New age limit for child grants
More than 10 million children in SA are now being supported by the state, which is a 1 200% increase in a decade. ||| Children up to the age of 18 are now allowed to receive a support grant – and more...
View Article‘River man’ to swim Midmar Mile
Martin “Big River Man” Strel, has swum through the Amazon, dodging piranhas and crocodiles, and now, is in SA. ||| World distance swimming record holder Martin “Big River Man” Strel, 57, who swam...
View ArticleChild loses part of foot in escalator
A six-year-old girl has had three toes amputated after an accident at a shopping mall in Durban. ||| A six-year-old Amanzimtoti girl, whose left foot became lodged in an escalator at a local shopping...
View ArticleStudents given eye care software
The University of KwaZulu-Natal’s optometry department has been given a R600k software donation. ||| The University of KwaZulu-Natal’s optometry department has been bolstered with a software donation...
View ArticleCriticism over R26m tidal pool
The eThekwini Municipality plans on spending R26.7m on building a tidal pool at Umhlanga, Durban. ||| DA ward councillor Heinz de Boer has criticised eThekwini Municipality’s plans to spend R26.7...
View ArticleMandla dismisses land grab claims
Mandla Mandela has hit back at a group of villagers who accuse him of expropriating their land in Mvezo. ||| Mandla Mandela has hit back at a group of villagers who accuse him of expropriating their...
View ArticleDe Kock’s letter
Aprtheid police hit squad leader Eugene de Kock wants to be forgiven for blasting an ANC lawyer, Bheki Mlangeni, to smithereens with a bomb. ||| De Kock wrote to The Star: 1. I fully accept that Ms...
View ArticleDe Kock asks for forgiveness
20 years later, Eugene de Kock wants to meet the mother of the man who he blasted to bits. ||| Apartheid police hit squad leader Eugene de Kock wants to be forgiven for blasting an ANC lawyer, Bheki...
View ArticleLet them eat biscuits!
Patients in Limpopo hospitals are being fed biscuits, instead of staple foods - and doctors are forking out of their own pockets. ||| Patients in Limpopo hospitals are being fed biscuits, instead of...
View ArticleShoot-out at primary school
“On approaching the vehicle, the male occupant pulled out a firearm and fired. Police tried to block his vehicle with their car but he was able to evade it.” ||| A shoot-out erupted between police and...
View ArticleLungisa union-bashing slated
Cosatu and the SA Students Congress has accused NYDA chairman Andile Lungisa of union-bashing. ||| Blaming unions for poor matric results and other ills in the school system has earned National Youth...
View ArticleCrematorium crisis in Pietermaritzburg
Half-burned corpses are being sent to Durban at the eleventh hour to finish the procedure. ||| Msunduzi Municipality has malfunctioning cremators and this has resulted in half-burned corpses being sent...
View ArticleDepartment denies scrapping Xhosa in schools
The Department of Basic Education has denied scrapping Xhosa as a subject for pupils in Grade 0 to Grade 3. ||| The Department of Basic Education has denied a report that former Model C schools have...
View ArticleCommotion at VUT registration
Security guards used pepper spray and batons to control crowds outside the Vaal University of Technology. ||| Security guards used pepper spray and batons to control crowds outside the Vaal University...
View ArticleBurglary suspect beaten up in mob attack
Tshwane metro police rescued an alleged burglar from a group of residents who attacked and seriously injured him. ||| An alleged burglar, suspected of using stolen Tshwane metro police uniforms to...
View ArticleOp on snake-bite girl gets thumbs-up
The hand of a girl attached to her groin to save it after she was bitten by cobra has been successfully detached from her groin. ||| The hand of a five-year-old girl attached to her groin three weeks...
View ArticleMom, daughter charged over Cape brothels
Authorities have clamped down on two women for running brothels at three residential properties in Wynberg and Claremont. ||| Authorities in Cape Town have clamped down on a mother and daughter duo for...
View ArticleMannya a scapegoat – department
The head of the Eastern Cape education department has become a scapegoat for general dissatisfaction in Sadtu. ||| The head of the Eastern Cape education department has become a scapegoat for general...
View ArticleParly threatens to hand fund board to Hawks
Parliament's mineral resources committee has threatened to hand Alexkor development fund board members to the Hawks for investigation. ||| Parliament's mineral resources committee has threatened to...
View ArticleBishops seek ‘caring’ use of land
Religious leaders at the Southern African Catholic Bishop's Conference have called for land to be used in a caring way for the sake of present and future generations. ||| Johannesburg - Land should be...
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