WATCH: Failed break-in results in broken leg
A burglar trying his luck to open a heavy steel gate gets a nasty surprise as it falls on top of him, resulting in a broken leg. The video was posted to YouTube by Crime Watch yesterday. The post...
View ArticleNAEF to discuss action plan against Dept of Education
THE Northern Areas Education Forum (NAEF) will hold a meeting tonight to discuss and finalise action plans for tomorrow’s planned mass march to highlight the plight of schools in the northern areas....
View ArticleHusband beats wife to death over ‘uncooked chicken livers’
Willowvale police in the Eastern Cape have arrested a 69-year-old man for the alleged murder of his 67-year-old wife. She had been beaten with a stick in the early hours of Tuesday morning‚ at about...
View ArticlePay back the money‚ DA tells EFF
The DA wants the EFF and groups involved in violent protests to pay for damages they allegedly inflicted at universities. Damage to buildings at universities has been estimated at about R150-million‚...
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Three die in Eshowe water pipe tragedy
Three men died in a freak accident at a construction site in Eshowe, northern KwaZulu-Natal, on Tuesday. Netcare 911 spokesperson Chris Botha said paramedics had received an emergency distress call...
View ArticleWATCH: Fearless dog jumps overboard to chase dolphin
A little dachshund, named Gracie, was so excited when a dolphin surfaced on the Banana River, near Port Canaveral, Florida, that she decided to jump in after it. The video was initially posted on...
View ArticleHome Affairs official arrested for faking birth certificates
A social grant scam linked to almost 400 fake birth certificates issued by the Department of Home Affairs in Gauteng has led to the arrest of a senior administrative official on Tuesday. Police...
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Minister warns online users after Facebook hack
Minister of Public Service and Administration Ngoako Ramatlhodi on Tuesday warned the public to be cautious about responding to enticing posts on his personal Facebook account as they are a scam....
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Man arrested in possession of suspected stolen car
Picture: Supplied A 41-year-old man who was allegedly driving a suspected stolen car and in possession of someone else’s driver’s license was arrested during a routine stop and search road block in...
View ArticleNine suspected hijackers arrested
Nine suspected hijackers were arrested during the early hours of yesterday morning after allegedly hijacking a delivery truck on the R72 near Alexandria and tying the driver to a tree. Police spokesman...
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Trollip gives ‘state of metro’ address
Athol Trollip delivering state of the metro address at The Atheneum. Picture: FREDLIN ADRIAAN DA is ready to govern Nelson Mandela Bay, mayoral candidate tells audience TO an audience of about 200...
View ArticleMbeki’s views on Aids ‘irrelevant’
THE government has dismissed former president Thabo Mbeki’s latest defence of how he managed the HIV-Aids policy during his presidency. One of the most controversial decisions taken by Mbeki’s...
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Zuma tells Nigeria it can learn from Eskom
ON THE RED CARPET: President Jacob Zuma inspects a guard of honour during an of ficial welcome ceremony at State House in Abuja, Nigeria, yesterday. Picture : ELMOND JIYANE ESKOM is mocked as...
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TruFM attracts top DJ
Popular presenter Nokubonga Blaq Maci will soon be leaving her Seza Umphefumlo show. Umhlobo Wenene loses Blaq Maci after eight years with the station YET another Umhlobo Wenene FM DJ is leaving the...
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Upbeat hairdresser beats life’s downside to create own waves
Sheldon Aspeling who is dyslexic and deaf has opened his own salon in Westering. Picture: BRIAN WITBOOI IT takes a special kind of grit to overcome the double disability of being deaf and dyslexic, but...
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Women united in march for peace at NMMU
GIVE PEACE A CHANCE: Women , including students and lecturers , are all smiles as they march for world peace on the NMMU south campus yesterday. Picture : EUGENE COETZEE DRESSED in yellow T-shirts and...
View ArticleMoody’s to meet SA stakeholders over downgrade
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan on Wednesday (09/03/2016) said the country may be able to avoid a ratings downgrade. He told 702’s John Robbie that the Moody’s rating agency had placed the country “on...
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‘Bigger, better’ Splash Festival planned
WITH a larger budget than in previous years, organisers of this year’s Splash Festival have promised a bigger and better festival. This year the budget has been set at R3.5-million. The festival...
View ArticleCorruption in schools higher than traffic departments
More corruption is reported at South African schools than traffic and licensing departments‚ according to a report released on Wednesday by anti-graft organisation Corruption Watch. Of the 2382 South...
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Gordhan: ‘I’ll worry about the Hawks when I’ve finished my main job’
PRAVIN GORDHAN Finance Minister‚ Pravin Gordhan has said that all he wants from the head of the South African Revenue Service (SARS)‚ Tom Moyane‚ is “decency”. Speaking to John Robbie on Talk Radio 702...
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