Basson pleased some charges dropped
Dr Wouter Basson says he is happy that two of the charges he was facing have been dropped. ||| “How do you eat an elephant? You do it bit by bit. In Afrikaans we say ‘happie per happie’. Baby steps at...
View ArticleElderly woman strangled in home
An elderly woman was strangled to death in her Parkview, Johannesburg home after walking in on a house robbery. ||| An elderly woman was strangled to death in her Parkview, Johannesburg home after...
View ArticleGigaba wants super-ministry for growth
Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba wants all parastatals to be brought under his department to drive economic growth. ||| flaGIGABA-PARASTATALSJOHANNESBURG Jan 29 SapaGIGABA WANTS SUPER-MINISTRY...
View ArticleBid to ban spanking
A children's rights lobby group wants spanking to become a criminal offence, the Sunday Times reported. ||| A children's rights lobby group wants spanking to become a criminal offence, the Sunday Times...
View Article1 in 6 matrics got less than 10% for maths
One in six pupils who wrote last year's matric maths paper got less than 10 percent, City Press reported on Sunday. ||| One in six pupils who wrote last year's matric maths paper got less than 10...
View ArticleTheft of cheques costs municipality R3m
Zululand District Municipality mayor Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi has vowed to catch those who stole cheques from the council. ||| Zululand District Municipality mayor Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi is fuming and...
View ArticleSheriff confronts Gauteng govt again
The sheriff of the court has visited the Gauteng government for the second time in three days, says the Democratic Alliance. ||| The sheriff of the court has visited the Gauteng government for the...
View ArticleMathale calls for focus in Limpopo
Cassel Mathale appealed to the province's government not to be “defocused” by the fact that five departments had been placed under national administration. ||| Limpopo premier Cassel Mathale appealed...
View ArticleTerre'Blanche trial to resume on Monday
The trial of two farmworkers accused of killing rightwing leader Eugene Terre'Blanche continues in Ventersdorp on Monday. ||| The trial of two farmworkers accused of killing rightwing leader Eugene...
View ArticleCope to seek arbitration
Cope wants to settle the ongoing court battle between the party's two factions through arbitration. ||| Cope is to approach its former deputy president Mbhazima Shilowa and the judge president to...
View ArticleFather and sons arrested for murder plot
A Limpopo businessman has been arrested along with his three sons for allegedly conspiring to kill a prominent local resident. ||| A businessman from Swale village near Burgersfort has been arrested...
View ArticleNo arrests yet for doctor’s murder
No one has been arrested as yet for the murder of a doctor killed in a car hijacking in Pretoria. ||| No one has been arrested as yet for the murder of a doctor killed in a car hijacking in Pretoria,...
View Article‘Worst kind of criminal’
Piet Byleveld says Leigh Matthews’s killer, Donovan Moodley, is playing games with the judiciary and no one is buying it. ||| Donovan Moodley, who kidnapped, then murdered 21-year-old Leigh Matthews,...
View ArticleSecond arrest in van der Linden murder
A second man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a man and the assault of his wife on a plot near Brits. ||| A second man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a man and the...
View ArticleMandela returns to Houghton home
Nelson Mandela is staying at his home in Houghton while maintenance is done at his rural retreat in Qunu. ||| Johannesburg - Former president Nelson Mandela arrived at his Houghton home, north of...
View ArticleMandela mourns his sister
Former president Nelson Mandela's sister Nokuthamba has died. ||| Johannesburg - Former president Nelson Mandela's sister Nokuthamba has passed away, the family said on Sunday.“It is with great sadness...
View ArticleLimpopo expects budget surplus
Limpopo Premier Cassel Mathale believes his cash-strapped province will have surplus on its R40-billion budget by the end of the current financial year. ||| Johannesburg - Limpopo Premier Cassel...
View ArticleVeld fire rages in the Boland
Fifteen fire engines and 150 ground personnel are battling a raging veld fire in the Slanghoek Valley near Worcester. ||| Johannesburg - Two structures have been destroyed by a veld fire that is...
View ArticleNumber of whites in steady decline
The number of white South Africans will decrease by eight percent by 2025, according to a SA Institute of Race Relations report . ||| The number of white South Africans will decrease by eight percent...
View ArticleMom, kids die in fire
A woman and her two children have died and a man injured when their house caught fire in Mbitane, KwaZulu-Natal. ||| A woman and her two children died and a man was injured when their house caught fire...
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