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Moodley has ‘no feeling or guilt’

Testimonies of pain from the father of Leigh Matthews and the father of the man who confessed to killing her, Donovan Moodley, were heard in the Johannesburg High Court on…

How Leigh Matthews was murdered

Donovan Moodley was found guilty in the Johannesburg High Court on Monday for kidnapping and murdering student Leigh Matthews and for extorting money from her parents. In a…

Strike spawns chaos at SA airports

The Department of Labour has intervened in Friday’s crippling South African Airways (SAA) strike, the United Association of SA trade union said. General manager Andre Venter said…

We’re ready for trial, says Leigh Matthews’s father

Leigh Matthews’s father, Rob, said on Tuesday his family is ready to testify at the trial of Donovan Moodley, who allegedly kidnapped and murdered the 21-year-old university…

Jo’burg evictions ‘barbaric’ and ‘unconstitutional’

The mass evictions from a building in Bree Street in central Johannesburg are ”utterly barbaric” and unconstitutional, a legal expert said at the site on Thursday afternoon.…

Hundreds evicted from Jo’burg office building

About 700 illegal occupants were evicted from a Bree Street office building in central Johannesburg on Thursday. The building was pronounced unsafe by the Johannesburg City…

‘In God’s name’, stop Zim evictions

The Zimbabwean government’s demolition of houses and policy of forced removals must be stopped, the South African Council of Churches (SACC) said on Wednesday. ”In God’s name,…

World’s footprints to grace improved Cradle

From next year, world leaders visiting South Africa will undergo a similar ritual to Hollywood film stars leaving behind a concrete imprint of their palms to ensure they are…

Mine tremors: ‘Something is wrong’

Headman Nkonzo was clutching a hosepipe on level 32 of shaft four at East Driefontein gold mine on Monday when the earth began shaking violently. The 53-year-old mineworker said…

Watch out for the year’s unluckiest day

South Africans are not scared of this year’s unluckiest day, Friday May 13. But if you, along with more than 20-million Americans, suffer from paraskevidekatriaphobia (fear of…