The mother of 12-year-old Michaela Williams has broke down in the Wynberg Magistrates Court shortly before the man accused of her daughter’s murder was due to appear. 40-year-old Beatrice Adams was escorted by friends and supporters out of the packed court room. A 48-year-old man is set to appear for[…]
Eskom says it is not planning to institute rotational power cuts on Monday despite a tight power system. In a status update on Monday morning the utility said that unplanned outages or breakdowns were at 13 867MW as at 6am, still far above its goal of 9 500MW. “Should we[…]
An alleged armed robber has been shot dead and another wounded following an armed robbery at a shop in Strand Main Road in Strand, Cape Town, paramedics said on Sunday. ER24 paramedics, along with another service, arrived on the scene at 10am on Saturday morning to find the local authorities[…]
South African Police Service (SAPS) detectives have arrested a suspect and are questioning two other possible suspects in connection with the robbery of 11 tourists in Khayelitsha in Cape Town last week, the Western Cape SAPS said on Sunday. “As part of the police investigation into the robbery of 11[…]
Eskom says it does not expect to implement load shedding on Sunday. The power utility says its technicians have successfully returned Koeberg Unit 1 to service after a planned outage, which has added an additional 900 megawatts to the system. Eskom says its teams will continue to work around the[…]
City of Cape Town mayoral committee member for economic opportunities and asset management James Vos has welcomed the swift action taken by the South African Police Service (SAPS) and Cape Town Tourism after a gang of armed men robbed a group of tourists in Khayelitsha in Cape Town on Friday.[…]
Staff at Michael Mapongwana Day Clinic in Harare, Khayelitsha, say they are battling with an influx of patients this week. This follows a burglary at the Kuyasa clinic which forced the facility to shut its doors to most patients. The break-in happened in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Thieves[…]
The Presidency says there was no ill intention on the part of the Eskom board when it told President Cyril Ramaphosa that there would be no load shedding before January the 13th. The President’s spokesperson Khusela Diko says unforeseen circumstances resulted in renewed power cuts – despite the assurance of the Eskom board.[…]
Twenty-five Laingsburg High School pupils went into a panic when they discovered that their matric results were incomplete because their history paper went missing. Wayne Willemse said his daughter Chloe did very well, even getting two A aggregates. But to her shock she noticed that her history mark was missing,[…]
We had no idea that the child could not walk,” the owner of a Mitchells Plain superette who refused access to disabled Connor Haskin in April last year has told the Equality Court. Shop owner Salauddin Khan is accused of denying Connor and his mother Liezel access to his store. Connor has[…]
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