‘Domino’ effect saves woman from violent attacker
Kerri-Lee McKenzie was bleeding from a stab wound to her chest and her assailant was telling her he was going to rape her when a horse came galloping to her rescue. ||| Kerri-Lee McKenzie was bleeding...
View ArticleAuction house implicated in kickback scandal
Auction Alliance has come under a hammer of a different sort, with insiders blowing the lid on business dealings that link it to a money-making racket. ||| Auction house Auction Alliance has come under...
View ArticleN Cape premier has stroke while giving speech
The premier was about 30 minutes into her speech when she collapsed at the CRC church where the state of the province address was held. ||| Johannesburg - Northern Cape premier Hazel Jenkins suffered a...
View ArticlePet monkey behind recent spate of attacks?
“Blood was spurting from my arm. I saw a flash and this monkey standing up behind me on the back of the couch.” ||| Cindy Paine, 32, woke screaming in pain with blood spurting from her arm after being...
View ArticleScrap metal collector makes grisly discovery
The body of a man has been found tied up in a field in Soweto, say police. ||| Johannesburg - The body of a man was found tied up in a field in Soweto on Saturday, Johannesburg police said.Warrant...
View ArticleAbducted teen found murdered
Limpopo police are not ruling out that the girl could have been raped before being killed. ||| Johannesburg - The body of an abducted teenage girl was found lying in the bushes in Matikoxikaya, near...
View ArticleBapong protests turn violent
Police have arrested 62 people in connection with various crimes committed during protests in Bapong, North West. ||| Johannesburg - Police arrested 62 people in connection with various crimes...
View ArticleRescued girls to receive counselling
Thanks to “Operation Victim”, the biggest anti-human trafficking raid in KwaZulu-Natal has saved 16 girls from an unknown fate. ||| In the biggest anti-human trafficking raid to have taken place in...
View ArticleMinister reassures grant recipients
Bathabile Dlamini has reassured beneficiaries of social grants that they do not have to make new applications to continue receiving their grants. ||| Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini on...
View ArticleChappies activist calls off march
Bronwen Lankers-Byrne’s hunger strike has left her weak after 13-day protest. ||| The woman who has been on a hunger strike for 13 days in protest against proposed construction on Chapman’s Peak was so...
View ArticleJurassic Park has nothing on this place
“We were chicken nuggets on the move,” says father after close shave with a male lion. ||| Just minutes before, Lucien Oakley-Smith and his cousin had been joking about the “horrors” of Jurassic Park....
View ArticleProtests at funeral of teen killed by cop
A large crowd of young people who gathered in the streets of Bramfischerville Phase 2 overshadowed the funeral of slain Soweto teenager Thato Mokoka. ||| A large crowd of young people who gathered in...
View ArticleHandcuffed man allegedly killed by cops
Rean Ramdin was shot in the back allegedly trying to escape from police custody. ||| At 5pm on Friday afternoon, Rean Ramdin told his parents he was going on a date to the ice-cream parlour.Just 24...
View ArticleFamily seeks answers on senseless killing
Chaane Lerato Lebepe said he was going to a business meeting in Brits. Four days later he was found dead. ||| On August 11, Chaane Lerato Lebepe told his family and girlfriend that he was going to a...
View ArticleAuction kickback scandal probed
The SA Institute of Auctioneers has convened an urgent meeting to discuss the kickback scandal involving one of its board members. ||| The SA Institute of Auctioneers (SAIA) has convened an urgent...
View ArticleElephantiasis sufferer turned away
A woman with elephantiasis has laid a complaint against a hospital after she was turned away from without treatment. ||| A 37-year-old woman with elephantiasis has laid a complaint against the...
View Article‘Remorseless’ killer gets life term
Convicted killer Mervin “Chunkie” West showed no emotion when he was sentenced to life in prison. ||| He raised his wrist to glance at the time from his watch, and slowly raised his head to face the...
View ArticleMavericks dancers: We’re free to come and go
The spotlight has fallen on the behind-the-scenes activities of the strip club. The Cape Times spoke to three dancers. ||| The spotlight has fallen on the behind-the-scenes activities of Mavericks...
View ArticleANCYL calls for removal of Mantashe
The ANCYL has called for the removal of party leaders who don’t have the “balls” to implement its policy proposals. ||| The ANC Youth League has used a “Cadres’ Forum” in Khayelitsha to openly call for...
View ArticlePremier still in hospital
Northern Cape premier Hazel Jenkins is still in hospital after suffering a stroke. ||| Northern Cape premier Hazel Jenkins was still in hospital on Monday after suffering a stroke in...
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