Child rapist loses appeal against life sentence
A 23-year-old Beaufort West farmworker has lost an appeal against a life imprisonment sentence imposed for raping a 10-year-old girl. ||| Cape Town - A 23-year-old Beaufort West farmworker has lost an...
View ArticleWhy was gang boss at tyre shop attack site?
Mystery over motive for arson attack on Observatory tyre shop deepens after alleged Sexy Boys gang boss visits the scene ||| Cape Town - A suspected gang boss’s arrival at an Observatory tyre service...
View Article‘All that was left of one diver was a pelvic bone’
A police officer has testified how hundreds of abalone poachers risk their lives off Gansbaai, which is also home to great white sharks. ||| Cape Town - Hundreds of poachers dive for abalone off...
View ArticlePoaching syndicate earned a fortune
Divers who poached for a Gansbaai abalone syndicate earned an average of R24 000, but could earn up to R84 000 for a single diving excursion. ||| Cape Town - Divers who poached for the abalone...
View ArticleWoman gives birth in Milnerton holding cells
A 37-year-old woman, who claims she didn’t know she was pregnant, give birth to a baby at a Cape Town police station after being arrested for drug possession. ||| Cape Town - A baby was born behind...
View ArticleWoman who dumped boy at hospital traced
Cape Town police have found the 35-year-old woman who allegedly left a two-year-old boy at the gates of Tygerberg Hospital. ||| Cape Town - Cops have found the 35-year-old woman who allegedly left a...
View ArticleSA a mecca for child sex offenders
Cape Town - South Africa has been considered as one of the most popular destinations for travelling child sex offenders in Africa. ||| Cape Town - South Africa has been considered as one of the most...
View ArticleWilliams gang hit list: four arrested
||| Durban - Four men believed to be part of the notorious Williams gang have been arrested in what police describe as a “victory for law enforcement”.After rumours of an alleged “hit list” which...
View ArticleUJ forced to move graduation after arson
The University of Johannesburg will have to use an alternative venue for an upcoming graduation ceremony after arsonists caused damage estimated at R100 million to its auditorium. ||| Johannesburg -...
View ArticleTime for some answers, Sanral - AA
Automobile Association calls on Sanral to release accurate data in response to specific questions about e-tolling. ||| Johannesburg - The time has come for some straight answers from the South African...
View ArticleSA activist tells of Israeli detention, interrogation
South African activist Itani Rasalanavho says he was questioned by Israeli officials regarding his association with the BDS. ||| Johannesburg - A South African activist who says he was deported from an...
View ArticleCommunity nabs teen rape suspect
Community members from the Eastern Cape town of Nqgamakhwe arrested an 18-year-old young man for allegedly raping a schoolgirl. ||| King Williams Town – An 18-year-old man from the Eastern Cape town of...
View ArticleIntimidation of MEC over Uber licences condemned
Johannesburg – Gauteng Premier David Makhura has condemned the intimidation and reported attack of MEC of Roads and Transport Ismail Vadi and reiterated government’s commitment to building an...
View ArticleMetrorail mess hobbles Cape Town businesses
Cape Town employers say the unreliable train services offered by Metrorail has resulted in reduced productivity and a demotivated workforce. ||| Cape Town - Bosses say the ongoing crisis with Metrorail...
View ArticleMan nabbed with R7m in bullion at OR Tambo
A Lebanese man who was en route to Dubai was arrested at OR Tambo International Airport when officials discovered over R7 million worth of gold bars in his luggage. ||| Pretoria – A Lebanese man who...
View ArticleSanco slams UJ arsonists
The South African National Civic Organisation called on University of Johannesburg students to “isolate and marginalise” those responsible for violence and damage to university property. ||| Cape Town...
View ArticleDrug addict cop jailed for five years
A Cape Town police constable was jailed for five years, on multiple counts of defeating the ends of justice for failing to hand parcels of seized drugs to the police lab. ||| Cape Town – A police...
View ArticleThree die as Pakistani self immolates in Centane
Police are trying to establish the motive for a Pakistani national setting himself alight in an Eastern Cape village. Two other people also died. ||| Cape Town – Eastern Cape police were on Monday...
View ArticleNo jail for hairdresser in RAF fraud case
A young hairdresser who put in a fraudulent R720 000 claim against the Road Accident Fund, after tripping on a pavement brick, was handed a suspended prison sentence. ||| Cape Town – A young...
View ArticleSon held after mom, 72, shot in head
A 72-year-old Cape Town woman was allegedly shot in the head by her own son - in the same street where a man recently shot his neighbour, claiming the man was an intruder . ||| Cape Town - Friday 13th...
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