Family and friends of former SABC chief executive Solly Mokoetle are reeling with shock following his mysterious disappearance from his luxury Umhlanga estate on Friday. The 59-year-old father of four was last seen leaving his home in the plush Mount Edgecombe golf estate on Friday night and had not been[…]
EgyptAir has confirmed that flight 804, traveling from Paris to Cairo, has disappeared with 56 passengers and 10 crew members on board. According to EgyptAir, the plane took off from Paris’ Charles De Gaulle Airport shortly after 11pm local time. Three of those on board were children, including one infant,[…]
Hundreds of rescue workers are looking for survivors after a landslide hit 33 buildings in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. Seven people were pulled from the rubble with minor injuries but 91 people are still missing, according to Shenzhen authorities. About 900 people were evacuated from the industrial park[…]
A University of Cape Town student who went missing on Sunday when he fell behind during a group hike in the Waters Mountains near Ceres will have to spend another night in the mountain, Wilderness Search and Rescue (WSAR) says. WSAR spokesperson Johann Marais said although rescue services knew where[…]
The bodies of two missing fishermen who had to abandon their stricken trawler were recovered but then lost to the ocean, a Viking Fishing director confirmed on Monday. “We have two confirmed losses. As the bodies were being recovered, two slipped out of their lifejackets into the ocean,” financial director[…]
Classmates of a Grade 10 pupil at Phoenix High School in Manenberg on Monday received trauma counselling while the search continued for their missing friend. Khanyisile Ngela disappeared in the surf on Saturday while spending a day at Camps Bay with a group of people. School principal Shafiek Abrahams said[…]
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[…]
About 1 million cubic metres of mud buried dormitories and homes owned by the Shaanxi Wuzhou Mining Company in Shanyang county early on Wednesday. Officials said 14 people had been rescued. The operations had been greatly hampered by heavy rain. China has seen severe weather during the current monsoon season.[…]
An independent Mexican commission has found serious flaws in an investigation into the apparent massacre of 43 students last year, dealing a fresh blow to President Enrique Pena Nieto over a scandal that has blighted his administration. The case became a symbol of impunity over disappearances, and plunged Pena Nieto[…]
Nearly four months after contact was lost with the three-man South African crew of a catamaran in the Indian Ocean, an upturned catamaran has been sighted in the Indian Ocean. Jared Blows, spokesperson for the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) in Cape Town, said on Monday that a cargo vessel[…]
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