cape municipality’s council. ||| Kimberley - A DA ward councillor in the Northern Cape was shot...
View ArticleBrakpan's US fraudster faces extradition
"I love you", whispered a US fugitive to her SA husband as she was led into the police cells in the Brakpan Magistrate's Court. ||| Johannesburg - "I love you", whispered a US woman facing extradition...
View ArticleANC loses Mogale City
The Mogale City Municipality in Gauteng will have a DA mayor but an ANC speaker and chief whip after a dramatic secret vote. ||| Johannesburg - The ANC has lost another municipality to the DA in...
View ArticleANC accepts defeat in the capital
The ANC is ready to occupy the opposition benches in Tshwane’s council for now, says former city mayor Kgosientso Ramokgopa. ||| Pretoria - Battered after losing power in the capital to the DA, the ANC...
View ArticleMan dies as bus takes off car roof in crash
A mechanic’s life was abruptly cut short when his Ford Escort crashed into a Golden Arrow bus. ||| Cape Town - A mechanic’s life was abruptly cut short when his Ford Escort crashed into a Golden Arrow...
View ArticleTwo held in military arms cache bust
Police have made a breakthrough after the theft of heavy-artillery military weapons, arresting two people believed to be linked to the 28s prison gang. ||| Cape Town - Police have made a breakthrough...
View ArticleCape school’s innovative video bid to be inclusive
DF Malan pupils hope their video will "break the internet" and bring in cash to help physically challenged pupils attend mainstream schools. ||| Cape Town - A Cape Town school is challenging...
View ArticleDe Lille sued for R1m over ‘tikkop’ comment
A community activist expects R1m and a public apology from CT mayor Patricia De Lille after she reportedly called him a meth addict. ||| Cape Town - Community activist Roscoe Jacobs is suing Cape Town...
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