Search continues for car in Blyde River
Rescue workers resumed a search for a car that was washed off a bridge on the Blyde River near Hoedspruit. ||| Rescue workers resumed a search for a car that was washed off a bridge on the Blyde River...
View ArticleOne dead, 18 injured in taxi accidents
One person died and 18 people were injured in two separate accidents involving mini-bus taxis in the Eastern Cape. ||| One person died and 18 people were injured in two separate accidents involving...
View ArticleNew ‘mafia’ hits Cape clubs
A new “mafia” has moved in to take control of the lucrative protection business in Cape Town’s clubland in the wake of the assassination of crime boss Cyril Beeka. ||| A new “mafia” has moved in to...
View ArticleFriends mourn murdered muezzin
“He was shot in the mouth, his jaw was crushed and the doctors say they couldn’t find an entrance or exit wound.” ||| With his blood still fresh on the ground outside the Iqbalia Musjid Mosque in...
View ArticleMotorcyclist killed in collision
Police have opened a case of culpable homicide after a man was killed when a car collided with his motorcycle just outside George. ||| Police have opened a case of culpable homicide after a 34-year-old...
View Article‘Zuma still owes me R2m’
"Now that Shaik is a dried up well, the Guptas are the flavour. I have been used and abused." ||| Schabir Shaik wants his presidential pardon – and his R2 million loan back from President Jacob Zuma –...
View ArticleLimpopo’s R2bn cash-flow crisis
The probe into Limpopo’s finances has thrown implicated businessmen, politicians and civil servants into a panic mode. Piet Rampedi reports. ||| The Limpopo government instructed provincial departments...
View ArticleNecrophilia case: warrant ‘a mistake’
A warrant of arrest issued for a mortuary worker accused of necrophilia has been withdrawn after his failure to appear in court. ||| A warrant of arrest issued for a former Paarl mortuary worker...
View ArticleSheriff swoops on ANC offices
The sheriff of the court swooped on the cash-strapped ANC’s Sahara House offices after the party failed to pay R1.8 million it owes the CTICC. ||| The sheriff of the court swooped on the cash-strapped...
View ArticleDA pushes for cap on Section 36 tenders
Politicians have again lashed out at officials for the “abuse” of controversial Section 36 spending, after a report released showed that nearly R112 million was spent in November 2011 alone. |||...
View ArticleCape shack fires leave 25 homeless
Two Cape Town fires have left 10 shacks destroyed and 25 people displaced, the City's Disaster Risk Management Centre said. ||| Two Cape Town fires have left 10 shacks destroyed and 25 people...
View ArticleThree amigos a taxing affair, say parties
Like Jackie Selebi, the ‘amigos’ are set to cost taxpayers a fortune – but observers want a law to curb this, reports Agiza Hlongwane. ||| The “amigos” corruption scandal has sparked fresh calls for...
View ArticleHusband ‘drove car into his wife’
Police believe a woman, killed when she was hit by a car allegedly driven by her estranged husband, was murdered. ||| Police believe a 24-year-old woman, killed when she was hit by a car allegedly...
View ArticleThe Fez ‘forced to sign up’ with SPS
“They came in to say they want to be the security and threatened to burn the place down if management didn’t agree.” ||| The Fez, a club attached to Vaudeville in Mechau Street off the bottom end of...
View ArticleCop in dock after buying stolen copper
“A meeting was set up where the unsuspecting officer bought the stolen loot from the agent.” ||| A Limpopo policeman appeared in the Lephalale Magistrate's Court after he was arrested for buying stolen...
View ArticleKiller cop was a ‘ticking time bomb’
"No person should have to deal with the horrors our police witness, yet they are not forced to get help." ||| “Nothing will bring my sister back, but I believe her death could have been prevented.”...
View ArticleCommunities warned of bogus land sales
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform has warned poor communities to beware of “unscrupulous people” selling them land that belongs to the state. ||| Johannesburg - People who purchase...
View ArticleStudent drowns in university pool
Police are investigating the death of a student during orientation at North West University. ||| Johannesburg - A student drowned in a swimming pool during orientation at the North West University...
View ArticleMedia ban after Selebi’s health takes a turn
The media’s lack of respect has been cited as the reason for the blackout on the condition of disgraced former police commissioner Jackie Selebi. ||| Hospital and Correctional Services officials have...
View ArticleRejected street names unlikely to change
A public submission process has revealed that all previously rejected names have re-emerged. ||| The nine new street names which were rejected by the Supreme Court of Appeal are likely to remain on our...
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