City vows to act after deadly fires
A special task team will be set up to curb fires this festive season following a series of shack fires which left one man dead and 150 people displaced. ||| A special task team will be set up to curb...
View Article‘We are not the sex industry’
Abuse of permits by the sex industry has forced immigration officials to clamp down on those seeking to do short-term modelling work in Cape Town. ||| Abuse of permits by the sex industry has forced...
View ArticleImmelman’s family hit hard by road death
Trevor Immelman’s brother-in-law, Aidan Greeff, died in an ambulance after a motorbike crash reportedly on a road between the N1 and Calitzdorp in the Klein Karoo. ||| Tragedy struck the family of a...
View ArticleWrangle over next city boss
eThekwini city manager interviews cancelled over “succession battle.” ||| eThekwini Municipality’s top brass were told that interviews which had been scheduled for Friday for the post of city manager...
View ArticleKiller grins at muti murder sentence
Masego Kgomo's relatives cheered when Brian Mangwale was sentenced to life imprisonment for the girl's brutal murder ||| Relatives of murdered schoolgirl Masego Kgomo cheered when muti killer Brian...
View ArticleR50m boost for KZN hospital
Revitalisation project starts on the historical, but dilapidated KwaZulu-Natal Children’s Hospital. ||| Reconstruction of the dilapidated historic KwaZulu-Natal Children’s Hospital is to start in...
View Article‘Bomb’ found at Eastgate Mall
An explosive device was left outside a jewellery store in Eastgate Mall in Bedfordview, east of Johannesburg. ||| An explosive device was left outside a jewellery store in Eastgate Mall in Bedfordview,...
View ArticleF State protesters arrested
Nine people whave been arrestedduring a service delivery protest in Petrusburg. ||| Nine people were arrested on Monday during a service delivery protest in Petrusburg near Bloemfontein, police said on...
View ArticleConcourt to hear Hlophe complaint case
Three of the judges had recused themselves in September due to a conflict of interest. ||| The judges of the Constitutional Court will face the dilemma of not having a quorum on Tuesday due to a...
View ArticleHalf of Mpuma ANCYL PEC quits
The resignations came after the provincial secretary Johan Mkhatshwa and two other members of the PEC were suspended. ||| Twelve of the 24 members of the ANC Youth League provincial elective committee...
View ArticleTop awards for Cape Times photographers
Photographers Brenton Geach and Matthew Jordaan have scooped multiple awards at this year’s Fujifilm Awards. ||| Two Cape Times photographers have scooped multiple awards at this year’s Fujifilm Awards...
View ArticleCop testifies in PMB murder trial
The alleged murderer of a private security manager poined a cocked gun at the first officer on the crime scene, the court has heard. ||| The alleged murderer of a Pietermaritzburg private security...
View ArticleBribed Cape cop gets fine
A former police constable has been fined R10 000 or six months in prison for corruption. ||| A former police constable was fined R10,000 or six months in prison for corruption by the Bellville...
View ArticleSentencing of Cape fraudsters delayed
A Western Cape man and woman have been convicted of embezzling money from 10 medical doctors. ||| The sentencing of a Western Cape man and woman convicted of embezzling money from 10 medical doctors...
View ArticleMotsoaledi set to release HIV stats
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi will release the details of the 2010 national antenatal HIV and syphilis survey this week. ||| Johannesburg - Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi will release the 2010...
View ArticleGauteng legislature debates tolls
The proposed highway tolling system in Gauteng is up for discussion in the provincial legislature this week. ||| Johannesburg - The Gauteng legislature will debate the petitions committee report on the...
View ArticleMasego ‘mutilated while alive’
A Pretoria High Court judge has described the murder of Masego Kgomo, 10, as “a despicable and dastardly deed”. ||| A Pretoria High Court judge has described the murder of 10-year-old Masego Kgomo as...
View ArticleCouple used daughters as sex slaves
A mother and father who “did nothing” as their daughters were sexually abused and raped were found guilty on several charges. ||| A mother and father who “did nothing” as their daughters were sexually...
View ArticleMalema wants press retractions
Julius Malema is hauling three newspapers to the ombudsman claiming recent reports caused him “undue harm, concern and stress”. ||| Suspended ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema is hauling three...
View ArticleANC, Cosatu to further talks on Info Bill
The ANC and Congress of SA Trade Unions have agreed to continue discussions on the controversial Protection of State Information Bill. ||| The ANC and Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) have agreed...
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