AN 82-year-old man is in a critical condition in hospital after he and his elderly sister were overpowered and assaulted by three gunmen during a robbery on their farm outside Zeerust on Sunday night. Inspector Erica Roos said the men hit the siblings and demanded liquor and money before fleeing from the farm Koedoesfontein. ”The […]

THE African National Congress’ (ANC) national working committee would decide the position of the party’s former Chief Whip, Tony Yengeni, as an ordinary Member of Parliament on Monday, SABC radio news reported. Yengeni has indicated that he will abide by its decision. He resigned as Chief Whip last week as Chief Whip after being arrested […]

Christchurch | Monday A DUNEDIN psychiatrist murdered his wife because he believed it was better for his finances and reputation than dumping her for his mistress, the Crown said in the High Court at Christchurch today. South African-born Colin Bouwer (51) the head of psychiatric medicine for Healthcare Otago, allegedly told a group of Otago […]

A 24-year-old man was stabbed to death at Mukumbani near Thohoyandou on Thursday by a man who accused him of being too long on a public telephone, police said on Friday. Captain Ailwei Mushavhanamadi said the man was stabbed to death after he refused to let the suspect use the public telephone. The dead man […]

FINANCE Minister Trevor Manuel is to be awarded a Doctor of Commerce (DComm) degree at the University of Stellenbosch when the university confers seven honorary doctorates and one honorary masters degrees at graduation ceremonies in December this year and March 2002. The university said Manuel had redefined service provision to the disadvantaged and shifted government […]

THE Lotus Gardens Mosque in Laudium, west of Pretoria, was vandalised on Sunday night, police said on Monday morning. Police representative Inspector Piletji Sebola said parts of the building and windows were damaged during the attack. ”A preliminary investigation has found that vandalism is suspected.” Sebola said the incident had no definite links to US […]

Cape Town | Monday SOUTH Africa had overcome apartheid and its people had it in them to overcome the ”awful” challenges of Aids, poverty, crime and corruption, Archbishop Desmond Tutu said on Sunday. In an interview on SABC’s Newsmaker programme to mark his 70th birthday, he said the trouble with many South Africans was that […]