uShaka pleads for new water slide
uShaka Marine World, in Durban, has asked to use controversial section 36 of the municipal supply chain management policy. ||| THE controversial section 36 of the municipal supply-chain management...
View ArticleGP fined for granting sick leave
A Durban doctor has been found guilty of misconduct for placing a patient under two-weeks of sick leave without a referal. ||| A Durban medical doctor has been found guilty of misconduct for giving an...
View ArticleCop knew he would be killed
Minutes after Joburg metro police officer Thembeleni Kuboni said goodbye to his family he lay dead in a pool of blood. ||| It was dark when Joburg metro police officer Thembeleni Kuboni tiptoed into...
View ArticleNo bail for alledged hitman
Citing the violent nature of the crime and the interests of society, a magistrate has refused bail to an alleged hitman. ||| Citing the violent nature of the crime and the interests of society, a...
View ArticleNightclub assault case adjourned
Son of Durban businessman Ashok Sewnarain, back in court over an assualt in which he allegedly disfigured a student. ||| Rahul Sewnarain, the son of a Durban businessman, made a brief appearance in the...
View ArticleAuthorities unlikely to ban cellphones from class
While parents and teachers have called for a total ban on cellphones at school, the department is unlikely to concede. ||| While a call by the National Association of School Governing Bodies for a...
View ArticleLotz case: advocates’ laptops stolen
Laptop computers belonging to two advocates working on the Inge Lotz murder case have been stolen. ||| Laptop computers belonging to two advocates working on the Inge Lotz murder case were stolen from...
View ArticleMissing woman: man hands himself over
The man wanted in connection with the disappearance of Nandi Mbizane, 27, has handed himself over to the police. ||| The man wanted in connection with the disappearance of Nandi Mbizane, 27, of...
View ArticleSailor safe after 80 days lost at sea
After 80 days alone at sea in a yacht with a broken mast, 66-year-old Swedish yachtsman Stig Lundvall has been rescued. ||| After 80 days alone at sea in a yacht with a broken mast, 66-year-old Swedish...
View ArticleNo chickening out in battle of the ads
Nando’s has taken up the challenge laid down by Santam after the chicken retailer spoofed one of the insurance giant’s TV adverts. ||| Nando’s has taken up the challenge laid down by Santam after the...
View ArticleTatane witness ‘evasive, unreliable’
The community leader who helped organise the protest at which Andries Tatane died is a “misleading” witness, the defence said. ||| The community leader who helped organise the protest march at which...
View ArticleMinorty Front expels senior member
Months after the death of Minority Front leader Amichand Rajbansi, the party has expelled one of its senior MPs. ||| Just months after the death of Minority Front leader Amichand Rajbansi, the party...
View ArticleTributes for Operation Rhino hero
Dr Toni Harthoorn, a pioneering wildlife vet who helped to rescue Africa’s white rhinos, has died in Pretoria. ||| Toni Harthoorn, a pioneering wildlife veterinarian who helped to develop a “miracle...
View ArticleI’d never hurt my Baby Wade – dad
Nolan Schoeman, who is facing charges of killing his two-month-old son, denies seeing injuries that led to the infant’s death. ||| ”Baby Wade was the most important thing in my life. I loved him more...
View ArticleDual street names wasteful - AfriForum
AfriForum says the Tshwane Metro Council’s decision to have old and new street names on name boards is “wasteful”. ||| Civil rights initiative AfriForum has described the Tshwane Metro Council’s...
View ArticleRape minors face full prosecution
Three of the four minors accused of gang-rape will face full prosecution in the Roodepoort Magistrate's Court. ||| Three of the four minors accused of gang-rape will face full prosecution in the...
View ArticleIllegal miner shot dead
An illegal miner has been shot dead at Harmony Gold's Tshepong mine in Welkom. ||| An illegal miner was shot dead at Harmony Gold's Tshepong mine in Welkom on Wednesday, Free State police said.The...
View ArticleEkurhuleni takes Monday off
||| The Ekurhuleni municipality has decided to give itself the day off on Monday.“To avoid the disruption of service delivery and the subsequent low turnout at the service points April 30, 2012, has...
View ArticleTwo tourists rescued from Cape peak
Two American tourists had to be airlifted off a mountain near Grabouw after getting lost while hiking. ||| Two American tourists had to be airlifted off a mountain near Grabouw on Wednesday after...
View ArticleOfficer denies bolstering State’s case
The arresting officer of the driver in the car crash that killed Zenani Mandela has denied trying to bolster the State's case. ||| The arresting officer of the driver in the car crash that killed...
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