South Africa

A man died from injuries sustained when he was beaten by outraged Motherwell residents after he raped a five-year-old girl, Port Elizabeth police said on Tuesday. Police said the child’s mother had told elders in the community about the rape, which took place on Saturday.

Operations at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg returned to normal following a jet-fuel leak on Tuesday, the Airports Company South Africa said. South African Airways flights were delayed by about two hours, a spokesperson said, and Nationwide flights by about 30 minutes.

Alleged serial rapist Mongezi Samuel Jinxela (38) pleaded not guilty to 74 of the 261 charges against him in the Johannesburg High Court on Tuesday. Neatly dressed in a chequered shirt and a blue tie, Jinxela was expected to plead to the rest of the charges against him after the tea break.

More than 250 people in Port Elizabeth have been diagnosed with multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis, media reports said on Tuesday. It said some of them were possibly living with the deadly extreme drug resistant (XDR) TB. At least 18 people in Nelson Mandela Bay metro had already died from multi-drug-resistant (MDR) TB, but officials would not confirm that the cause of death may have been XDR TB.

GaRankuwa taxi boss Oupa ”Mzayoni” Moremi has been jailed for 18 years for murder, the Pretoria News reported on Tuesday. According to the newspaper’s website, the Mmabatho Circuit Court imposed sentences of 48 years each on Moremi and two of his drivers, Colleth and Clement Ledingwane for crimes including two murders and a kidnapping.

No special arrangements have been made for Schabir Shaik’s expected detainment at Durban Westville prison, media reports said on Tuesday. Correctional services spokesperson Sukhthi Naidoo as saying: ”He’ll be a prisoner like everyone else and will be treated normally.”

At an informal, unlicensed bar at a house in a remote corner of Soweto, men and women sip lukewarm beer, mingle, flirt and sometimes dance to driving and monotonous kwaito rhythms. They share a secret. The bar, called a shebeen in the townships, is one of the places where young, black gay people don’t have to hide who they are.

The Department of Health is still key in the deliberations and implementation of all programmes related to HIV/Aids, the Presidency said in a statement on Monday. ”Government wishes to clearly state that the work of the Ministry and the Department of Health has not been altered or taken over,” a spokesperson said.

Meet Rose … this old bird sure does love her toys! Rose will put that thing just about anywhere you ask her to, and she’ll love it. She gets hornier and hornier with age and is at her sexual peak. Two middle managers of the Johannesburg city council have already met Rose on the internet, it was revealed on Monday.

The case against a man accused of raping 70 women between 1994 and 2004 could not proceed in the Johannesburg High Court on Monday afternoon as expected. Presiding Judge George Maluleke postponed the matter to Tuesday, saying he needed two assessors to be present during court proceedings.

A survey has revealed that 14 television and radio programmes and four print media campaigns to raise Aids awareness have had a ”very profound” effect on people’s attitude and behaviour. The survey questioned more than 8 000 people across South Africa between the ages of 15 and 65.

An automated teller machine (ATM) at a petrol station in Pimville was badly damaged after dynamite was used to blow it open on Monday morning, Soweto police said. Sergeant Richard Munyai said the incident occurred at about 1am. ”The petrol attendants said they smelled something funny and went to investigate.”

After playing to a 1-1 draw in regulation time, Moroka Swallows beat Benoni Premier United 2-1 in extra-time at the Germiston Stadium on Sunday to move on to the quarterfinals of the Telkom Cup. Swallows were the first to score in the 27th minute when striker Evans Gwekwerere beat United goalkeeper Noel Yobou with a low shot.

The City of Johannesburg is investigating a number of its employees for downloading and e-mailing pornography, media reports said on Monday. Gabu Tugwana, director of communications, confirmed an internal audit had investigated about 200 cases.