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/ 25 January 2005
A security guard was too far from where Nelson Chisale was being assaulted to save him, the Phalaborwa Circuit Court — trying three men accused of feeding Chisale to lions — heard on Tuesday. He also had no phone to call for help, Forget Tsaku Ndlovu testified.
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/ 25 January 2005
There was a crush at the door of Phalaborwa Circuit Court on Tuesday as spectators jostled for seats in the public gallery for the second day in the trial of three men accused of feeding a former colleague to lions. People queued outside from early on Tuesday morning to be assured of a place inside.
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/ 24 January 2005
The trial of the three men accused of throwing a man to his death in a lion’s den was adjourned on Monday morning when the first of the accused pleaded guilty, contrary to his lawyer’s instructions. Richard ”Doctor” Mathebula told the court: ”I would say I plead guilty because I followed instructions given to me by my employer.”
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/ 29 December 2004
Tsunami survivors sobbed and broke down when they met their families at Johannesburg International airport on Wednesday after arriving on a mercy flight from Phuket, Thailand — and praised two young South Africans who coordinated the rescue effort. Meanwhile, the number of people killed in Sunday’s earthquake and tsunamis neared 81Â 000.
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/ 6 December 2004
An investigation has been ordered into an Eastern Cape doctor’s alleged refusal to treat a two-year-old rape victim on Saturday. The Eastern Cape health department’s superintendent general has appointed a team of investigators to probe the incident and make recommendations, a departmental spokesperson said on Monday.