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Wed, 23 Feb 2022 12:03:24 +0200
Passenger bust with ‘cocaine in luggage, heroin in shoes’ at Cape Town International Airport
A passenger caught with cocaine concealed in her luggage and heroin in her shoes after landing at Cape Town International Airport will appear in court on Thursday.

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 11:33:58 +0200
New mothers exploited by firms misusing science to drive over-consumption of formula milk: report
A groundbreaking report made public on Wednesday by the World Health Organisation and UN Children’s Fund reveals how the aggressive marketing of infant milk formula is discouraging women from breastfeeding.

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 11:21:20 +0200
No cops linked to Rosettenville gang and officer did not die: Ipid ‘corrects allegations’
The police watchdog agency retracted information issued previously that two officers were among the suspects on the run after fleeing the scene.

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 11:11:24 +0200
Durban teacher fired for 'sexually assaulting' pupil, his fiancée’s sister
A Durban teacher has been fired after he was found guilty by the Education Labour Relations Council of sexually assaulting a school pupil.

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 11:00:42 +0200
Contralesa leader Ngangomhlaba Matanzima dies aged 79
MPs have paid tribute to one of the founding members of the Eastern Cape House of Traditional Leaders, Nkosi Ngangomhlaba Matanzima, who died on Tuesday at the age of 79.

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 10:53:29 +0200
No Covid-19 vaccine so DUT students spend the night on the pavement
A group of Durban University of Technology students slept on the pavement outside the Berea campus on Tuesday night as they are yet to be allocated residences because they are not vaccinated against Covid-19.

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 10:03:11 +0200
WATCH LIVE | Life Esidimeni inquest continues
The Life Esidimeni inquest stands as a crucial accountability process for a national tragedy that ought never to have happened and should never happen again.

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:58:00 +0200
Sandra Munsamy’s kidnapping case set for trial
The case against four men accused of kidnapping Durban businesswoman Sandra Munsamy will proceed to trial next week in the Durban high court.

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:57:27 +0200
Fake businessman rapist who taunted his victims on Facebook is jailed
A serial rapist who recorded one of the attacks and brazenly posted the video on Facebook, taunting his victims to lay criminal cases against him, has received a sentence of life imprisonment.

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:53:30 +0200
Scottish fossil of flying reptile leaves scientists 'gobsmacked'
A fossil jawbone peeking out from a limestone seashore on Scotland's Isle of Skye led scientists to discover the skeleton of a pterosaur that showed that these remarkable flying reptiles got big tens of millions of years earlier than previously known...

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:44:00 +0200
Maimane weighs in on immigrant job quotas: ‘We can’t solve our challenges without honesty’
Mmusi Maimane said for SA to think of itself as an island away from the continent was unfair and problematic.

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:23:15 +0200
Father of Knicks C Mitchell Robinson reported missing
New York Knicks center Mitchell Robinson said on social media Monday that his father has gone missing and asked the public for help locating him.

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:20:00 +0200
WATCH | Julius Malema’s previous calls for action against CIT heists
Malema blamed President Cyril Ramaphosa for treating criminals with kid gloves.

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:12:15 +0200
Burkina Faso investigates blast that killed over 60 at gold miners market
One person has been detained and an investigation opened to determine the cause of an explosion that killed scores of people at an informal gold mining site in Burkina Faso, a judicial source said on Tuesday.

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:05:00 +0200
‘We’re making headway: 202 suspects arrested since CIT task team formed’, says top cop
Violent criminals and illegal firearms are being taken off the streets by a dedicated team working to combat cash-in-transit heists, says police commissioner Gen Khehla Sitole.

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 08:30:41 +0200
July 2021 unrest: R17bn in damages claims paid by Sasria
Sasria has paid out R17.,19bn in six months for claims emanating from the July 2021 civil unrest.

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 08:29:57 +0200
Poverty among national threats, says former state security minister Dlodlo
Former state security minister Ayanda Dlodlo has painted a bleak picture of how the dire situation faced by many South Africans is a threat to national security.

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 08:29:14 +0200
Coega investigation into parliament blaze on track, says Patricia de Lille
Minister of public works and infrastructure Patricia de Lille on Tuesday confirmed the fire in the National Assembly building caused significant damage to a central structural element from the second to the sixth floors.

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 08:03:14 +0200
We are owed R9.2bn, says public works minister Patricia de Lille
Public works and infrastructure minister Patricia de Lille has called on South Africans to improve the culture of payment.

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 08:02:17 +0200
As the gunfire fades in Rosettenville, residents speak out after fatal battle
“The only thing left in me is fear. I told my son that day that life is short,” said a witness to the shootout.

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 08:01:23 +0200
Similac baby formula recalled after infant illnesses abroad
The National Consumer Commission said no cases have been detected in SA, but the recall is precautionary after four cases in the US

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 07:55:00 +0200
All the news about the coronavirus pandemic in SA and abroad
For all the latest coverage on the Covid-19 pandemic.

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 07:43:00 +0200
Covid-19 in numbers: Get the latest figures
Daily updates on the coronavirus pandemic in SA.

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 07:30:00 +0200
‘No-one can claim they didn’t know things would boil over,’ says minister Dlodlo on July unrest
The former minister said SSA, police and other structures met regularly to discuss issues around national security.

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 07:00:00 +0200
Toll fees to go up from next month, Sanral says
Vusi Mona, spokesperson for Sanral, said the revenue generated from tolls was used to maintain, operate and improve toll roads, and to service debt incurred to implement a toll road project.

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 06:20:00 +0200
COVID-19 LIVE UPDATES | Vaccine mandates: it’s not all about you, Makhanda against Mandates
Coronavirus updates.

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 06:07:14 +0200
NSRI’s bright pink flotation devices help save more than 100 lives
“All rescues that have been attempted with a pink rescue buoy have been successful and no harm has come to any rescuers, which is what evidence from similar programmes worldwide has also shown."

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 06:04:29 +0200
WATCH | Forgotten people: Ashbury residents still live under asbestos roofs as Magashule’s case continues
Former Free State premier and suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule returned to the Bloemfontein high court on February 22 for pre-trial hearings in the R255m asbestos corruption case. About 5km away in Ashbury, residents continue to live un...

Tue, 22 Feb 2022 21:47:59 +0200
Former military officer among eight suspects killed during shoot-out with police in Rosettenville
The suspects were overpowered and the police managed to apprehend 10 of them, two of whom were wounded and taken to hospital under police guard.

Tue, 22 Feb 2022 21:39:00 +0200
'A warning to all criminals': EFF lauds police heroics in Rosettenville shoot-out
“It is precisely this type of determined response that the SAPS must continue with," said the EFF.



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