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Mon, 01 Nov 2021 10:45:35 +0200
WATCH: Scuffle at Mamelodi voting station as people demand to be added to voters' list
Thabo Lekalala, who is casting his vote at Mamelodi East Ward 93, said he was worried by the violence outside the voting station on Monday morning.

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 09:27:28 +0200
Man arrested for arson and murder after five die in Phoenix fire
A man was arrested after five people, including three children, died in a fire in Phoenix, Durban, in the early hours of on Monday.

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 08:47:38 +0200
Water, electricity for bribes — here’s what to do
A criminal syndicate which is illegally disconnecting water and electricity services in an effort to solicit bribes is targeting Johannesburg residents.

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 08:46:11 +0200
Man dressed as Joker injures 17 on Tokyo train
A 24-year-old man dressed in Batman's Joker costume attacked passengers on a Tokyo train line on Sunday evening, injuring 17 people as many partygoers headed into the city centre for Halloween gatherings, media reported.

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 07:54:28 +0200
Fire at Denel munitions site lights up the night-time sky
A fire broke out at the Rheinmetall Denel Munition warehouse near Somerset West on Sunday night.

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 07:14:26 +0200
‘Don’t ignore those warm-ups — they can save you from running injuries’
Inexperienced runners are considered to be at greater risk of running-related injuries due to their lack of skills in assessing training intensity and errors.

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 06:46:50 +0200
Confusion after aged are turned away for special votes because names are ‘missing from IEC list’
A DA candidate for ward 23 in Ekurhuleni has asked how free and fair the local government elections will be after hundreds of residents in retirement villages in the area were not able to cast their special votes this weekend.

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 06:46:22 +0200
COVID-19 LIVE UPDATES | 14 Covid-19 related deaths reported in SA over 24 hours
Coronavirus updates.

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 06:00:00 +0200
Covid-19 in numbers: Get the latest figures
Your one place to get daily updates on coronavirus in SA.

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 19:40:05 +0200
Botched fuel theft on Transnet pipeline in Durban believed to be cause of fire that claimed three lives
Three people have died in an attempted fuel theft incident on the Transnet fuel pipeline in Durban in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 19:36:13 +0200
Police on the hunt for killers of three men in Gqeberha
A 72-hour activation plan was implemented for the arrests of the suspects involved in an apparent gang-related hit which left three people dead in Kwazakhele in Gqeberha on Saturday afternoon.

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 15:59:15 +0200
WATCH | TimesLIVE Dialogue on innovation in SA public transport
SPONSORED | Gautrain Management Agency to host November 9 discussion on trends in public transport services

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 14:58:44 +0200
Unlicensed guns seized in Cape Town
A joint police stop-and-search operation held in Factreton in Cape Town’s greater Goodwood area has resulted in the arrest of a 32-year-old man who was found to be carrying an unlicensed firearm.

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 13:29:56 +0200
Petrol tanker fire in Durban's Clairwood finally out
The massive fire that broke out in the Clairwood industrial park just outside Durban in the early hours of Sunday, in which two people died, has finally been put out.

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 11:43:19 +0200
Food security: Cities must set up markets for small-scale farmers and traders, study urges
Local governments must take a more proactive role in supporting small-scale food traders and producers, particularly in towns and cities, a study led by the UWC has found.

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 11:04:11 +0200
Battering winds expected in Western and Northern Cape on election day
Voters in parts of the Western and Northern Cape are in for a challenging time on Monday as heavy winds are predicted and polling stations set up in IEC tents are expected to receive a battering.

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 10:00:00 +0200
Tigrayan forces say they have taken town in Ethiopia's Amhara region, government denies this
Rebellious Tigrayan forces said on Saturday they had seized the strategic town of Dessie in Ethiopia's Amhara region where tens of thousands of ethnic Amharas have sought refuge from an escalation in fighting, but the government denied this.

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 09:41:12 +0200
Two dead, evacuations under way as Durban south fire is 'contained'
A second body has been found and almost six hours of fire fighting efforts have finally brought a massive blaze in Jacobs, south of Durban, under control.

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 09:30:00 +0200
Fruit-shaped bomb kills two children in Ugandan village -police
A bomb that looked like a "jackfruit" killed at least two children in a Ugandan village on Friday, after being given to the children while they were playing, a senior police official said.

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 08:45:00 +0200
Three people shot dead during huge protests against Sudan coup, doctors say
Security forces shot dead three people during nationwide protests in Sudan on Saturday, a doctors committee said, as hundreds of thousands of people demanded the restoration of a civilian-led government after a military coup.

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 08:30:00 +0200
Queen Elizabeth is on 'very good form', UK PM Johnson says
Britain's Queen Elizabeth, who has been advised by doctors to rest and avoid official visits for at least the next two weeks, is on very good form, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said after speaking to the 95-year-old monarch this week.

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 08:15:00 +0200
Nineteen killed as boat sinks on southern coast of Haiti
Nineteen Haitians died when a boat transporting them between the southern coastal settlements of Anse-a-Pitre and Marigot sank in the early hours of Saturday morning, Prime Minister Ariel Henry said.

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 08:00:00 +0200
Trump seeks to block January 6 panel's access to his notes, call logs
Former President Donald Trump is seeking to block January 6 investigators from seeing hundreds of pages of White House documents that include his handwritten notes as well as phone call logs, the US National Archives and Records Administration told a...

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 06:00:00 +0200
US FDA authorises first Covid-19 shot for young kids aged 5-11
The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorised the Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE coronavirus vaccine for children aged 5 to 11 years, making it the first Covid-19 shot for young children in the United States.

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 05:15:00 +0200
COVID-19 WRAP | SA records 230 new confirmed cases of Covid-19
Covid-19 live updates.

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 19:15:25 +0200
Johannesburg residents fear for their lives as shootings during funerals at nearby cemetery surge
Westedene, Johannesburg, resident Amy Scholtz fears for her life as send-off gun shots at a nearby cemetery escalate.

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 17:20:19 +0200
City Power threatens legal action if Eskom keeps load-shedding Joburg
Johannesburg's City Power is seeing red over Eskom’s refusal to exempt it from load-shedding.

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 15:47:07 +0200
Court orders police minister to compensate security company owner for unlawful arrest
Madolo told the court how sergeants Deon Muller and Zandisile Ngqandu assaulted him, pointed a gun at him and detained him in Libode, Eastern Cape.

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 11:53:33 +0200
Company that ‘defrauded’ Eastern Province Rugby Union to appear in court
A business entity that was allegedly used to defraud the Eastern Province Rugby Union of more than R450,000 has been hauled before court.

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 10:54:13 +0200
Prosecutor overlooked for senior post fails to convince judge to interdict his employer
A disgruntled Western Cape prosecutor who was not shortlisted for a senior position has failed to interdict his employer.



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