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Mon, 04 Oct 2021 10:56:04 +0200
Former ‘Idols’ hopeful to spend 10 years in jail for smuggling cocaine
A one-time 'Idols' hopeful has been sentenced to ten years behind bars for trafficking drugs from Brazil into SA.

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 10:36:16 +0200
Car plunges into KZN house, leaving two injured
A car with five occupants crashed into the side of a house in Verulam, north of Durban, on Sunday.

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 10:29:24 +0200
KZN paramedic shot dead, another critically injured
A KwaZulu-Natal Emergency Medical Services paramedic has been shot dead two kilometres from the Estcourt Provincial Hospital.

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 10:19:04 +0200
Durban bus crash leaves 15 injured
Fifteen commuters were injured in an early morning crash between a municipal bus and a minibus taxi in Durban on Monday.

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 09:48:50 +0200
WATCH LIVE | Judicial Service Commission Constitutional Court judge interviews
The Judicial Service Commission is rerunning interviews for two Constitutional Court judge positions today.

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 09:00:00 +0200
More than 2.7m applications for 287,000 teacher and general assistant jobs, says basic education
The SA youth toll-free number received more than 50,000 calls per hour.

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 08:50:41 +0200
LISTEN | ‘His plan to kill me didn’t succeed’: Woman’s fight to survive brutal attack in which her throat was slashed
“He didn’t take Tiisetso away. He did what he wanted to do with my body but Tiisetso is still here.”

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 08:49:09 +0200
Child killed as vehicle rolls several times on Gauteng highway
A child was killed in Lanseria on Sunday night after a crash on the N14.

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 08:48:43 +0200
Husband killed, wife critical as robbers open fire during Joburg home invasion
A home invasion on Sunday night left a man dead and his wife fighting for her life after they were shot by robbers in Randpark, Johannesburg.

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 07:50:13 +0200
FACTBOX-Key findings of leaked Pandora Papers on offshore wealth
A group of news organisations has released the following main findings after reviewing what it describes as a massive leak of confidential financial records revealing assets held offshore by politicians and public officials worldwide.

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 07:41:31 +0200
New Zealand drops its Covid-19 elimination plan as Delta persists
New Zealand on Monday abandoned its strategy of eliminating coronavirus, easing some Covid-19 lockdown restrictions in its biggest city Auckland, and will instead look to live with the virus while controlling its spread.

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 07:02:53 +0200
Pandora Papers: Document dump allegedly links world leaders to secret wealth
A massive leak of financial documents was published by several major news organisations on Sunday that allegedly tie world leaders to secret stores of wealth, including King Abdullah of Jordan, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis and associates of Russ...

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 07:00:00 +0200
YOUR COVID-19 QUESTIONS ANSWERED | Can I get the flu shot and Covid-19 jab at the same time?
Both vaccines are important but should not be given at the same time.

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 06:43:00 +0200
All the news about the coronavirus pandemic in SA and abroad
For all the latest coverage on covid-19 and coronavirus

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 06:40:00 +0200
Covid-19 in numbers: Get the latest figures
Your one place to get daily updates on coronavirus in SA.

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 06:35:52 +0200
North West mayor dies in car crash
Family spokesperson Tshegetso Boekhouer said the accident happened around 3am when the couple was driving home from an after tears party.

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 06:15:00 +0200
COVID-19 LIVE UPDATES | What has caused SA’s shift in vaccine thinking?
Coronavirus updates.

Sun, 03 Oct 2021 20:22:29 +0200
Police make arrests in connection with spate of QwaQwa murders, robberies
Police in the Free State have arrested two suspects in connection with a series of house robberies, murders and attempted murders in QwaQwa.

Sun, 03 Oct 2021 18:17:23 +0200
Philippines pets receive blessings in drive-through ceremony
Hundreds of animal lovers in the Philippines had their pets blessed via a drive-through ceremony on Sunday to mark World Animal Day and the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals, forgoing the usual fanfare due to Covid-19.

Sun, 03 Oct 2021 18:15:00 +0200
Police in Gauteng recover 78 unlicensed firearms in seven days
Police in Gauteng recovered 78 unlicensed firearms of various calibres and 102 rounds of ammunition between September 26 and Saturday.

Sun, 03 Oct 2021 17:46:56 +0200
Staff, patients robbed at clinic in Emalahleni
Police in Mpumalanga have launched a manhunt for two men who robbed staff and patients at the Empumelelweni Clinic in Vosman, Emalahleni, in the early hours of Sunday.

Sun, 03 Oct 2021 16:43:22 +0200
Narrow escape for drivers in head-on collision on wet road
Two motorists involved in an early morning head-on collision, that left their cars virtually unrecognisable, escaped the wreckage with only minor injuries.

Sun, 03 Oct 2021 16:03:11 +0200
Suspect killed after armed robbery at filling station near Plettenberg Bay
Police shot dead a suspected robber and wounded another during a shoot-out after five armed men robbed a petrol station near Plettenberg Bay on Sunday morning.

Sun, 03 Oct 2021 14:58:56 +0200
Man assaulted at Clifton Beach as hundreds of youngsters rock up to party
A man was assaulted during a scuffle at Clifton Beach in Cape Town and alcohol was confiscated when hundreds of students descended on the beach on Friday afternoon, police said.

Sun, 03 Oct 2021 14:34:38 +0200
Speeding taxi drags cyclist to his death, leaves another injured
A cyclist, estimated to be about 50 years old, was killed by a speeding taxi this morning when he was crushed and dragged for over half a kilometre before the driver stopped and paramedics could retrieve the body.

Sun, 03 Oct 2021 14:06:04 +0200
Mother goose and babies bring highway to a standstill
Three baby geese, which brought the N1 south highway to a standstill between the Malibongwe and William Nicol offramps at lunchtime, have survived happily and are now being hand-reared.

Sun, 03 Oct 2021 13:49:27 +0200
Entire ecosystem damaged by UPL chemical fire, company not compliant - minister
An entire ecosystem, which includes the oHlanga tributary, the uMhlanga estuary, the beaches and the coastal environment, has been seriously affected and may take several years to recover from the fallout from a fire at the UPL chemical warehouse in ...

Sun, 03 Oct 2021 13:07:30 +0200
Cape Town's crime crackdown to receive a boost
A joint initiative by the City of Cape Town's safety and security directorate and the Western Cape provincial government is set to see a batch of 233 newly trained recruits cracking down on the flouting of bylaws before the holiday season.

Sun, 03 Oct 2021 12:27:41 +0200
A few sceptical US hospital workers choose dismissal over vaccine
Jennifer Bridges loved her job as a nurse at Houston Methodist Hospital, where she worked for eight years, but she chose to get fired rather than inoculated against Covid-19, believing that the vaccine was more of a threat than the deadly virus.

Sun, 03 Oct 2021 11:39:49 +0200
Woman killed and five injured in head-on crash near Fochville
A woman was killed, and a one-year-old child and four adults were injured in a head-on collision on the N12 highway near Fochville on Saturday afternoon, paramedics confirmed.



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