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Fri, 21 Oct 2022 10:55:38 +0200
Communities need more patrols, says IFP Women's Brigade after girl, aunt found murdered
Ntombifuthi Gumede was speaking after visiting the families of Leanne, 30, and Ashley Jaeries, 17, whose battered bodies were found on Mahes Road in Isipingo on Sunday evening.

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 10:54:00 +0200
Ministers 'dragging feet' in Booysen's R7.6m 'death squad' damages claim
Retired KwaZulu-Natal Hawks boss Johan Booysen headed to court this week to force the ministers of police and justice to file documents they will rely on in opposing his R7.65m damages claim.

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 10:01:31 +0200
Bus crash driver in hospital, did not flee scene, says education department
The driver of the bus which overturned, killing two school pupils in Wedela, Carletonville, on Thursday, was injured and admitted to hospital, the Gauteng education department has clarified.

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 10:00:00 +0200
Massachusetts woman accused of assaulting officers with swarm of angry bees
A Massachusetts woman stands accused of using a swarm of bees as a dangerous weapon, according to a county sheriff, after she allegedly unleashed a hive of angry insects on deputies trying to serve an eviction notice last week.

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 09:45:00 +0200
Prescient or traitor? Rishi Sunak is the favourite to be next UK PM
To some Conservatives, Rishi Sunak is the minister who got Britain through the Covid-19 pandemic, to others the traitor who knifed Boris Johnson or the rival to Liz Truss who presciently warned her tax plans would bring chaos.

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 09:25:06 +0200
Limpopo, KZN ANC want André de Ruyter axed due to ‘dismal performance’ at Eskom
However, deputy president David Mabuza has said the executive's hands are tied in this regard.

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 09:18:17 +0200
Triple life sentence for man who raped and murdered four-year-old
A colleague of a young mother in the North West who abducted, raped and murdered her four-year-old daughter is serving three life terms behind bars.

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 09:15:00 +0200
Child sex abuse in Britain is epidemic, UK inquiry says
Child sex abuse is epidemic in Britain, affecting millions of victims, and those who work with young people should be prosecuted if they fail to report it, a seven-year public inquiry concluded on Thursday.

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 08:35:46 +0200
‘Charmers’ using ancestors to fleece women in dating scams — See how to spot them
Women are being warned by the Hawks to stay away from scammers who will come into their lives in the name of love, especially in Limpopo.

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 08:12:57 +0200
72 hospitals exempted from load-shedding, including 17 in Gauteng
The number of hospitals excluded from load-shedding across the country has increased from 37 to 72 since September after health minister Joe Phaahla stepped in to mitigate the impact of rolling power outages on the provision of essential health serv...

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 07:44:02 +0200
Alleged livestock thief arrested after high-speed chase
A 40-year-old man allegedly in possession of stolen cattle in Brooklyn village in Limpopo was arrested after a high-speed chase.

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 07:30:00 +0200
Applying for the R350 grant? Sassa warns of scam trying to access your personal details
The South African Social Security Agency has warned those who receive, or are applying for, the R350 social relief of distress grant to be careful of who they share their personal details with, and to always check their contact details on the system ...

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 07:08:46 +0200
Namibia to process minerals needed for batteries in electric cars and wind turbines
Namibia has provisionally agreed on a deal with the European Union to sell its rare earth minerals, critical to the renewable energy sectors, said its mines and energy minister Tom Alweendo.

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 06:57:26 +0200
Sanctioned Russian mogul’s mega yacht is sailing to Cape Town
After mysteriously sailing into Hong Kong two weeks ago, Russian tycoon Alexey Mordashov’s $500m superyacht has departed for South Africa.

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 22:33:23 +0200
Stage 3 load-shedding until further notice as Kusile completely shut down
Eskom has announced that Stage 3 load-shedding is on the cards until further notice.

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 21:45:42 +0200
SIU could soon be involved in probe into fraud at the National Skills Fund
The department of higher education and training needs to engage with the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to ensure that problems at the National Skills Fund (NSF) do not recur.

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 21:17:35 +0200
School bus overturns, leaving two children dead, 63 hurt
A bus overturned, leaving two pupils dead in Wedela, Carletonville, the Gauteng education department said on Thursday.

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 20:36:45 +0200
Sars introduces new electronic goods declaration system for those entering or leaving SA
Tourism business council to call for a meeting with tax collector to discuss possible impact of implementation

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 20:18:13 +0200
Checkmate for bishop: court rejects amendment of Ethiopian Church’s constitution
Future of church leader and his executive in the balance after court rules in favour of group that wants him removed

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 20:16:00 +0200
Police lies about Sharpeville Massacre overturned by new research
Research shows there was a massive cover-up of the March 1960 massacre

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 19:53:33 +0200
Suspected illegal miners set fires and cause disruptions in Ermelo schools
Suspected zama zamas disrupted schooling in Ermelo, Mpumalanga, this week,  the education department confirmed.

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 18:46:45 +0200
At least 151 people killed in renewed violence in Sudan's Blue Nile state
At least 151 people were killed and 86 injured in fighting in Sudan's Blue Nile state over recent days, medical sources said on Thursday, the latest outbreak of violence to rock remote conflict-weary regions.

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 17:24:10 +0200
Russia says West's Ukraine weapons are going onto the black market
Russia said on Thursday that the West's supplies of advanced weapons to Ukraine were finding their way onto the black market and then into the hands of extremist and criminal groups in the Middle East, central Africa and Asia.

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 17:21:52 +0200
Mnuchin to take stand at Trump ally Barrack's foreign agent trial
Former US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is expected to take the stand as a witness for the defence of Tom Barrack, a onetime fundraiser for former US President Donald Trump who is on trial on charges of illegally acting as a foreign agent, the ju...

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 17:14:15 +0200
At least five injured in Guinea antigovernment protest
At least five people were injured after security forces fired at anti-government protesters in Guinea's capital Conakry on Thursday, an opposition coalition said.

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 16:56:48 +0200
Dr Esther Mahlangu's alleged attacker walks free
The man arrested in connection with the attack on artist Dr Esther Mahlangu earlier this year has no case to answer — for now.

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 16:49:49 +0200
Man who pleaded guilty to killing MUT student Xolile Mbatha to be sentenced next week
Emotional scenes played out at the Durban high court on Thursday when a man accused of fatally stabbing his girlfriend, Mangosuthu University of Technology third-year student Xolile Mbatha, made a fleeting appearance.

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 16:45:01 +0200
Russia's Navalny says he faces new criminal case for 'promoting terrorism'
Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny said on Thursday that authorities had opened a new criminal case against him for promoting terrorism and extremism.

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 16:34:04 +0200
Farm used as drug laboratory in KZN forfeited to the state
The Asset Forfeiture Unit in KwaZulu-Natal has obtained a forfeiture order for a farm which was allegedly used as a drug laboratory.

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 15:53:01 +0200
Government spending on education, health and criminal justice declining in real terms
New research, authored by Michael Sachs, Arabo Ewinyu and Olwethu Shedi, challenges a widely held view that there is a fiscal crisis resulting from a ‘bloated state’.



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