Convicted paedophile to face extradition to Australia
Anthony Peter Freedendal, wanted on 24 child sex offences, faces five life terms plus 150 years behind bars in Australia. ||| Cape Town - Convicted paedophile Anthony Peter Freedendal, who is wanted in...
View ArticleRocking the Daisies marred by worker’s drowning
The death of a young worker who drowned in a farm dam has cast a pall over this year’s Rocking the Daisies music festival in Darling. ||| Cape Town - The body of a young worker who drowned in a farm...
View Article‘Heartbreaking’ funeral for cop couple killed in crash
||| 'Heartbreaking' funeral for crash victim police couplesiyabonga sesantThe funeral service of a husband and wife who were both police sergeants at the Robertson police station, had been one of the...
View ArticlePE siblings freed after nearly a year in Saudi jail
Two of four siblings from a well-known Port Elizabeth family have been released after being held without charge in Saudi Arabia for nearly a year. ||| Cape Town – A well-known Port Elizabeth family was...
View ArticleWits set to reopen
Management of the University of the Witwatersrand has confirmed that the University would reopen on Monday. ||| Johannesburg – Management of the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) confirmed on...
View ArticleHow a community united with police to catch a killer
Tip-offs from the community led police to the hideout of a child rapist and murderer who was this week sentenced to two life terms behind bars. ||| Durban - Constable Robin Moodley, the policeman who...
View ArticleBogus cops jailed for motorist’s shooting
Two men who posed as policemen to extort bribes from motorists, and shot a man whose bribe wasn’t big enough, have been sent to prison. ||| Durban - They posed as policemen wanting to extort money from...
View ArticleCash taken as guards held up in Parow
Five armed men held up Fidelity guards at Sanlam Centre in Parow. ||| Cape Town - Shots were fired during a cash-in-transit heist at Sanlam Centre in Parow on Saturday.“Fidelity guards were apparently...
View Article‘A daughter we will forever hold dear’
Activist Fezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo, known to South Africans as “Khwezi” after accusing Jacob Zuma of rape, has died. ||| Johannesburg - Fezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo, who accused President Jacob Zuma of...
View ArticleKhwezi hailed a heroine
The death of Fezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo, President Jacob Zuma’s rape accuser, is “incredibly tragic”, said ANC veteran Ronnie Kasrils. ||| Pretoria - South Africans need to understand “what brave and...
View ArticleDoctors’ 12 hours of terror
Dr Vongani Marivate and his wife Dr Mpolokeng Molamu were heading home from their practice when a gang of 15 to 18 men pounced. ||| Pretoria - Prominent Ga-Rankuwa residents Dr Vongani Marivate and his...
View ArticleFormer soldier dies after army boot tussle
An argument over a pair of boots ended in tragedy, with a 43-year-old man stabbed to death and a 28-year-old man behind bars. ||| Johannesburg - An argument over a pair of boots ended in tragedy, with...
View ArticleUniversities desperate to re-open today
Management at SA universities are desperate to salvage their academic programmes but students seem to be in an uncompromising mood. ||| Johannesburg - Universities that have been hard hit by the fee...
View ArticleThe good, bad and ugly for Msimanga
Solly Msimanga, mayor of the capital, has spoken exclusively to the Pretoria News to review progress made since the August 3 elections. ||| Pretoria - Two months after becoming executive mayor of the...
View ArticleCape MEC kickstarts Bike2Work week
Western Cape MEC for economic opportunities, Alan Winde, plans to ‘walk the talk’ by cycling to work every day for a week. ||| Cape Town - It might get your suit sweaty, but it’ll make rush hour easier...
View ArticleWits students continue protest amid heavy security
Police vans with water cannons were positioned at the ready as students vowed to continue their protest and not allow lectures to resume. ||| Johannesburg – Protesting students at the University of...
View Article#FeesMustFall2016: Nzimande disturbed by Wits violence
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande has accused University of Witwatersrand students of holding the institution to ransom. ||| Cape Town - Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande...
View ArticleSiblings return home after 11 months in Saudi jail
A large crowd welcomed Huda and Waliyullah Desai as they returned home after being detained in Saudi Arabia for 11 months. ||| Port Elizabeth - As siblings Huda and Waliyullah Desai walked out of a...
View ArticleDream fulfilled half a century on
In 1967 John McGuinness from Chester in England met Neville Holland from Durban, this week McGuinness flew to the city to try to reconnect with his old friend. ||| Durban - A shot in the dark has paid...
View ArticleHundreds of Macufe revellers arrested
At least 251 people were arrested for various crimes during the annual Mangaung African Cultural Festival held in Bloemfontein. ||| Johannesburg - At least 251 people were arrested for various crimes...
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