US government and business interests in South Africa are under threat from extremists, that country’s embassy warned on Tuesday. “The US Diplomatic Mission to South Africa has received information that extremists may be targeting US interests in South Africa, to possibly include US Government facilities and other facilities identifiable with[…]
A man who was out on parole when he fatally wounded a Nyanga police officer, was sentenced to life in jail on Tuesday. The sentence comes just days after President Jacob Zuma said at a commemoration ceremony in Pretoria that police killings were an attack on the State and must[…]
Two Navy employees are expected in the Simon’s Town Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday on charges of assault with intent to inflict grievous bodily harm after seven people were whipped with a sjambok at the weekend. Six cyclists and a runner were attacked on Saturday between 06:45 and 07:30 between Main[…]
The woman who allegedly kidnapped a newborn baby girl from her hospital crib at Groote Schuur Hospital 18 years ago is expected to appear in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday on charges of kidnapping and fraud. During the last court appearance, the matter was postponed for an indictment.[…]
South Africa has not yet been asked to provide help during the European refugee crisis, the Department of Home Affairs said on Monday. Spokesperson Mayihlome Tshwete said the country helped through its contributions to various United Nations agencies, but so far had not been approached by individuals or any of[…]
While the EFF on Monday denied being behind the defacing of a statue in King William’s Town, the party insisted there was “no space for colonial symbols which represent… a history of oppression, degradation and humiliation”. DA councillor Dillon Webb, however, said it should be seen as a reminder of[…]
The City of Cape Town destroyed almost 50 unclaimed amaphela taxis on Monday. In some cases the taxis had been at the Maitland pound for up to five years. The unroadworthy sedans were impounded between 2010 and 2012 and left unclaimed by its owners despite attempts to contact them, the City[…]
Five days after a bloody shoot-out during an attempted cigarette van heist at a petrol station outside Cape Town International Airport, the third suspect was still on the run. Provincial police spokesperson Captain FC Van Wyk said on Monday that the man, who fled the scene after his two accomplices[…]
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande’s efforts to transform universities on racial lines were part of the “total onslaught” against Afrikaans, the AfriForum Youth said on Monday. “Extremist groups” like the EFF, student movements like Open Stellenbosch and Rhodes Must Fall and the failure to act against unruly students had led[…]
Sandra November kisses the photo of a bushy-haired girl perched on her bedside table every night before she goes to sleep. “She turns 7 next Sunday,” she says with a sad smile. “I hope whoever has her, makes the day special. She loved it when people made a fuss over[…]
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