The case of a man accused of raping a seven-year-old girl in a bathroom of a Pretoria restaurant was postponed on Tuesday for further investigation. Advocate Sanet Jordaan asked for the postponement in order to bring an application to obtain the accused’s cellphone for “forensic downloading”. The man, wearing a[…]
Rescuers in the Indonesia island of Sulawesi are racing against the clock to save those still trapped in the rubble, as volunteers dug mass graves to bury at least 844 killed in an earthquake and tsunami disaster. Authorities struggling to deal with the sheer scale of the disaster have appealed[…]
Thousands of Palestinians marched in the funeral of slain Palestinian youth, Muhammad Zaghlul Rimawi, 24, on Monday afternoon. Palestinians from the Beit Rima, Deir Ghassana, Nabi Saleh and Deir Nitham villages in the central occupied West Bank district of Ramallah took part in Rimawi’s funeral in Beit Rima, his hometown.[…]
Palestinian residents of a West Bank hamlet are bracing for an Israeli court-ordered demolition of their homes. Monday marked the passing of the Israeli-imposed deadline for Khan al-Ahmar’s residents to evacuate before forced removal and the demolition of their homes. It is unlikely to take place before the end of[…]
Water restrictions and the accompanying tariffs will be lowered from level 6B to level 5 in the City of Cape Town, Stellenbosch and Drakenstein municipalities on Monday. This means residents can now use 70 litres of water per person per day. The use of municipal drinking water for gardens, the[…]
A nine-year-old girl has been raped in a toilet in Blikkiesdorp, allegedly by a 17-year-old boy who had been asked to look after her while the mother was out. The teen, who cannot be named, made his first appearance at the Bellville Magistrates’ Court on Friday where he faced a[…]
Community Safety MEC Dan Plato has repeated his call for information that could lead to the arrest of those responsible for the attacks on trains in Cape Town last week. Arson attacks damaged six coaches in three separate incidents, his office said. The department of community safety has put up[…]
Two people were killed in a collision between a car and a Golden Arrow bus in Cape Town’s northern suburbs on Monday morning, Western Cape traffic chief Kenny Africa said. Africa said the Volkswagen Polo became wedged under the back of the bus, following the crash on Swartklip Road. “The[…]
A Kensington man is expected to appear in court on Monday, in connection with the murder of a motorcyclist. It is understood that shortly before peak time on Friday afternoon, 45- year-old Zelda van Niekerk, pulled off on the side of the N1 road, near Century City with her motorcycle. She was then robbed[…]
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