Journey of passion for blind barista
Blindiana Barista, SA’s first blind museum and coffee shop, offers Joseph Matheatau and other visually impaired people a lifeline. ||| Cape Town - There’s a crucial silence required when making the...
View Article74 beneficiaries get homes in Mamelodi East
Keys were handed to 74 Mamelodi East residents, but that is just a small dent in the city’s backlog of at least 120 000 homes. ||| Pretoria - Housing beneficiaries in Mamelodi East were ecstatic when...
View ArticleNo IDs mean foreign children can’t attend school
Foreign national children housed at a care centre in Ga-Rankuwa are not attending school because they don’t have identity documents. ||| Pretoria - Foreign national children housed at a care centre in...
View ArticleJozini finally elects office bearers
A month after the local government elections, KwaZulu-Natal’s far northern Jozini Local Municipal council has finally elected its officer bearers. ||| Durban - More than a month after the country’s...
View ArticleCoP17: WWF wants Vietnam rhino horn sanctions
WWF said that as the world’s largest market for illegal rhino horn, Vietnam, would be in the spotlight CoP17. ||| Cape Town - Conservation organisation WWF says Vietnam needs to crack down on its...
View ArticleKoster residents torch alleged kidnapper’s shop
Hundreds of Koster residents have burnt a tuck shop after accusing the owner of kidnapping little children in the community. ||| Rustenburg - More than 200 community members burnt a tuck shop in Koster...
View ArticleMineworkers nabbed with explosives in car
Two Lonmin mineworkers arrested for possession of explosives have been granted bail at the Brits Magistrate’s Court. ||| Brits - Two Lonmin mineworkers arrested for possession of explosive were granted...
View ArticleFamily members in dock for R25m car finance fraud
A Brits man has appeared in a Cape Town court with his mother and his wife, on 60 fraud charges related to vehicle-purchase finance. ||| Cape Town – The case against a man, his mother, and his wife who...
View ArticleFransman: I quit because of ANC chaos
Marius Fransman has insisted his resignation from the provincial legislature is not because of the millions of rands for which he was previously called to account. ||| Cape Town - Enbattled provincial...
View ArticleTV presenter ‘kicked, slapped and insulted’ wife
He allegedly slapped her and tried to strangle his wife. That’s the damning indictment by police against popular TV personality Tumisho Masha. ||| Johannesburg -He allegedly slapped her, tried to...
View Article‘They wanted to kill’
Mark and Kanchan Aaron of Westville North recounted how they survived a barrage of bullets during an attack by robbers just before dawn. ||| Durban - In a bid to reassure the public after a recent...
View ArticleDurban dagga puffs itself up into a haze
US-Canadian actor, comedian and musician Tommy Chong recently launched a “designer range” of cannabis products - one of which takes its name from Durban. ||| Durban - Durban is reaching new heights on...
View Article#DesmondTutu readmitted to hospital
Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu is back in hospital as a precaution after a surgical wound showed "signs of infection." ||| Cape Town - Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu is back in hospital, just days after he...
View ArticleBooysen vindicated by Jiba, Mrwebi being struck off
Johan Booysen has laid into deputy prosecutions head Nomgcobo Jiba and her “cronies” for placing the criminal justice system under siege. ||| Johannesburg - Suspended KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head Johan...
View ArticleBitter battle over Joost's 'stolen' money set to escalate
The Attorney’s Fidelity Fund is set on appealing a court order that it has to immediately pay Joost van der Westhuizen the R385 665 which was in a trust account. ||| Pretoria - The Attorney’s Fidelity...
View ArticleNuclear deal with Reddy's son queried
Questions have been raised over the “highly irregular” contract that Vivian Reddy’s son received for the procurement of a nuclear build programme management system. ||| Durban - Questions have been...
View ArticleStudent in hospital after campus fracas
A female student was hospitalised after suffering a seizure during scuffles between protesting students and security personnel at Stellenbosch University’s JS Gericke Library. ||| Cape Town - A female...
View ArticleGrieving dad of expat raises alarm over spiked drinks
A grief stricken dad has raised the alert for SA expats working abroad after his 27-year-old son died after his drink may have been spiked in a restaurant in Ghana. ||| Durban - A grief stricken...
View ArticleTwo girls in house fire
Two young girls died in a house fire in Glider Road, Kensington, the Western Cape government health emergency medical and forensic pathology services said. ||| Cape Town - Two young girls died in a...
View ArticleThree SAPS members nabbed for dealing in drugs, corruption
Three SAPS members were arrested after crime intelligence-driven operations were conducted in the Western Cape. ||| Cape Town - Western Cape Police have conducted various crime intelligence-driven...
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