Hurricane Stan knocked down trees, ripped roofs off homes and washed out bridges in south-eastern Mexico, but it was the storms it helped spawn that were far more destructive, killing at least 82 people in Central America. The hurricane had weakened to a depression by Wednesday.
A witness in the sex-crimes trial of two Pretoria advocates was accused in the city’s high court on Wednesday of helping to ”build” a case against the pair. Social worker Marlene Malan was unable to explain why a claim that Cezanne Visser had asked an 11-year-old girl to touch her then-partner Dirk Prinsloo’s private parts came to light months after the initial complaint.
A man wearing a black top was captured on camera withdrawing money from missing Constable Frances Rasuge’s bank account days after she disappeared, the Mmabatho Circuit Court heard on Wednesday. In other testimony on Wednesday, Rasuge’s mother said accused William Nkuna had threatened to kill Rasuge and himself.
Cool and conditions moving over the northern parts of the country brought some relief on Wednesday for firefighters still battling veld fires in Mpumalanga. Earlier in the day, a fire that raged through the North West veld overnight was brought under control near the Vredefort Dome. However, the fire risk remains high in the northern parts of the country.
It is ”patently obvious” that the rights of patients in state hospitals are not being respected and that urgent action is needed, the Democratic Alliance said on Wednesday. DA MP and health spokesperson Dianne Kohler-Barnard released a damning report on the country’s ”five worst hospitals” during a press conference at Parliament.
A college professor in southern India refused to be parted from his dead mother and kept her embalmed body in his house for 21 years until he himself died at the weekend, a report said on Wednesday. He kept the body of his mother Rahmat Bi — who died in 1984 — at his ancestral home in Siddavata, a newspaper said.
The International Federation of the Red Cross on Wednesday appealed for R175-million to help 10,6 million people currently facing hunger in seven Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries. The countries are Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland and Zambia.
Most <i>Scrabble</i> players presented with a rack containing a tile marked "LL" would be both puzzled and stuck. But for players of the newly released Welsh edition of the popular word game, it’s an easy score. Released on Wednesday, the new edition is aimed at the estimated 500Â 000 speakers of Welsh.
Nigerian police and army officers blamed each other on Wednesday after a clash between their forces left three civilians dead and triggered an orgy of arson and looting. At least three civilians were killed in crossfire and a police headquarters was burned down on Tuesday after a dispute between police and soldiers erupted in street fighting.
Authorities in north-eastern Ethiopia have advised 50 000 people to evacuate from a remote region following a series of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, an official said on Wednesday. A thick layer of volcanic ash has spewed from the volcano has covered grazing grounds.