Crowd turns on firefighters battling blaze in Tafelsig: Cape Town – Firefighters trying to extinguish a blaze in Tafelsig, Mitchells Plain, were met by a hostile crowd which allegedly verbally abused and intimidated them. City Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson Jermaine Carelse said the team responded to reports of a house and four informal structures burning in Megan Street on Sunday night. “The first arriving fire crew were confronted by an extremely hostile crowd….
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Altercation leads to man’s fatal shooting at Menlyn Maine: Pretoria – Police on Monday nabbed a 45-year-old man for allegedly gunning down another man at Menlyn Maine shopping centre, east of the city. The incident, captured on a video doing the rounds on social media, happened in the parking lot in full view of…
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SA Council for Educators to question ex-Bishops teacher who ‘sexually engaged’ pupils: Cape Town – Police are not investigating sexual abuse allegations against former Bishops Diocesan College teacher Fiona Viotti, despite the school’s independent investigation which found that she sexually engaged with at least five pupils. Viotti, 30, was employed as a water polo coach and history teacher at the Rondebosch private school for six years. She resigned on October 11, the day the allegations emerged. It is understood that one of the pupils she was allegedly in a relationship with wanted to end things but she refused, resulting in the pupil telling his parents who then informed the school. Viotti had allegedly sent nude photos of herself to…
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Multiple people injured in Pretoria mass shooting: Pretoria – Multiple people were injured during a mass shooting on the R55 Main Road in Olievenhoutbos Centurion, Pretoria. Authorities…
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Durban residents in fear as business forum goes on terror ‘clean-up’ plan: Durban – A business forum has been accused of terrorising residents of a Durban suburb, trying to remove them from their homes by force. Residents of the Transnet housing units, in Montclair, allege that the Delangokubona Business Forum is violent and gains entry to people’s homes by kicking in doors. However, Delangokubona denied using violence and said their actions were part of a city-wide clean-up of buildings and houses that had become safe havens for criminals. Nwabisa Mashalaba said the group had tried to force her family out of their home last week. “I don’t know these people but they told…
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Dispute over ‘sex abuse’ of Mamelodi child: Pretoria – The Gauteng Health Department is standing by the findings of a doctor who examined a 3-year-old who had allegedly been raped. The department said the child had not been sexually abused and therefore she did not need further examination. The department said the urgent application launched by the child’s aunt to force doctors at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital to examine the child under anaesthesia was simply to paint a bad picture of the service in public hospitals. It said this was also done to paint the doctor who gave her a clean bill of health…
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SAHRC probing allegations of religious discrimination in Limpopo premier’s office: The SA Human Rights Commission in Limpopo is investigating staff in the Limpopo premier’s office following allegations of religious discrimination. ……
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Giyani water project scandal: Limpopo water parastatal heading for showdown with SIU: Lepelle Northern Water in Limpopo is heading for a showdown with the Special Investigating Unit over a raid regarding the R3bn Giyani water project scandal. ……
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Outa ‘confident’ delinquency case against Dudu Myeni will go ahead: The press group wanted Myeni to be declared a delinquent director to stop her from serving on other boards after SAA lost billions. ……
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Precious Ramabulana murder: Police trying to link suspect to other rape cases: Aubrey Manaka appeared in the Molemole Magistrates Court in Limpopo. He is accused of stabbing 21-year-old Ramabulana 52 times in her residence in Mokomene. ……
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