Alarm over nyaope addiction in Pretoria
Despite several efforts to tackle nyaope abuse, thousands of young people in Soshanguve are increasingly getting hooked on the drug. ||| Pretoria - Despite several efforts to tackle nyaope abuse,...
View Article‘Tshwane to blame’ for deadly evictions
The City of Tshwane is solely to blame for the eviction that happened at three informal settlements near Hammanskraal, Jacob Kekana said. ||| Johannesburg - The Kekana Traditional Authority was not...
View ArticleUber's new payment plan has drivers in fear
To address the fears of its drivers, Uber SA encouraged them to “keep as little cash on them as possible”. ||| Johannesburg - Samson Ndebele* was lost in thought as he drove his customer home. Now that...
View ArticleWits ‘flushes away’ separate toilets
Alaine Marsden was right that she would be attacked for using a female bathroom, but wrong about who would attack her. ||| Johannesburg - Alaine Marsden was right that she would be attacked for using a...
View Article‘Whites still enjoying apartheid benefits’
The government has been accused of failing to recognise indigenous people. ||| Cape Town - The Khoi and San people are not myths of the past but rightful citizens who should be recognised and...
View ArticleControversial Nunnery’s lease up for grabs
Garith Nunn confirmed he was trying to offload the lease after several companies stopped doing business with him over the brothel allegations. ||| Cape Town - Provocative images of women clad in scanty...
View ArticleSylvester the Karoo lion finds new home
Sylvester, the lion which went on a second walkabout outside the park in March, arrived safely at his new home in the Addo Elephant National Park. ||| Addo – On Friday afternoon – just over a week shy...
View ArticleCop responding to burglary fatally shot
A Limpopo police officer was shot dead when he responded to a burglary in progress at Dan village near Tzaneen, police said. ||| Tzaneen - A Limpopo police officer was shot dead when he responded to a...
View Article‘Please, no bail for killer driver’
Anyone who has a heart, please help us make our voices heard in court.” This is the plea from the sole survivor of a hit-and-run crash. ||| Durban - Anyone who has a heart, please help us make our...
View ArticleJob pledge turns into human trafficking horror
It has been a fortnight of hell for Mpoetsi Phutheho after the promise of a job turned into a nightmare. ||| Johannesburg - It has been a fortnight of hell for Mpoetsi Phutheho, 36, after the promise...
View ArticleVagrant ‘pulls knife’ on dean inside church
Father Michael Weeder says he fears he will be attacked by the same vagrant, who still sleeps on the church property with his girlfriend. ||| Cape Town - The dean of St George’s Cathedral in central...
View ArticleCCTV eyes lead to seven arrests
Seven brazen smash-and-grabbers were arrested while they were operating at the same intersection, thanks to the City of Joburg’s roving eyes in the sky. ||| Johannesburg - Police have arrested seven...
View ArticleReserve closed as rhinos killed, dehorned
The death of two adult white rhinos at the popular Rietvlei Nature Reserve has led to the temporarily closure of the facility. ||| Johannesburg - The death of two adult white rhinos in a dehorning and...
View ArticleAround the world on his bicycle
Imagine travelling the world, one country at a time, on a bicycle. Well, that is what Turkish travel blogger Gurkan Genc is doing. ||| Johannesburg - Imagine travelling the world, one country at a...
View ArticleNew mobile police station for Site C
The Western Cape will receive six mobile police stations by the end of this financial year, Deputy Police Minister Maggie Sotyu said. ||| Cape Town - The Western Cape will receive six mobile police...
View ArticleBakubung crown Solomon Monnakgotla as chief
Women ululated and men whistled as Solomon Monnakgotla donned the leopard skin to signal his chieftainship. ||| Ledig - There was jubilation in Ledig near Sun City in North West on Saturday when kgosi...
View ArticleMan killed in KZN hit-and-run
A 40-year-old man has died after he was hit by a car on the N2 in Southport, Port Shepstone in KwaZulu-Natal, paramedics said. ||| Port Shepstone - A 40-year-old man has died after he was hit by a car...
View ArticleNedbank ‘held a gun to my head’ over fees
A Nedbank client claims he is owed at least R600K after the bank told him it would no longer deduct insurance payments on his account but continued to do so. ||| Cape Town - A Nedbank client claims he...
View ArticleSA firefighters off to Alberta
Wildfires sweeping across Canada have seen South Africa deploy its biggest firefighting rescue team, writes Clinton Moodley. ||| Durban - Wildfires sweeping across Canada have seen South Africa deploy...
View ArticleEFF, ANC in blame game over KZN rally violence
A war of words has erupted in the wake of clashes at an EFF rally in KZN that saw stones being lobbed at party leader Julius Malema as he took to the stage to address supporters. ||| Durban - A war of...
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