Cellphone recordings taken on the night of Judge Nkola Motata alleged drunken-driving incident are not reliable, says the judge’s defence.
Digital data is far easier to manipulate than analogue data, a legal evidence expert has testified at Judge Nkola Motata’s drunken-driving trial.
Two police officers have described as accurate audio recordings involving them after Judge Nkola Motata’s alleged drunken-driving accident.
The tenant into whose wall Pretoria High Court Judge Nkola Motata crashed while allegedly driving drunk was ”persuaded” to make a statement.
Gautrain builder Bombela has been instructed to cease excavations in the region where a huge sinkhole appeared in Oxford Road, Rosebank.
Part of Oxford Road in Johannesburg collapsed on Tuesday during drilling operations for the Gautrain rail project.
A beaming Nelson Mandela received a R3-million donation for his sustainability fund in Johannesburg on Wednesday.
Nine miners have died after an accident at the Gold Fields South Deep mine near Randfontein in Gauteng, the chief inspector of mines said on Thursday. Thabo Gazi said he received a report about the accident at about 12pm. It is believed that a conveyance in an inclined shaft fell down the shaft after the rope snapped.
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/ 18 February 2008
Johannesburg twins Dora Uys and Ethel Nembula will be among the world’s oldest twins when they turn 100 on Wednesday. Dora’s daughter Joyce Uys said about 150 family members will be gathering in Riverlea next weekend to celebrate the twins’ birthday, and a church service will be held in their honour on Wednesday.
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/ 26 January 2008
The ”nightmare” of South Africa’s major gold, platinum and diamond mines shutting down because of power failures became a reality on Friday. ”Tens of millions of rands a day are being lost. It’s a nightmare,” said T-sec chief economist Mike Schussler. The JSE gold mining sub-sector closed almost 6% lower on Friday. The move contributed to the gold price rising.