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Sun, 02 May 2021 10:59:27 +0200
KZN government requests state funeral for Queen Shiyiwe Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu
The KwaZulu-Natal provincial government wants the late queen regent of the Zulu nation to be granted a state funeral.

Sun, 02 May 2021 10:39:05 +0200
SABC says it's on the mend and has paid all staff salaries
The SABC on Sunday refuted allegations that it had failed to pay employees' April salaries and severance packages for staff who were retrenched in March.

Sun, 02 May 2021 10:30:58 +0200
Pedestrians and cow killed in KZN crash
Three pedestrians were killed - two of them as they tried to move a dead cow out the way - in two separate road accidents in Osidisweni, near Newcastle, in northern KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday night.

Sun, 02 May 2021 07:22:45 +0200
COVID-19 LIVE UPDATES | Australia's Perth at risk of second snap-lockdown with three new Covid-19 infections
Coronavirus live updates

Sat, 01 May 2021 16:57:42 +0200
India's daily Covid-19 cases pass 400,000 as second wave worsens
Gasping for air, 62-year-old Vijay Gupta was turned away by Holy Family hospital, a non-profit private facility in the southeast of the capital, as all of its 385 beds were full.

Sat, 01 May 2021 16:57:20 +0200
Crime 'dropped 56.6%' in Cape Town's CBD during lockdown
During the initial hard lockdown there were seven break-ins in three days in Cape Towns CBD but all the suspects were apprehended.

Sat, 01 May 2021 16:56:49 +0200
Mango dodges lessors’ threat to ground 14 aircraft
Mango’s survival depends on passenger bookings.

Sat, 01 May 2021 15:25:07 +0200
Police bust ‘jewellery thief' hiding under bed with loot worth R50k
An alleged jewellery thief was arrested after police found him hiding under a bed.

Sat, 01 May 2021 14:50:10 +0200
Ignoring stop sign gets driver arrested for drug stash and then bribery
A motorist bust with drugs offered police R10,000 to turn a blind eye and let him go.

Sat, 01 May 2021 14:02:01 +0200
WATCH | Cash-in-transit van driver evades attack as bullets fly in Pretoria
'They are going to f****n shoot!'

Sat, 01 May 2021 13:16:41 +0200
LISTEN | US police release dramatic 911 call that ended in fatal shooting of Lindani Myeni
The 911 call, lasting about 10 minutes, begins with a distraught woman saying, "Please, please leave."

Sat, 01 May 2021 11:51:49 +0200
Travel agent bust for 'swindling clergymen out of R1.3m' for Rome trip
A travel agent has been hauled before court to answer fraud charges after allegedly swindling clergymen out of R1.3m.

Sat, 01 May 2021 11:50:00 +0200
Virgin Active goes offline after sophisticated cyberattack
Forensic experts are probing the extent of a cyberattack on Virgin Active SA.

Sat, 01 May 2021 10:47:45 +0200
Fire in hospital's intensive care kills 18 in India
At least 18 people, including two healthcare workers were killed in a fire at a Covid-19 hospital in the western Indian state of Gujarat late on Friday night

Sat, 01 May 2021 09:49:27 +0200
Samwu loses Kouga Covid-19 ‘danger pay’ fight
The SA Municipal Workers’ Union was given a bloodied nose on Friday when the labour court in Gqeberha prohibited its members from striking for a Covid-19 danger allowance and instructed it to pay the legal costs.

Sat, 01 May 2021 09:46:47 +0200
Desperate workers say the CCMA is failing them
Covid-19 and the dire financial state of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) have left workers vulnerable to unfair dismissals.

Sat, 01 May 2021 09:34:02 +0200
Australia bans arrivals from India, says offenders face jail, fines
Australian residents and citizens who have been in India within 14 days of the date they plan to return home will be banned from entering Australia as of Monday and those who disobey will face fines and jail, government officials said.

Sat, 01 May 2021 09:21:09 +0200
COVID-19 WRAP | 1,632 new cases recorded in SA
Coronavirus live updates

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 21:37:00 +0200
Standard Bank apologises to customers for end-of-month glitch
Customers took to social media to complain when banking services were disrupted on Friday

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 20:21:22 +0200
Hawks arrest eight over R25m ‘toilet tender fraud’ in Free State
A company allegedly submitted fraudulent documents for a R25m toilet infreastucture tender in the Free State.

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 20:08:11 +0200
Court hears ‘fantastical web of lies’ in ‘underworld plot to kill top cop’
State prosecutor pokes holes in story of fake grenade plan to trap and kill Nafiz Modack

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 19:51:32 +0200
Fleeing business robbery suspect killed in getaway car crash
During the robbery, a female cashier was shot in her leg.

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 18:32:07 +0200
Free State police arrest suspect after homophobic attack in bar
'Five or six men were stabbing me with bottles.'

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 16:49:05 +0200
Solvent SAA comes out of business rescue after 17 months
South Africa's struggling national airline South African Airways has exited a local form of bankruptcy protection called business rescue, its administrators said in a statement on Friday.

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 16:23:10 +0200
WATCH | Snow in Drakensberg, Eastern Cape and Lesotho
The SA Weather Service issued a warning of disruptive rain leading to localised flooding of low-lying bridges, bad driving conditions and possible mudslides in parts of the Eastern Cape and southern KZN.

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 15:34:37 +0200
Years after eradication deadline, 25 Gauteng schools still contain asbestos
The DA has criticised the Gauteng education department for appearing to move at a snail’s pace to eradicate asbestos structures in schools around the province.

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 14:40:00 +0200
Redefine Properties welcomes CRL Rights Commission’s cultural diversity training recommendations
Redefine Properties says it welcomes recommendations made by the CRL Rights Commission regarding the incident involving Ndebele cultural activist Thando Mahlangu and its centre manager Jose Maponyane.

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 14:24:07 +0200
WATCH | Rare blue whale found dead at Walvis Bay after suspected ship strike
The Antarctic subspecies of blue whales — the world’s largest animal — are known to visit the deep waters off the Cape and Namibia but are rarely sighted.

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 14:14:46 +0200
These 2 banks don't charge fees for Netflix, Spotify, Bolt & Booking.com payments
A cross-border transaction refers to the retailer being based outside SA and processing their card transactions internationally via Mastercard or Visa. These include brands such as Netflix, Spotify, Bolt and Booking.com.

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 12:27:02 +0200
The Six Days in Fallujah dramageddon, explained
The game is based on the actual events (maybe, but I’ll get back to that in a moment) in 2004 of the Second Battle of Fallujah, code-named “Operation Phantom Fury”, as described in interviews with developer Atomic Games by “over 70” US Mari...



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