Farm manager shot in head, worker stabbed
Bloemfontein - A 26-year-old manager of a farm near Ficksburg in the Free State has been shot in the head and airlifted to a hospital in Bethlehem, the South African Police Service said on Friday....
View ArticleSecurity heightened at Wits as examinations continue
Johannesburg - Security has been tightened at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) even though the newly elected Students Representative Council (SRC) cancelled their planned "campus shutdown" to...
View ArticleWATCH: Parents of girl, 7, killed in drive-by shooting
Cape Town - A 7-year-old Mitchells Plain girl has been left wounded and orphaned after her parents were killed in a drive-by shooting. The couple, Yusuf Saboodien and Nazeema Lewis, were driving with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mbalula accuses woman of making 'funny sexual overtures'
Cape Town - The police minister may need to hire extra cops after he revealed he is being “stalked” on social media. Minister Fikile Mbalula says he was forced to block a Manenberg woman on WhatsApp...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Avoid the rip... NSRI warns of high spring tides
Durban - The NSRI are urging the public to be extra cautious on our beaches during the full moon spring tide this weekend that peaks tomorrow. This spring tide causes stronger than normal rip currents...
View ArticleClik here to view.
WATCH: Girl, 9, dies in Bonteheuwel shack fire
Cape Town - A nine-year-old girl died after a fire destroyed her family's informal dwelling in Bonteheuwel, Cape Town on Thursday night. Three informal structures were destroyed, and two formal...
View ArticleCommunities speak out against Eskom hike
Representatives of various communities and civil society formations yesterday pleaded with energy regulator Nersa not to approve any hikes in electricity tariffs, saying the poor simply cannot afford...
View Article#OscarPistorius: Reeva's mom in court for State's appeal
Bloemfontein - Reeva Steenkamp's mother June was at the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein on Friday morning where the NPA will argue that Oscar Pistorius should be given a longer jail sentence...
View ArticleSars threatens criminal action against Jacques Pauw over Zuma exposé
Johannesburg - The South African Revenue Services (Sars) said on Friday that it was considering taking criminal and civil action against investigative journalist and author Jacques Pauw and the Sunday...
View Article#VickiMomberg found guilty of crimen injuria
Johannesburg - The Randburg Magistrate's Court on Friday found estate agent Vicki Momberg guilty of four counts of crimen injuria for her racist outbursts at police emergency telephone operators and a...
View Article#OscarPistorius: 'Masipa failed to take into account brutality of crime'
Cape Town - The fact that paralympian Oscar Pistorius felt anxiety and vulnerability on his stumps before shooting to death his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, did not reduce his blame for her murder, the...
View ArticleFive arrested for having police uniforms
Cape Town - Five suspects were arrested in Somerset West for being in possession of police uniforms. Police acted on a tip-off that there was a suspicious vehicle with five occupants who wanted to rob...
View Article'No compelling factors to justify lesser sentence for #OscarPistorius'
Bloemfontein - There were no compelling factors to rationalise its decision to impose a six-year sentence on Oscar Pistorius for murder as opposed to the 15-year minimum sentence, State prosecutor...
View ArticleClik here to view.
PICS: Vandals strip Durban war memorial for scrap metal
Durban - Vandals have ripped apart and taken several brass plates from the Durban City Cenotaph war memorial near the Durban city hall. It is not known whether the incident happened last night or over...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Alleged 'Satanic ritual' killer and lover were engaged, court hears
Cape Town - The young woman accused of murdering her girlfriend in an apparent satanic ritual claims they were engaged. Corrine Jackson, 20, says her lover’s family did not approve of their...
View ArticleStrap in for World Rallycross final in Cape Town
Cape Town - The final round of the FIA World Rallycross Championship at Killarney next weekend is going to be unlike any other major motorsport meeting staged in South Africa. For a start, it’s a...
View ArticleBody of SANDF soldier killed in DRC brought home
Cape Town - The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) on Friday confirmed that the mortal remains of Private Nomathemba Ngeleka who was allegedly killed by her ex-boyfriend while on active duty...
View ArticleANC retains municipal wards in Eastern Cape
The African National Congress (ANC) has retained two Eastern Cape municipal wards in by-elections held this week, the Independent Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) said on Friday. The ANC's Bongani...
View ArticleDefence: #OscarPistorius reaching out to Steenkamp family sign of remorse
Cape Town - The fact that paralympic gold medalist Oscar Pistorius reached out to the family of Reeva Steenkamp, the girlfriend he shot to death in 2013, was proof he felt remorse and regret, the...
View ArticleDid Oscar show remorse? That was the big question in SCA
Cape Town - Judgment was on Friday reserved in the State's application for leave to appeal a six year sentence imposed on paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius. The State argued to judges of the...
View Article