South Africa:Death Toll Rises to 12 After Shooting, Collision: [News24Wire] A 12th person has died in hospital following Tuesday morning’s deadly shooting in Ladysmith, north of Kwazulu-Natal, police said on Wednesday. ……
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Uzbek man charged in NY attack said he ‘felt good’ about what he did: An Uzbek immigrant accused of ploughing a truck down a New York City bike path, killing eight people, told investigators he had been inspired by watching Islamic State videos. ……
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‘All I want to know is who killed my son’ – father of man killed …: The father of a young man killed by vigilantes in Scenery Park, East London, says the local police have done nothing about his murder. ……
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Illegal doctors issuing bogus sick notes named and shamed: Cape Town – The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HSPCA) has released a list of unregistered or illegal medical practitioners issuing medical certificates in the Western Cape. The list, which is not exhaustive, consists of ten doctors operating around the province in areas such as Gugulethu, Khayelitsha, Kuils River and Makhaza. Criminal cases have been opened against them but no arrests have been…
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#ShotSpotter: Costs R32m, detects 3000 shots, 9 arrests made: Cape Town – It has cost R32 million in total, detected 3 404 gunshots in 1 140 incidents in which 20 people were injured, but only nine people have been arrested. This is the City of Cape Town’s ShotSpotter, a system that detects and conveys the location of gunfire. Yet the City’s metro police believe its ShotSpotter is money well spent. The metro police along with the Western Cape Police Ombudsman presented annual reports to the Western Cape Legislature’s…
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Danny Jordaan is lying, says Jennifer Ferguson: Cape Town – “I was raped in a hotel room by Danny Jordaan. There is no question about what happened and if he (Jordaan) wants to play on the nuances of that to imply in any way that it was consensual, then he is lying.” This was the reaction from singer and former ANC MP Jennifer Ferguson to a statement issued by Jordaan’s lawyer on Wednesday denying Jordaan raped her in a Port Elizabeth hotel 24 years ago. Speaking from Sweden to a local news channel, Ferguson said a third woman had come forward claiming she had also been raped by the South African Football Association (Safa) president. “We are…
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2000 guns lost by SA police since 2014, 13 found: Cape Town – Of the more than 2 000 firearms that have gone missing, stolen or lost by police officers since 2014 only 13 have been recovered in the 2017/18 year. The reasons range from loss while under the influence of alcohol; lost while in the bathroom; liquor-related robberies; theft out of homes and vehicles; loss/theft while executing official duties and theft from state vehicles. In the Western Cape 128 firearms went…
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Zuma to answer questions on ‘spy tape’ legal costs, state capture, climate change: The appointment of a new police commissioner, his legal costs in the spy tapes saga, state capture and climate change are some of the topics on which President Jacob Zuma will have to answer questions on when he appears in the National Assembly on Thursday. In what will be Zuma’s last quarterly question session for the year, FF Plus leader…
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Jennifer Ferguson urged to lay criminal charges against Danny Jordaan: The former African National Congress (ANC) Member of Parliament and singer has accused Danny Jordaan of raping her 20 years ago at a Port Elizabeth hotel. ……
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Murder accused Van Breda wishes he had done more to save family: Testifying in his trial this week, Van Breda was also made to demonstrate how an intruder attacked his relatives with an axe. ……
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