E Cape police investigate tavern murder
Alexandria police are investigating a case of murder and attempted murder after two siblings were stabbed at a tavern in the town. ||| Port Elizabeth – Alexandria police are investigating a case of...
View ArticleLectures set to resume at Wits
The academic programme at Wits will resume this week as the university re-opens following student protests. ||| Johannesburg - Witwatersrand University’s managers have resolved that lectures will...
View ArticleThis is not protest, it’s intimidation: UCT lecturer
A senior lecturer at UCT has spoken out about the chaos plaguing the institution as student protests over fees continue. ||| Cape Town – A senior lecturer in the physics department at the University of...
View ArticleMob 'locks suspects in burning flat'
A Joburg community allegedly took the law into their own hands, killing two suspected thieves and leaving three others injured. ||| Johannesburg - A Joburg community who were apparently fed up with...
View Article‘Our homes are always in danger of burning down’
Residents of Cape Town ‘s Kosovo informal settlement say as soon as they rebuild their homes, they are in danger of being burnt down again. ||| Cape Town - Residents of Kosovo informal settlement in...
View ArticleMan stabbed, beaten to death outside his home
The half-naked body of a man was found with multiple stab wounds - and it looked as if he had been stabbed in the heart. ||| Kimberley - A Kimberley man was stabbed and brutally beaten to death with a...
View Article24 women land jobs fixing Cape Town roads
Twenty-four women from across the Cape Town metropole have been rewarded with permanent positions in the Women at Work road maintenance division. ||| Cape Town - The City of Cape Town has rewarded 24...
View ArticleEight killed in KZN road accidents
Eight people died in road accidents on KwaZulu-Natal’s roads over the month-end weekend. ||| Durban - A woman was struck and killed by a car on the M13 in Pinetown at about 5.45am on Monday as she...
View ArticleDUT resumes classes despite hoax shutdown letter
Durban University of Technology classes have resumed despite threats of a continued shutdown. ||| Durban - Classes resumed on Monday with little incident at the Durban University of Technology (DUT)...
View ArticleFinancial mismanagement puts community’s homes at risk
Residents of Sydenham Heights are in a fight to keep their homes after financial mismanagement caused them to be millions of rands in arrears. ||| Durban - Residents of Sydenham Heights are in a fight...
View Article'Revoke Hlaudi's Living Legends Award'
The DA has called for the city of Durban to revoke the "special recognition award" it presented to the SABC's Hlaudi Motsoeneng. ||| Durban - The DA has added to the discontent surrounding the SABC's...
View ArticleTwo pedestrians killed in Joburg crash
A 13-year-old girl and a man believed to be in his 30s have been killed after a car hit them in Newlands. ||| Johannesburg - Two pedestrians were killed after a car hit them at the Long and 14th Road...
View ArticleUnemployed fraudster gets lucky with suspended sentence
Ederies Mokadam received a 10-year suspended prison sentence instead of the prescribed minimum of 15 years, for fraud. ||| Cape Town - An unemployed man’s misfortunes ended on Monday when he got a...
View ArticleThe painful life of Abigail Brookes
Fifteen-year-old Abigail Brookes has battled various illnesses since birth and is still prone to infection almost monthly. ||| Cape Town - Fifteen years ago, on August 11, and at 36-and-a-half weeks,...
View ArticleJordaan not demoted, but promoted, says ANC
The ANC in Nelson Mandela Bay said that former mayor Danny Jordaan has not been demoted but rather "promoted" to do election work. ||| Port Elizabeth - The African National Congress (ANC) in Nelson...
View ArticleAlleged thief dies after severe beating
Two men have been charged with beating a man to death for allegedly stealing a tablet computer in Orkney. ||| Rustenburg - A severely beaten man accused of stealing a tablet computer died at the Orkney...
View ArticleDurban’s shocking R3.4m car hire bill
The eThekwini municipality is renting 44 vehicles for its metro police unit, with the cost for six months expected to exceed R3.4 million. ||| Durban - Some eThekwini Metro Police are using rented...
View ArticleHawks operation seizes R15.7m in abalone
Since January, authorities have confiscated nearly 100 000 units of illegal abalone worth more than R15.7 million. ||| Cape Town - Nearly 100 000 units of illegal abalone worth more than R15.7 million...
View ArticleWits threatens shutdown if protest continues
Witwatersrand University management said the academic programme for 2016 could be shut down if student protest action continues. ||| Johannesburg - Witwatersrand University (Wits) management on Monday...
View ArticleApp lets Ekhurhuleni residents pay service bills online
Masterpass will enable around 900 000 Ekurhuleni residents to pay their municipal bills online with their smartphones. ||| Johannesburg - About 900 000 Ekurhuleni residents can now pay their municipal...
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