Boat show afloat with hope
Barry Meehan and Devra Smith are the force behind the Durban Internatioal Boat and Lifestyle show. ||| Barry Meehan and Devra Smith – partners in arms for the past 18 years – are no showboaters.When...
View Article500 escape Cape train crash
Hours after Parliament was told about the shocking state of SA’s trains, a Metrorail train crashed into a goods train in Cape Town. ||| A Metrorail train with about 500 passengers crashed into a...
View ArticleRiot police dispatched to ANCYL lecture
Pro-Zuma protesters tried to storm a venue where ANCYL deputy president Ronald Lamola was delivering a lecture. ||| Riot police had to prevent pro-Jacob Zuma protesters from storming a Durban venue...
View ArticleCall for council to recoup salary
The municipal manager in the Ingwe municipality, outside Pietermaritzburg, is facing allegations she faked her bachelor’s degree. ||| Opposition parties in the Ingwe municipality, outside...
View ArticleProject overtime at underperforming schools
Pupils from underperforming schools stay for extra lessons after school hours to catch up. ||| Sixty-two Grade 4 pupils are crammed into a single classroom. Many of the children are tugging at their...
View ArticleMinister’s daughter dies in car crash
The 17-year-old daughter of Minister of Public Works Thulas Nxesi has been killed in a car smash outside Kroonstad. ||| The 17-year-old daughter of Minister of Public Works Thulas Nxesi has been killed...
View ArticleAnother Limpopo girl, 5, raped
A man arrested for the rape of a five-year-old Limpopo girl has also been charged with the rape of her friend. ||| Five-year-old Limpopo girl, Mahloko*, is epileptic and mentally disturbed. That didn’t...
View ArticlePrincipals probed for misusing funds
More than 30 KwaZulu-Natal school principals were being investigated for the misappropriation of schools funds. ||| More than 30 KwaZulu-Natal school principals were being investigated for the...
View ArticleCDP condemns ‘outrageous’ farm attack
The Christian Democratic Party has urged the government to act after a Limpopo farmer and his wife were attacked. ||| An elderly farmer was shot dead, and his wife was wounded when they were attacked...
View ArticleDeath threat for city official
A Cape Town city official is allegedly the target of death threats from a contractor under investigation over a R1million contract. ||| A Cape Town city official is allegedly the target of death...
View ArticleRefugees march to Parliament
About 100 refugees and activists marched to Parliament in Cape Town on Wednesday to protest the imminent closure of the Maitland refugee reception office. ||| About 100 refugees and activists marched...
View Article‘Death squad’ cops seek interdict
An urgent interdict to set aside the arrests of 20 members of the now disbanded Durban Organised Crime Unit was due to be heard on Wednesday. ||| An urgent interdict to set aside the arrests of 20...
View ArticleMake farm murders a priority: Afriforum
The public should join a campaign to push the government to declare farm murders a priority crime, civil rights body AfriForum said. ||| The public should join a campaign to push the government to...
View ArticleDepartment ignores court: Cope
A court order requiring the basic education department to deliver teaching material to schools in Limpopo has not been honoured, Cope said. ||| A court order requiring the basic education department...
View ArticleTwo held for hijacking
Two Eastern Cape men were arrested on Wednesday after allegedly hijacking a car in Ikwezi Lokusa. ||| Two Eastern Cape men were arrested on Wednesday after allegedly hijacking a car in Ikwezi Lokusa,...
View ArticleSchool closures not definite: Grant
Western Cape communities will have time to voice their concerns before a decision is made on whether to close 27 under-performing schools. ||| Western Cape communities will have time to voice their...
View ArticleOfficial accused of racism
A senior Midvaal municipality official is facing a disciplinary hearing for allegedly calling protesters “k*****s.” ||| A senior Midvaal municipality official is facing a disciplinary hearing for...
View ArticleMan in court for sex charges
A 52-year-old man appeared in the Oudtshoorn Magistrate's Court on Wednesday on several charges of sexual assault. ||| A 52-year-old man appeared in the Oudtshoorn Magistrate's Court on Wednesday on...
View ArticleBongani Moyo back in court
The trial of convicted jail escapee Bongani Moyo and two others was postponed as a new magistrate had yet to take up the case. ||| The trial of convicted jail escapee Bongani Moyo and two others was...
View ArticleBogus nurse charged
A 20-year-old woman accused of impersonating a nurse and theft appeared in court on Wednesday. ||| A 20-year-old Limpopo woman accused of impersonating a nurse and theft appeared in the Mankweng...
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