A Limpopo farmer who shot dead a Zimbabwean worker he claimed to have mistaken for a baboon was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Thursday. South African Broadcasting Corporation news reported Jewell Crossberg was convicted earlier in the day of murdering Jealous Dube.
One of the last survivors of the Great Escape team of World War II, Ian Tapson, has died in Port Alfred at the age of 84. An essentially modest man, he rarely divulged he was one of five South Africans who were part of the team that planned and executed the escape from a German prisoner-of-war camp.
As we publish yet another Mugabe-dominated top 10 news reports for the week, it’s clear that the crisis in our neighbouring country remains high on the agenda of our readers.
A British man and wife were critically hurt when they fell off an elephant at a sanctuary in Hartbeespoort on Thursday afternoon, emergency services said. The woman was sitting behind her husband on the elephant when it knelt to let them climb off after a safari, said ER24 spokesperson Werner Vermaak.
The South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (Satawu) has been fined R500Â 000, suspended for five years, by the Labour Court in Johannesburg after last year’s violent and destructive security-guard strike, the Security Services Employers’ Organisation said on Thursday. Satawu was found to be in contempt of court after the three-month-long strike last year, during which a number of non-striking guards were slain.
Two Winterton men who stalked women and girls before assaulting, gang-raping and robbing them were given two life sentences by a Pietermaritzburg High Court judge on Thursday. Judge Noel Hurt said the conduct of Mfamani Magaqula and Sibeniso Nqubuka, both 23, was inexcusable and savage.
Telkom chief executive Papi Molotsane has quit after 18 months in the job, the company said on Thursday. The fixed-line telecommunication giant gave no reason for his resignation. It said Reuben September will take over as acting CEO, and that it will start looking for a permanent replacement.
Uganda’s Constitutional Court on Thursday scrapped a law against adultery because it found it discriminated against women, in a victory for female activists after a year-long battle. In the same ruling, the court also voided parts of succession law that gave more rights to men on the death of their wives than to widows.
South African media organisations have protested strongly against attempts to restrict media coverage of prominent international sport events this year. The International Rugby Board and the Australian Football League wants to restrict media coverage of Rugby World Cup and Australian Football League games this year.
In an alternate America, citizens flee for their lives, writes Darryl Accone.