KZN dad faces 300 counts of child porn possession: Durban – A man from the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast is facing a string of charges in connection with his alleged involvement in an international child pornography ring. The 39-year-old professional diver, who is out on bail, stands accused of almost 300 counts of possession of child pornography as well as sexually assaulting one of his two daughters and using both of them for child pornography. The man – who cannot be named in order to protect his children, who are just 3 and 5 years old – appeared briefly in the Port Shepstone Regional Court on Monday. The case was remanded…
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#GuptaLeaks: Software giant paid Gupta front R100m ‘kickbacks’ for state business: To clinch Transnet business, SAP agreed to pay 10% ‘sales commission’ to a company controlled by the Guptas. The evidence suggests the company – a little-known outpost of the Gupta empire – was deliberately interposed to obscure Gupta involvement and to launder the proceeds to them. ……
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Eviction over high rentals is new form of apartheid – housing activists: A group of Cape Town housing activists has warned that the unregulated high rentals and property prices that are driving poor people out of the city is a new form of apartheid. ……
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Court to rule on protecting child victims, criminals: The High Court in Pretoria is expected to rule on a bid to stop the media from identifying child victims, witnesses, and offenders. ……
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Joost’s family drop battle over unsigned will: Pretoria – The family of rugby legend Joost van der Westhuizen are no longer going ahead with legal proceedings to try to declare a will left unsigned by the former Springbok, as valid. The will is said to be the last one drafted on behalf of Joost in 2015, in terms of which his estranged wife Amor Vittone only inherited a television set. This will was earlier rejected by the Master of the High Court, as it was not signed by the then already ailing Joost. He suffered from motor neurone disease and was too weak to sign himself. His lawyer,…
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South Africa: Treasury Must Remain Independent, Says ANC’s Pandor: [News24Wire] Treasury in a democratic country must remain independent, ANC NEC member Naledi Pandor said on Monday. ……
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South Africa: Truck Hijacked Outside Airport Ahead of Police Minister’s Visit: [News24Wire] A truck carrying precious cargo was hijacked ahead of Police Minister Fikile Mbalula’s visit to OR Tambo International Airport on Monday morning. ……
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South Africa: Tour De France for Dummies, Weekend Wrap – Crashes, Cramps, Broken Bones and Wins By 6mm: [Daily Maverick] Passively interested in cycling? Nothing more than a passing patriotic interest in how the South Africans are getting on in the Tour de France? Our daily wrap is for people just like you. By ANTOINETTE MULLER. ……
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‘WATCH: Democracy’ blamed for Durban sports facilities’ decline: DURBAN – Community sports fields around eThekwini are lying in ruins, with some being occupied by vagrants and whoonga addicts. Some people are blaming this on the new political dispensation which favours majority rule. However, the eThekwini municipality has rubbished the sentiment that democracy is to blame for the current state of these facilities. Janus Horn, acting chairperson of Berea Lawn Tennis Club, said sports clubs used to be a way of life for many communities in the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s, but many things have changed over the years. “I recall growing up next to the tennis courts at Mandene Park, holding a tennis racket at the age of four. Children used to play soccer,…
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Board warns SA against shrinking Israel embassy: Pro-Israeli lobby, the South African Jewish Board of Deputies, says it will be ill-advised for South Africa to downgrade its embassy in Israel to a liaison office. Last week, the ANC national policy conference adopted a policy recommendation put forward by its Western Cape chapter to downgrade the South African embassy in Tel Aviv to a liaison office in what has been seen as a bid to reduce diplomatic ties with Israel. In terms of the According to the resolution, the international relations commission called for the downgrading of the South African Embassy in Israel to send a strong message “about Israel’s continued…
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