Durban | Wednesday SOUTH African police have arrested eight men for a shooting spree that left seven dead in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province, a police representative said on Wednesday. “We arrested four people in the early hours of this morning, which followed the arrests of another four people on Monday,” said KwaZulu-Natal police representative Superintendent […]

Gisenyi, Rwanda | Wednesday DEADLY earth tremors shaking central Africa’s Lake Kivu region in the aftermath of last week’s volcanic eruption have scientists baffled over their nature, origin and epicentre. They have not determined how the quakes which have claimed several lives and destroyed hundreds of buildings are related to the volcanic activity that sent […]

TWO young men were arrested in Westbury, Johannesburg on Monday after they had allegedly accidentally shot and killed a 13-year-old high school pupil, police said. Superintendent Lungelo Dlamini said the two, aged 19 and 20, were arrested only hours after the incident in Robert Avenue. One of the suspected gunmen was taken to the Sophiatown […]

Three boys, aged 10 and 11, were arrested after allegedly raping a six-year-old girl in Bohlokong, Bethlehem over the weekend, Free State police said on Tuesday. Captain Veronice Ntepe said the girl was playing with her friends in the park when the three boys accosted and allegedly raped her. The case was reported to the […]

Cape Town | Monday FIVE stockbrokers, who allegedly conspired to push the South African currency weaker, are likely to be called before the Myburgh Commission of Inquiry into the rand woes, the City Press reported on Sunday. The newspaper said the stockbrokers two former Zimbabweans, a New Zealander, a Briton and a South African were […]

THE meeting between the warring parties in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to plan for a full Inter-Congolese National Dialogue will now be held in mid-February, the office of the chief facilitator Sir Ketumile Masire said in Gaborone on Monday. ”The talks have been delayed because of a combination of factors,” said Bo Heineback, […]

KWAZULU-Natal police have arrested five youths in connection with the massacre at Besters in KwaMashu north of Durban on Monday, in which seven people were killed and one wounded. Police representative Director Bala Naidoo said the arrests were made by a 20-man task team of detectives and crime intelligence officers, appointed immediately after the incident. […]

AN investigation into the death of five miners at the Driefontein Gold Mine west of Johannesburg would start on Wednesday. Gold Fields representative Willie Jacobsz said the investigation would be conducted by the company and mine inspectors from the Minerals and Energy Department. Five miners were killed on Tuesday when two earth tremors struck about […]

TWO men, who were arrested in December in Germiston and Beit Bridge for the multi-million dollar heist at the Johannesburg International Airport, appeared in the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. Leonard Dube will appear in court again on March, 7 and Winston Pennington will appear next week Tuesday to apply for bail. Three other […]

THE medical information service, Medinfo on Monday warned Muslims preparing for the pilgrimage to Mecca against doctors who issued fraudulent vaccination certificates. ”Medinfo has confirmation of a fraud being perpetrated against Muslim pilgrims preparing for the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, with the issue of fraudulent vaccination certificates by certain medical practitioners,” the service said in […]