National Lotteries Commission reaffirms confidence in Ithuba
The National Lotteries Commission said “it reaffirms confidence” in Ithuba after a high court judgment reconfirmed the incumbent SA national lottery operator. ||| Johannesburg – The National Lotteries...
View ArticleKrejcir case stalled as defence seeks clarity
Radovan Krejcir’s defence team has accused the State of not disclosing evidence in the murder of drug kingpin Sam Issa. ||| Johannesburg - Radovan Krejcir and his four co-accused have argued that the...
View ArticleBattle lines drawn as Phosa and Mabuza take aim
ANC stalwart Mathews Phosa denies claims that he fabricated a report citing that David Mabuza is an apartheid spy. ||| Pretoria - The knives are out between two senior ANC comrades - Mathews Phosa and...
View ArticleNo clues to identity of abandoned tot
Police are still searching for the parents and/or guardians of a two-year-old boy abandoned at Tygerberg Hospital last weekend. ||| Cape Town - The toddler who was abandoned at Tygerberg Hospital is...
View ArticleAbalone seized after high speed sea chase
Abalone with an estimated street value of R950 000 was seized following a high-speed sea chase in Hout Bay. ||| Cape Town – Abalone with an estimated street value of R950 000 was seized following a...
View ArticleAn end to South Africa’s water crisis?
A partnership with Iran could see the current water crisis improve with the development of desalination plants along SA’s coastline. ||| South Africa's partnership with Iran could see the current water...
View ArticleCops raid Glebelands Hostel
Hundreds of police officers descended on Durban’s notorious Glebelands Hostels in a raid that saw two suspects arrested and numerous residences searched for drugs and weapons. ||| Durban – Hundreds of...
View ArticleYouth clean up KwaMashu township
Young people from KwaMashu in Durban embarked on a clean-up and renovation campaign aimed at restoring neglected open spaces in the community. ||| Durban - The youth of KwaMashu in Durban,...
View ArticleTeen accused of killing man with cricket bat
A 17-year-old North West boy allegedly beat a man to death in an altercation over a stolen cellphone. ||| Rustenburg – A teenage boy allegedly beat a 29-year-old man to death with a cricket bat in...
View ArticleEpic sentence for Tongaat serial rapist
Nkosinathi Mthembu,36, has been handed five life sentences and a further 103 years imprisonment. ||| Durban – A 36-year-old man was handed five life sentences and a further 103 years imprisonment in...
View ArticleMinister liable for KZN man’s wrongful arrest
A Hillcrest man who was detained for nearly three months in Westville Prison on charges which were later withdrawn has successfully sued the minister of police. ||| The Durban High Court has found...
View ArticleElderly woman shot multiple times in head
A 72-year-old woman is reportedly in a critical conditional after being shot numerous times in the head and arm in Athlone, in the Western Cape. ||| Cape Town – A 72-year-old woman was shot in Athlone...
View Article‘Clever’ fraudster jailed for six years
A man who was “just too clever” in the way that he cheated his employer out of more than two million rands, has been jailed for six years. ||| Cape Town – A man who was “just too clever” in the way...
View ArticleCops not intimidated by gang’s hit list
Rumours of a “hit list” with the names of police officers allegedly responsible for the death of a Pietermaritzburg gang leader during a shoot-out have been doing the rounds. ||| Pietermaritzburg...
View ArticleAfrican women more likely to have abortions
Research suggests that if you live in Africa and are pregnant, you are more likely to abort your baby compared to women in First World countries. ||| Cape Town - If you live in Africa and are...
View ArticleDA lays criminal charges against ANC
The Democratic Alliance has laid criminal charges against the African National Congress in the Free State for allegedly damaging DA election posters. ||| Bloemfontein – The Democratic Alliance has laid...
View ArticleVehicle bursts into flames, 1 dead
One man died when a light delivery vehicle crashed on the R544 opposite Van Dyk’s Drift mine in Witbank, Mpumalanga, and burst into flames. ||| Witbank – One man died when a light delivery vehicle...
View ArticleGrabouw tense as N2 re-opens
Violence erupted early in the week when several thousand residents invaded an area in Grabouw next to the N2. ||| Cape Town - Firm action by local, provincial and national government to re-open the N2...
View ArticleOne dead, 14 injured in Joburg crash
One person died and 14 others were injured in a collision between a minibus taxi and a VW Polo in Newlands, Johannesburg. ||| Johannesburg – One person died and 14 others were injured in a collision...
View ArticleSanco calls for probe into farmworker’s death
The SA National Civic Organisation in the North West called for a probe into the circumstances surrounding the death of a farmworker allegedly ‘left to die’ from a leg injury. ||| Ventersdorp – The SA...
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