The previous National Assembly speaker, Baleka Mbete, who was widely regarded as a somewhat inept person for the post she held, was worth R2,825,470 a year, amounting to a monthly fee of over R235,000. Then there is the deputy speaker who carries a R1,977,795 a year home that amounts to about R165,000 a month. The..
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See where your money goes! – R50 million a month is spent on salaries of 400 MP’s, some of which are sleepy in parliament, or just stay at home and do nothing on a working day
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A ‘Misunderstanding’, and we have to believe that, leads to gardener stabbing employer five times in Alberton
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The suspect tried to flee but was later arrested after a number of security groups in the area responded to the scene. A 69-year-old man was attacked by his 26-year-old gardener with an okapi knife in Brackendowns, Alberton, after an alleged misunderstanding, Alberton Record reports. According to Seargent Lindile Moloi, the spokesperson from Brackendowns SAPS,..
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LIMPOPO:- Brutal farm attack shocks Georges Valley community (Georges Valley is between Pietersburg and Tzaneen)
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A man and his elderly mother have been shaken after being tortured and robbed, the second incident to occur in the region in a week. A manhunt has been launched for three male suspects after a brutal farm attack in Limpopo took place late last Saturday evening, reports Letaba Herald. The attack took place on..
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Was Durban film-maker shot on N3 a ‘mistaken identity’ hit? (video + photo’s))
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Durban film-maker Daryl Kotze – who is well-known for shooting music videos of South Africa’s biggest hip-hop stars – is fighting for his life in hospital after gunmen opened fire on his vehicle on the N3 Freeway near the Felix Dlamini (Brickfield) Road offramp on Thursday night.
Kotze who resides on the Berea was returning home from Johannesburg via a flight to King Shaka International Airport. He was shot in the back, under the arm and on the upper and lower leg.
His Toyota Fortuner which was riddled with bullets bore silent witness to the daring shooting in the middle of the busy freeway.
While speculation swirled – with some calling it a botched hijacking while others saying it was a hit on a mistaken identity – police investigators were trying to piece together the motive for the attack.
Musher Khan of eThekwini Secure who was at the scene believes it was a botched hijacking.
“The vehicle rolled. The driver’s side door and panels were pumped full o
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LIMPOPO:- The police in Musina have arrested a 43-year-old police sergeant, along with two alleged accomplices
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The police in Musina have arrested a 43-year-old police sergeant, along with two alleged accomplices (aged 28 and 40), for stock theft and the possession of suspected stolen cattle meat. “On 21 May during the day, members of the South African Police Service received information from members of the community about suspected stolen cattle meat..
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Witnesses sought, can you help:- Truck ploughs into men on N17 at Trichardt (photo’s)
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TRICHARDT – Anyone who witnessed a truck running over two pedestrians on the N17 at the turnoff to Trichardt town and the Trichardsfontein dam on 30 April, is asked to step forward. Messrs Carel James Stuart (CJ) and David Slabbert, two confectioners from Bethal, visited a client in Trichardt and were waiting on the side..
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FARM ATTACK:- 4 Farm Attacks in 6 Days in the Western Cape, South Africa
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There have been four farm attacks reported in six days in the Western Cape of South Africa, specifically in the Boland, according to AfriForum. The civil rights organization AfriForum says it is aware of four farm attacks – in the Paarl, Stellenbosch and De Doorns areas – that were reported between 18 and 24 May..
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FARM ATTACK:- 9 armed attackers overpower farmer: Roodeplaat
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A farm attack took place on 23 May 2019, in Roodeplaat, Gauteng province. A farmer on the Kameelfontein Road was attacked and robbed by nine armed attackers who then locked the farmer and others in the safe. Whilst no one was seriously injured in the incident, one person was hit by a stray bullet and..
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Last year posting that we traced which is heartbreaking:- Hannah Cornelius’ mum walked into the sea
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Hannah Cornelius’ dad Willem said he ‘couldn’t bear to hear what they did to my daughter’ as he told a court about his wife Anna’s death in Scarborough, Cape Town. Items out of our Archives for you to read, and to know the story of Hannah:- Read the article that we did last year here..
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Tow truck driver killed in hit and run:- Algoa Towing and Recovery
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A 38-year-old Algoa Towing and Recovery driver was killed in a hit and run in the early hours of Saturday morning. According to Algoa Towing and Recovery director, Alwyn Smith, the driver was working at an accident scene on the corner of Gately Street and St James Road in Southernwood at 3 am. He said..
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The pathetic Justice system in South Africa:- Cape Town surfer ‘murderers’ were out on bail for hijacking
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A second suspect appeared in the Simon’s Town Magistrate’s Court on Thursday (just last week) for the murder of surfer David Wolfromm. Mark Anthony Williams, 33, was arrested in Philippi on Wednesday (just last week), two weeks after he and co-accused, Wilson Wilschut, 30, allegedly robbed Wolfromm and shot him before loading him into the..
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Court denies bail to man accused of murdering Secunda woman:- #TesnerMurder
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SECUNDA – He is not a troublemaker and the community will therefore not be outraged if he is granted bail. “There is no doubt in my mind that if you are let out on bail you will commit another crime,” said Magistrate Kekana. This is how the man accused of robbing, raping and murdering Ms..
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Good heavens, NO BUSINESS OR PERSON is safe anywhere anymore:- Intruder breaks into Cape fire station
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CAPE TOWN – A burglar broke into a fire station in Cape Town in the early hours of Tuesday, last week morning and robbed a firefighter of personal belongings before evading capture by leaping from a second storey window, the City of Cape Town said. Mayco member for Safety and Security JP Smith said that..
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Unfair Justice:- A Farm foreman and security officers arrested for murder after assaulting thieves
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On 22 May 2019 three men were assaulted by security officers and a foreman after they were caught allegedly attempting to steal maize at a farm in Kroonstad. They were allegedly assaulted with sticks and sjamboks and also kicked and choked. Two were hospitalized and the third one, Meshack Rakaki (31) was found dead in..
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Someone wants to ‘open a business’:- Baths, basins, toilets and urinals stolen during Nelson Mandela Bay robbery
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Several new hotel bathroom basins, urinals, baths, and toilets were stolen during an early morning robbery at a hotel construction site in Bluewater Bay. The robbery happened shortly after midnight at the Coega Hotel, which is being constructed in Bluewater Bay Drive, on Thursday morning. Six men, driving two bakkies and a Toyota Avanza, managed..
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