THE acquittal of the four men accused of murdering Rashaad Staggie showed that the state had lost key skills, said Hennie Bester, leader of the Democratic Alliance in the Western Cape. The loss of these skills “weakened the capacity to secure successful convictions in cases critical to the welfare of the nation,” Bester said. “Simply […]

Johannesburg | Wednesday THE Home Affairs Department said on Tuesday it would repatriate 2 800 illegal Zimbabwean and Mozambican immigrants before the end of this week. Departmental representative Leslie Mashokwe said that a total of 1 400 Mozambicans would be moved by train on Wednesday morning, to be followed by Zimbabweans of the same number […]

THERE has been an outbreak of cholera in the Mokopane (Potgietersrus) area, in the Limpopo (Northern Province), SABC radio news reported on Monday. Twenty-two cases have been confirmed. The patients, all from Malepetleke village, are being treated at a local hospital. Twenty pupils at the Kgwatlele Primary School started vomiting on Monday morning. They were […]

A POLICEMAN shot and wounded two women at the Magistrate’s Court in Tabankulu on Monday after having a quarrel with his girlfriend, SABC radio news reported. The man allegedly shot his girl-friend, who worked as a translator at the court, in the chest. He then walked into another office and allegedly shot her friend. Police […]

CAPE TOWN | Monday THE South African Law Commission (SALC) should reconsider its rejection of a separate register of sex offenders for the country, the Democratic Alliance said on Tuesday. ”If a register prevented even one child from becoming the victim of rape, it would be worth it,” DA social development representative Manny da Camara […]

Pietermaritzburg | Tuesday NO records were available to indicate how the money allocated for the upkeep of King Goodwill Zwelithini’s three farms had been spent, the head of KwaZulu-Natal’s royal household department said on Tuesday. Bhekukwenza Gumbi was answering questions in the Pietermaritzburg legislature’s finance portfolio committee on the R18-million budget for the royal household […]

A 23-year-old man has been arrested for the rape and sodomy of baby Tshepang at the age of nine months in October last year, police reported on Thursday. The man was arrested at Vredenburg in the Western Cape early on Thursday morning. ”Evidence has been obtained which positively links the suspect to the crime,” national […]

THE first batch of South African soldiers doing protection duty in Burundi will be relieved before the end of the month, the SA National Defence Force said on Tuesday. Joint operations chief Lieutenant Godfrey Ngwenya said the new group would be deployed in Burundi by March 22, Ngwenya said in a statement in Pretoria. About […]

Sun City | Tuesday POLITICIANS and warring parties in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Tuesday began tabling their proposals for rebuilding the country as critical peace talks in South Africa knuckled down to details. After two weeks of political drama and delays, some 350 role-players were spending their first full day debating a […]

THREE men were arrested on Monday after allegedly been found with almost a ton of dagga near Whittlesea in the Eastern Cape, SABC radio news reported. They were allegedly transporting 33 bags of dagga in two bakkies when they were stopped and arrested. Police suspect the men were on their way from Swaziland where the […]