#MinentleLekhatha: Suspect is her granny’s younger lover: Cape Town – The grandmother of a murdered little girl, whose eyes had been gouged out, fainted on Thursday after learning the identity of her grandchild’s suspected killer – her own boyfriend. The Strand Magistrates’ Court was in shock as little Minentle Lekhatha’s mother Tandisiwe Lekhatha, 23, and grandmother Thelma Bomela, 50, came face to face with suspect Solanu Lantu, 35. The five-year-old girl went missing at 2pm on…
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Heavily drugged teen sex slave’s mom: ‘I have been looking for her’: Cape Town – The family of a teen sex slave who couldn’t remember her own name has come forward after reading her shocking story in the Daily Voice. On Thursday, the foster mother of the 19-year-old girl, who was allegedly being used as a sex slave in Belhar, contacted the Daily Voice to say she immediately recognised her daughter even though her face had been blurred out in Tuesday’s newspaper.[IOL…
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#MinentleLekhatha’s alleged killer charged with rape: Cape Town – The man accused of murdering 5-year-old Minentle Lekhatha has appeared in the Strand Magistrate’s Court. Xolani Lantu, 35, made a brief appearance before the case was postponed to August 3. Lantu, who was also charged with kidnapping and rape, sat in the dock with his faced covered by…
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Western Cape opens its heart to disaster victims: Cape Town – South African businesses, relief organisations and concerned citizens have opened their hearts and pockets to those left destitute by the province’s 48 hours of icy storms in the west and 24 hours of fire in the south-east. With more than 2 900 people left destitute by the storm and 10 000 displaced by “one of the most destructive fires in recent memory” in Knysna, the City’s fire…
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How technology helped solve #TaliepPetersen’s murder: Cape Town – A scientist from the CSIR has given a rare behind-the-scenes look at how science and technology solved the murder of music legend Taliep Petersen. Dr Peter Schmitz, principal researcher in among others forensic geoscience looking at cellphone usage when crimes were committed, was roped in by detectives to map out time and space information to corroborate the evidence given by a State witness….
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South Africa: Concerned Citizen Rallies Volunteer Firefighters for Knysna Fire: [News24Wire] A concerned citizen from Gauteng is rallying trained fire fighters to be deployed in Knysna to help out with the raging fire that has crippled the town since Wednesday. ……
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#KnysnaFire – Garden Route breathes hopeful sigh of relief: Knysna – After two days of devastating fires across the Garden Route –- which saw thousands of residents displaced and more than 300 lose their homes -– locals and emergency workers could breathe a hopeful sigh of relief on Thursday night when most fires had been contained. The worst affected areas include Knysna where authorities confirmed that about 3 000 residents had been evacuated as large parts…
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Case on scrapping of pension funds heads to top court: Rosemary Hunter, the former deputy pension funds registrar, will approach the Constitutional Court after three earlier court rulings found against her in a matter…
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EFF heads to court to halt Transnet’s ‘Gupta’ contract: The EFF is heading for court in a bid to interdict a Transnet contract, which it says was inflated by about R17.4bn to benefit the Gupta…
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Mogajane brings promise of stability to the Treasury: The appointment of experienced Treasury technocrat Dondo Mogajane as its director-general has been welcomed by the financial community and…
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