Alleged Century City serial killer Kahangayi Sedumedi is expected to appear in the Goodwood Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. Sedumeni was charged with three counts of murder and two of rape. This is in addition to the three rape, two murder and two robbery charges that he already faces. He was[…]
Charges of corruption and defeating the ends of justice have been laid against President Jacob Zuma and Justice Minister Michael Masutha over the R17m payout to former National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) Mxolisi Nxasana, Accountability Now director Paul Hoffman said. The civil complaint was laid at Ocean View police[…]
Australian surfer Mick Fanning has described a shark attack on him in Jeffreys Bay at the weekend as a “very humbling” experience, expressing his gratitude to those who sped to his side to help him as he fought off the predator. “I guess someone was looking out for me… to[…]
At least 30 people were killed and nearly 100 injured on Monday in a suicide attack in the Turkish town of Suruc near the border with Syria, officials said. The explosion appears to have been aimed at a press conference held for a group of 300 members of the Federation of[…]
Polling stations have opened in Burundi’s controversial presidential elections with Pierre Nkurunziza widely expected to win a third consecutive term. Shortly before voting started on Tuesday, at least two people – a policeman and a civilian – were killed, according to witnesses, in a string of explosions and gunfire in the[…]
Gaza’s sole power plant will stop running Monday evening as it is unable to cover taxes imposed by the national unity government, Gaza’s energy authority said. The unity government waved the tax in a show of good will in the four months to the end of Ramadan, but the Gazan[…]
Human Rights Watch on Monday accused Israel of “abusive arrests” of Palestinian children as young as 11 and of using threats to force them to sign confessions. Israeli authorities failed to inform parents of their children’s arrest or whereabouts, the New York-based watchdog added, drawing on accounts of several children[…]
The fluctuating dynamics in Yemen are making relief efforts to the front-lines of the country’s civil war extremely difficult, according to Doctors Without Borders (MSF SA). The organisation held a closed media briefing in Johannesburg recently, seeking to spread the word on a deteriorating humanitarian situation in the war-stricken gulf[…]
With the winter school holidays having ended, pupils return to their classrooms, well prepared, to begin the third term of the schooling year. The Western Cape Education Department’s Ministerial spokesperson, Jessica Shelver says much has been done for learners from both primary and secondary schools to prepare them for the[…]
Christopher Panayiotou’s lawyers did not reveal that the murder accused had dual citizenship because he never intended to stand trial, the Grahamstown High Court heard on Monday. Had it not been for investigating officer Kanna Swanepoel, the court would have remained ignorant about that fact that Panayiotou had applied for[…]
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