I was relaxing my hands, claims man accused of sex assault: Kimberley – A man has admitted to fondling the private parts of a six-year-old girl who was sitting on his lap as they travelled in a taxi from Kimberley to Barkly West. The young girl testified that the accused, Harry Brais, 58, who is facing a charge of sexual assault, rubbed her private parts during an incident which took place in March last year. Her mother broke down on the stand in the Kimberley Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. She said that she was not able to see anything as it was dark inside the taxi. “We waited for the taxi at the three-way in Roodepan at 6:30pm and departed at around 7pm for Barkly West.” She informed the court that she sat next to Brais at the back of the taxi,…
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EFF shrugs off legal moves on Malema’s Indian remarks: The EFF it is unfazed by legal implications levelled against party leader Julius Malema following the controversial remarks he made about Indians last week. Malema was quoted as having accused Indians of racism, exploitation of African workers and monopolising the KwaZulu-Natal economy. “Let them bring it on; we are ready for them. We will reach the Constitutional Court if needs be,”…
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ANC tells Edward Zuma to apologise – or else: President Jacob Zuma’s son, Edward Zuma, is under pressure after the ANC issued an ultimatum instructing him to apologise for calling MPs Pravin Gordhan and Derek Hanekom defenders of white monopoly capital. Edward also called Hanekom a white Afrikaner askari. “Askari” was a term used to describe an ANC member who…
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Ex-addicts object to legalisation of dagga: Pretoria – Alcohol and cigarettes are already killing the country; please don’t add more challenges for the youth and poor communities to battle with in future. This was the appeal of former drug users who have been demonstrating outside the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, since Monday against the legalisation of cannabis, which they believed would impact on poorer communities the most if given the green light. Former dagga user Kwazokhule Gobozi said that even though he came from a good family, he was lured into smoking dagga after friends told…
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Lotto results: Wednesday 2 August 2017: EWN now brings you the winning Lotto results. Were you a winner? ……
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Klipspruit school protest spills to the streets: Residents are burning tyres and have ordered a Putco bus driver to park his vehicle across the road and leave the area. ……
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Marikana the Musical: ‘Marikana will never leave us’ says director: EWN’s Masechaba Sefularo speaks to the director and actors in a musical production about the tragic Marikana massacre which is showing at the State Theatre. ……
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Cops probe murder of Mthatha bishop: It’s believed Bishop Thembinkosi Fandaleki was driving when he was hit by a bullet and crashed into a building. ……
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Judge Ngoepe to set start date for Sassa inquiry: The public inquiry is expected to reveal Minister Bathabile Dlamini’s role in the scandal and her relationship with Thokozani Magwaza. ……
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Row erupts over ‘imminent’ axing of Joburg finance MMC: Johannesburg – A spat has erupted between the ANC and the DA over reports that member of mayoral committee (MMC) for finance, Rabelani Dagada, is to be axed over the Joburg billing crisis. The ANC in Joburg on Wednesday put out a statement saying that they had learnt, “without any surprise”, about the imminent axing of Dagada. “At the beginning of the term of office, Mashaba presented councillor Dagada as a competent and highly qualified individual who would take the city’s finance department to new heights. “The imminent firing of councillor Dagada comes amid continued problems in the city’s revenue department…
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