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Mon, 05 Sep 2022 10:58:28 +0200WATCH LIVE | Senzo Meyiwa trial resumes
The murder trial of former Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa is set to resume at the Pretoria high court on Monday.
Mon, 05 Sep 2022 10:21:36 +0200Arson suspected at Legal Practice Council offices in Tshwane
Deputy chief of Tshwane emergency services Charles Mabaso said four people sustained minor injuries.
Mon, 05 Sep 2022 10:00:00 +0200‘He’s an embarrassment to the legal profession’: EFF slams advocate Teffo for opening case against Malema
The EFF has slammed advocate Malesela Teffo for opening a case of defamation of character and crimen injuria against party leader Julius Malema.
Mon, 05 Sep 2022 10:00:00 +0200Two killed in building collapse in Lagos, search for survivors on
Two people died after a seven storey building under construction collapsed in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos in the early hours of Sunday and rescue efforts were underway to find survivors, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency said.
Mon, 05 Sep 2022 09:51:51 +0200KZN man crushed to death in farm tractor accident
A KwaZulu-Natal man has died after he was crushed by the wheel of a tractor on a north coast farm.
Mon, 05 Sep 2022 09:30:00 +0200Kenya's Supreme Court to rule on disputed presidential election
Kenya's Supreme Court will decide on Monday whether to uphold or nullify the result of last month's presidential election, a ruling anxiously awaited in a country scarred by previous bouts of poll-related violence.
Mon, 05 Sep 2022 08:53:37 +0200Block SIM cards from telemarketers, why quotes are vital, and check your deliveries speedily
Many consumers who don’t think to ask for an upfront quote are presented with an outrageous bill afterwards.
Mon, 05 Sep 2022 07:16:33 +0200PODCAST | When two worlds collide: the murders of Brett Goldin and Richard Bloom
Brett Goldin and Richard Bloom were both in exciting phases of their lives in 2006.
Mon, 05 Sep 2022 07:08:43 +0200Manhunt under way after five women gang-raped, funeral parlour staff assaulted
Police have launched an investigation in Malipsdrift in Limpopo after five women were allegedly gang-raped, one man was shot and wounded and six others assaulted by a group of gun-wielding suspects.
Mon, 05 Sep 2022 07:03:45 +0200Botswana opposition urges Zimbabwe democratic reform, plan to tackle migrants
The opposition Botswana Congress Party says it is concerned by comments made by President Mokgweetsi Masisi during his state visit to Zimbabwe.
Mon, 05 Sep 2022 06:45:44 +0200Canada hunts suspects in stabbing spree that killed 10, wounded 15
The stabbings across 13 crime scenes were among the deadliest mass killings in modern Canadian history.
Sun, 04 Sep 2022 18:27:00 +0200‘Zama zamas are getting out of control now’: tensions grow in Mpumalanga
Surrounding communities say they are tired as they join police in the fight against informal miners
Sun, 04 Sep 2022 18:27:00 +0200Turning immigrants away from hospitals could come back to haunt us
Warning to department: treat foreigners before health complications arise or face large medical bills later
Sun, 04 Sep 2022 18:26:00 +0200Public artworks in Joburg’s Newtown clinch top-notch accolade
The artworks brighten up the inner city and tell a unique story.
Sun, 04 Sep 2022 18:01:42 +0200Top brass visit Krugersdorp gang rape site again
Community members spoke with Bheki Cele, who reassured them police would continue to monitor the situation.
Sun, 04 Sep 2022 16:43:41 +0200Tears and tributes for police who died in the line of duty
Salutes for 31 brave men and two women at annual commemoration event to honour those who gave their lives for SA
Sun, 04 Sep 2022 15:38:10 +0200Surgery backlogs soar at Bara Hospital as patients suffer
Some patients told to wait 4-and-a-half years for their operations.
Sun, 04 Sep 2022 15:15:08 +0200Zimbabwe police warn against abuse of President Mnangagwa’s name to extort money, arrests made
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has warned members of the public against abusing President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the family’s name to defraud or extort money from companies and individuals.
Sun, 04 Sep 2022 13:08:30 +0200Empty peanut shells are the latest casualty of China’s drought
Peanut farmers in China are left with empty shells as extreme weather wreaks havoc on harvests in the world’s most populous nation.
Sun, 04 Sep 2022 12:42:06 +0200Low water pressure for these parts of Joburg
Low pressure to intermittent supply of water is affecting several suburbs in Johannesburg after a power failure affected reservoirs, says Rand Water.
Sun, 04 Sep 2022 12:25:19 +0200Truss plan to ‘turbocharge’ UK economy already alarms markets
Liz Truss is set to become UK prime minister this week with her plan to “turbo-charge” the economy by slashing taxes already worrying investors amid double-digit inflation.
Sun, 04 Sep 2022 12:22:20 +0200Police officer, two suspects killed in Ngcobo gun battle
A dramatic shoot-out left an Eastern Cape police officer and two suspects dead as cops foiled an armed robbery at a retail chain store in Ngcobo, in the Chris Hani District, on Saturday.
Sun, 04 Sep 2022 11:55:13 +0200Turkey’s Erdogan warns Greece not to ‘go too far’ amid spats
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Greece not to “go too far” amid heightened tension over territorial disputes between the two Nato allies.
Sun, 04 Sep 2022 11:45:00 +0200Lagarde’s inflation-fight at ECB makes Fed’s job look simple
“The ECB is walking a very, very fine line,” Emmanuel Cau, head of equity strategy at Barclays Bank Plc, told Bloomberg Television. “The Fed has to slow the economy in order to get inflation down. I think the job of the ECB is much more complex...
Sun, 04 Sep 2022 11:30:00 +0200Mired in war, Putin presses patriotism lessons on schools
The war lecture is part of a new weekly program starting Monday that aims to cultivate patriotic and traditional values in schools, where teachers have also been ordered to play the Russian national anthem and raise the flag at the start of each week...
Sun, 04 Sep 2022 11:27:15 +0200NASA Artemis I launch delayed until at least late September
NASA said it needs to replace hydrogen-fueling equipment on its new moon rocket after scrubbing the launch for the second time in a week, a decision that means the spaceship won’t fly until at least late September.
Sun, 04 Sep 2022 11:15:00 +0200Australia government favours boosting temporary skilled migrants' pay
The Australian government favours lifting the income threshold for some temporary migrants, skills and training minister Brendan O'Connor said on Sunday, as it works to tackle widespread shortages of workers.
Sun, 04 Sep 2022 11:12:35 +0200Hamas authorities execute five Palestinians in Gaza
Gaza's ruling Hamas Islamists executed five Palestinians on Sunday, two of them on charges of espionage for Israel that dated back to 2015 and 2009, the interior ministry said.
Sun, 04 Sep 2022 11:02:43 +0200Ukraine nuclear plant loses power line, Moscow makes Europe sweat over gas
A nuclear power plant on the front line of the Ukraine war again lost external power, U.N. inspectors said on Saturday, fuelling fears of disaster while Moscow kept its main gas pipeline to Germany shut to hurt economies of Kyiv's friends in the West...
Sun, 04 Sep 2022 10:41:42 +0200Wet, windy and cold in Western and Northern Cape, balmy in Gauteng
A cold front is expected to affect parts of the Cape on Sunday and Monday, the SA Weather Service says.