Distraught mom seeks answers after son drowned in pit latrine: Johannesburg – Omari Monono who drowned in a pit latrine may have now been buried, but his distraught mother still wants answers. Omari’s mother, Kwena, said she was still traumatised by the manner in which her son died. The 3-year-old fell into a pit toilet at his aunt’s home in Ditenteng Village in Moletjie outside Seshego, Limpopo, last week. His body was retrieved from the toilet hours later. “My son…
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Manhunt after second West Coast murder: Cape Town – A hunt is on for a killer believed to be behind two murders, including that of a 16-year-old girl, in the small West Coast fishing village of St Helena Bay. He allegedly stabbed 37-year-old Denver Don in the neck, killing him almost instantly yesterday. Community leader Thyrone Williams said the man could also be behind the murder of 16-year-old Berodine Boyce, whose body was found in a shallow grave at the weekend. Williams said Don was sitting in his mother’s yard in Laingville yesterday when the killer approached him and told him “if I’m going to jail I’m never coming out”, before he…
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DA: South Africans bearing brunt of constant SOE bailouts: The DA says that under the ANC, South Africans face an unsustainable cost of living due to the party’s mismanagement of the economy. ……
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Limpopo mining firm investigating fatal fire: The Palabora Mining Company confirmed this morning that all workers who were trapped underground have been accounted for. ……
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Torched Gugulethu fire station to remain closed indefinitely: The building was set alight amid land and housing demonstrations during the early hours of Thursday morning while nine firefighters were on duty. ……
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Tshwane municipality begins restoring power to areas hit by substation fire: Large parts of the eastern suburbs including Faerie Glen, Equestria and Silver Lakes have been without power since last Monday. ……
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Chaos after armed men shoot fruit vendor: A Mitchells Plain fruit and vegetable stall holder was shot and wounded when he came under fire from a group of armed men who attacked him in broad daylight at Town Centre at the weekend. The incident came days after residents feared for their lives as gang violence escalated in the area following the…
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Hunt for alleged killer of teen, man: Cape Town – A hunt is on for a killer believed to be behind two murders, including that of a 16-year-old girl, in the small West Coast fishing village of St Helena Bay. He allegedly stabbed 37-year-old Denver Don in the neck, killing him almost instantly yesterday. Community leader Thyrone Williams said the man could also be behind the murder of 16-year-old Berodine Boyce, whose body was found in a shallow grave at the weekend. Williams said Don was sitting in his mother’s yard in Laingville yesterday when the killer approached him and told him “if I’m going to jail I’m never coming out”, before he…
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Municipal pension funds looted: Johannesburg – Shocking widespread corruption, fraud, theft and mismanagement of hundreds of millions of rand at the Municipal Councillors’ Pension Fund (MCPF) has been referred to the Hawks by its curators. It has also emerged that the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) blocked the SA Local Authority (Sala) from investing some of its R16billion assets in four companies, after it discovered that proper risk assessments were not conducted. Sala has about 20000 members, who are municipal workers. Among the dodgy and highly irregular transactions, MCPF curators Juanito Damons and Thabang Kekana, have reported to the Hawks are the purchase of 11 vacant stands in Klerksdorp, North West,…
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[WATCH] MeerKAT radio telescopes unveiled: Using radio waves to measure pockets of hydrogen, the radio telescopes will be able to capture high definition images of outer space. ……
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