Interdict against Du Noon protesters
The City of Cape Town obtained an interdict to prevent protesters from disrupting MyCiti bus services in Du Noon. ||| Cape Town - The City of Cape Town on Thursday said it had obtained a court...
View ArticleFourth toxic drug death prompts warning calls
The death of four KZN young people has prompted calls for more to be done to warn youngsters against illegal “club drugs” which sometimes include lethal toxins such as Rattex. ||| Durban - The number...
View ArticleWoman bust at OR Tambo with R1m tik
An alleged drug mule, who had travelled through two countries where drug trafficking carries a death sentence, was arrested at OR Tambo with tik worth over R1 million. ||| Pretoria - Members of the...
View ArticleModel agency boss denies sex assault
Johannesburg model agency boss Dawie De Villiers denied sexually assaulting and defrauding a 16-year-old model. ||| Johannesburg - Johannesburg model agency boss Dawie De Villiers on Thursday denied...
View ArticleSon gets 20 years for hit on dad
A Pietermaritzburg man who confessed to masterminding his father's murder told the court how his father's abuse led to him hiring a hit man. ||| Durban - The confessed mastermind of his father’s...
View ArticleEscapees use toilet to flee custody
Four awaiting trial prisoners allegedly escaped from the Lehurutshe police station through a toilet door which they accessed via a trapdoor in their holding cell. ||| Potchefstroom – One of four...
View ArticleOne dead, three hurt in Lindhaven crash
A man was killed and three others - including two children - were injured when two light motor vehicles collided head-on in the West of Johannesburg. ||| Johannesburg – A man was killed and three...
View ArticleCar slams into truck at petrol station; 2 dead
Two people were killed and another injured when their car ploughed into the back of a delivery truck at a petrol station near Richards Bay. ||| Durban – Two people were killed and another injured when...
View ArticleDriver held after petrol station crash
The driver of a car that ploughed into a truck at a Richards Bay petrol station, killing two people, has been arrested for drunk driving. ||| Durban – Two people were killed and a third was injured...
View ArticleDavies warns against dumping illicit goods in SA
People who dump sub-standard products in South Africa should expect to face the full might of the law, warns Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies. ||| Cape Town – People who dump sub-standard...
View ArticleSanco sets sights on firms that steal electricity
The civic organisation has called on authorities to target assets of businesses responsible for theft of electricity from Eskom and municipalities, which runs into billions of rands. ||| Johannesburg –...
View ArticleBusy night for cops in Cape Town CBD
Fines totaling R97 500 were issued for 184 offences overnight in the Cape Town CBD. ||| Cape Town – Fines totaling R97 500 were issued for 184 offences through Thursday night and into the early hours...
View ArticleThree killed in 9-car pile-up
Three people died and at least 10 others were injured in an accident involving nine cars on the N1 North in Limpopo. ||| Polokwane – Three people were killed and at least 10 others were injured on...
View ArticleMurder suspect killed in shootout with cops
A man wanted in connection with a number of murder cases has been shot dead in a shootout with police in central Durban. ||| Durban – A man wanted in connection with a number of murder cases has been...
View ArticleUber driver shot dead in Cape Town
A Cape Town Uber driver was killed Good Friday morning while waiting to pick up two passengers in Rondebosch. ||| Cape Town - A day before his 60th birthday, a Cape Town Uber driver was killed on...
View Article‘Help us find missing MH370 plane’
With the discovery of another piece of wreckage thought to belong to the ill-fated Malaysian Airlines plane in the Western Cape, the search has shifted focus to South Africa. ||| Cape Town - Families...
View ArticlePolitics blamed for spike in land invasions
The City of Cape Town believes that politics is fuelling a recent spike in land invasions. ||| Cape Town – Politics is believed to be fuelling the recent spike in land invasions in the City of Cape...
View ArticleCops hunt source of deadly ecstasy
KwaZulu-Natal police are in a race to find the source of the deadly ecstasy-like drug that has already claimed the lives of four young people. ||| Durban - KwaZulu-Natal police officers are hunting...
View ArticleTwo women gruesomely murdered
Gauteng police are investigating the death of an elderly woman whose body parts were removed, and another woman who was found on an open West Rand veld. ||| Johannesburg - Police are investigating the...
View ArticleDurban pupil dies on rugby tour
Grade 11 pupil Blake Kerdachi died of a suspected heart attack in a Gauteng hospital en route home from a sports tour of Hong Kong. ||| A Durban schoolboy has died of a suspected heart attack in a...
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