A COUPLE were hijacked by three armed men who pulled them over using blue lights on the M4 near Pebble Beach, Sibaya. The couple were travelling towards Durban when the incident occurred. According to Capt Raymond Deokaran, spokesman for the Durban North SAPS, the couple who were from Gauteng, assumed the vehicle was an unmarked..
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Couple hijacked on M4 by three armed men using blue lights
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Angry mob set alight two houses in Krugersdorp
Suspended officials of Department of Health receive R2,3 million
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It is calculated that dr. Barney Selebano was paid more than R1,6 million during his suspension while Dr. Makgabo Manamela received R700 000 during his period of “unemployment”. Both of them thanked both of their positions at the Gauteng Department of Health within a week and despite their inability to perform their work, both will..
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Alleged N2 rock thrower released without charge
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A Durban man accused of throwing rocks onto the N2 freeway from an Amanzimtoti bridge has been released by police without charge. The man was accosted by a group of people in what many called a heavy-handed citizens’ arrest. A picture of the man being subdued by his civilian captors was widely circulated on social..
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Dead woman ‘gives birth’ in coffin
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A rural community in the Eastern Cape is stunned and baffled after a dead woman gave birth inside a coffin. The bizarre “coffin birth” has left some people crying witchcraft after a deceased 33-year-old mother of five‚ Nomveliso Nomasonto Mdoyi‚ of Mthayisi village near Mbizana‚ gave birth. This was discovered by funeral parlour staff 10..
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‘Men in orange jumpsuits’ pushing police van got public talking
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The police in the Free State got people on the verge after a photo shot by five men pushing a police van through Bloemfontein’s streets was shared on Facebook and Twitter. Three of the men are dressed in orange overalls and although it is unclear in the picture whether the covers have the license plate..
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Bathabile Dlamini’s former advisor accuses her of thwarting ConCourt ruling
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One of Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini’s closest aides has accused her of trying to thwart the Constitutional Court’s rulings on Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) in a revealing affidavit filed with the high court in Pretoria. Sipho Shezi was Dlamini’s full-time adviser from 2013 until she fired him last year. He had worked with Zane..
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Basson aka doctor Death wins challenge on professors deciding his sentence for misconduct
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An application by controversial apartheid-era doctor Wouter Basson to have two Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) members recused from the committee deciding his sentence for unethical conduct has succeeded on appeal. Basson‚ dubbed “Doctor Death”‚ was head of the apartheid government’s chemical and biological warfare programme‚ Project Coast. He was found guilty of..
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Overvaal High School – EFF and ANC want to exploit children for political gain to try to salvage lost reputation
Crime Intelligence officer arrested on charges of fraud
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An officer of Crime Intelligence has been arrested on charges of fraud. The captain is involved in theft of state assets, and so far he is connected with the R200 million theft at Johannesburg’s airport in March 2017. What makes matters more interesting is that there are connections between the suspect and the former National..
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Listeria outbreak: Why your back-to-school lunch box staples may be dangerous
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Worried your child could be at risk of contracting the bug as they head back to school? You might have to leave polony off the menu. South Africa’s ongoing spate of listeria cases has claimed more than 60 lives in what the World Health Organisation (WHO) is now calling the world’s biggest outbreak of the..
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Clashes break out at Hoërskool Overvaal
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Tensions simmered on Wednesday outside Hoërskool Overvaal in Gauteng‚ which has been at the centre of a language row. A parent was punched by an EFF protester on Wednesday morning after he made an offensive gesture towards a group of protesting red beret supporters‚ after dropping off his daughter for #backtoschool2018. There is a heavy..
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Cape becomes dangerous – DA-controlled Western Cape government is unable to fight crime
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The Cape is no longer the crime-free area it was and more and more violent crime occurs, especially on tourists, while the DA-controlled Western Cape government is apparently just as incapable of doing something about just like the ANC in the other provinces . After several hikers was attacked and seriously injured on Table Mountain..
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Why Zuma’s free higher education plan will cripple SA’s finances
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The country’s fee-free higher education initiative, controversially introduced by President Jacob Zuma in the dying weeks of 2017, will plunge the country into a deeper financial crisis if it isn’t adjusted one way or another. Days after Zuma made his surprise announcement, Ramaphosa was elected president of South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress…
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Asset Settlement Unit to seizes Gupta assets
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The Public Prosecuting Authority has signed confiscation orders under which the Asset Settlement Unit will today seizes the assets of the infamous Indian family. Assets worth R1.6 billion are affected. The unit asked for applications in three court cases and a trustee will be appointed to oversee the assets. According to the application, the assets..
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