Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir has alleged a police intelligence officer threatened him over his bail application in the case in which he and four others are accused of killing businessman Sam Issa. He told the Germiston Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday Captain Candice Coetzee, who drives him from Zonderwater Prison to[…]
The ad hoc committee on Nkandla had unanimously agreed that the swimming pool at President Jacob Zuma’s home was not a fire pool, ANC MP Thandi Mahambehlala said on Wednesday. She was addressing DA leader Mmusi Maimane who earlier said he refused to call the facility a fire pool because[…]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived Wednesday in Beijing amid tensions over China’s treatment of its Uighur minority and sensitive negotiations surrounding the possible purchase of a Chinese missile system. While the sides enjoy outwardly friendly relations, Turkish public sentiment has been inflamed by reports that members of the Uighur[…]
The Israeli army indiscriminately and deliberately targeted civilians during a brutal 2014 assault known as “Black Friday”, according to a new report on last summer’s Gaza war. The joint study by Amnesty International and Forensic Architecture, released on Wednesday, cites “strong evidence” of war crimes and possible crimes against humanity[…]
The German foreign ministry has warned about possible attacks on Istanbul’s underground rail network and bus stops in the wake of Turkey’s assault on Kurdish armed groups in northern Iraq. “There could be increased attack activity by the PKK,” the foreign ministry said in a statement on its website on[…]
Although South Africa will likely face water shortages in future, and the quality of the country’s water is getting worse, scientists are working on some innovative projects to reverse this. In an apple orchard in the Western Cape, researchers are measuring exactly how much water the trees need to allow[…]
Afghanistan said on Wednesday it was investigating reports that Mullah Omar, leader of the Taliban movement behind an escalating insurgency, was dead. The elusive Omar has not been seen in public since fleeing when the Taliban was toppled from power by a U.S.-led coalition in 2001, and there has been[…]
A police officer was stabbed to death on the N2 highway in Cape Town after stopping to change a flat tyre on Wednesday morning. The 50-year-old SA Police Service member was robbed and stabbed by two suspects, Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security JP Smith told News24. The officer[…]
Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, 83, has been re-admitted to hospital, a week after he was discharged, his foundation said on Tuesday. “He was discharged from hospital last Tuesday, and re-admitted this afternoon after expressing renewed discomfort,” the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation said in a statement. “His doctors[…]
Zip guns are commonly used on the Cape Flats, says the Mitchells Plain Community Police Forum. Its chairperson, Abie Isaacs, said gangsters often used these makeshift guns because they were easy to build and difficult to trace. Isaacs was commenting on Tuesay after an incident where a 12-year-old boy was[…]
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