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Sat, 05 Mar 2022 12:00:00 +0200
Police recover stolen cobalt hydroxide worth R6.5m in Durban warehouse
Durban police have seized cobalt worth R6.5m at a warehouse in the city.

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 09:26:00 +0200
Dutch businessman accused of R6.8m swindle fails to have charges quashed
A Dutch businessman accused of swindling a bank of R6.8m has failed to convince the Cape Town high court to dismiss the charges against him.

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 09:11:00 +0200
Gauteng man bust with R1m dagga stash destined for Cape Town
Gauteng cops have arrested a 38-year-old man for possession of dagga worth R1m.

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 09:08:00 +0200
Ivory dealer fined for illegal possession of elephant tusks
A Zimbabwean has been fined R10,000 in Cape Town for unlawful possession of ivory.

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 08:56:00 +0200
UKRAINE LIVE UPDATES | Russia to allow humanitarian corridors in Ukraine, defence ministry says
Ukraine updates.

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 08:35:00 +0200
COVID-1 LIVE UPDATES | Mexico reports 308 more Covid-19 deaths, 9,748 new cases
Coronavirus live updates

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 08:00:00 +0200
Half of men who pay for sex may be HIV-positive: study
Paying for sex is prevalent among African men with 1 in 10 of them using the services of sex workers, suggests new research.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 21:38:00 +0200
From FIFA to Disney, these businesses are cutting ties with Russia
With war escalating in Ukraine, sports and entertainment organisations have been stepping up the culture ban against Russia.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 20:57:00 +0200
WATCH | Video footage shows some of the last moments of Tshegofatso Pule's life
The high court in Johannesburg viewed footage of some of the last moments of Tshegofatso Pule’s life on Friday.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 20:13:00 +0200
SA records 1,898 new Covid-19 cases
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) on Friday reported that 1,898 new Covid-19 cases had been identified in SA.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 20:02:00 +0200
Six years in jail for July unrest looter who stole a truck
Mvelo Majola was sentenced to six years' imprisonment by the Durban regional court on Friday after he pleaded guilty to the theft of a motor vehicle during the looting and civil unrest in KwaZulu-Natal in July 2021.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 19:58:00 +0200
NPA to decide next step after court finds activist Neil Aggett's death was not suicide
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said it will study a judgment by the Johannesburg hig court, which found that trade unionist and activist Dr Neil Aggett’s 1982 death was not a suicide, to determine, with the necessary urgency, the course o...

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 19:41:00 +0200
'I'm my family's only hope, now I have a shot' — Meet the 16 Boston City Campus and Arena Holdings bursary winners
Armed with impressive matric results and lots of ambition, the 16 lucky winners scored themselves life-changing bursaries to study towards a degree or diploma course of their choice.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 19:28:00 +0200
BBC suspends reporting in Russia after new 'fake news' law is passed
Britain's BBC said on Friday it would temporarily suspend the work of all its journalists and support staff in Russia after the introduction of a new law that could jail anyone found to be intentionally spreading "fake" news.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 18:20:00 +0200
Ntuthuko Shoba succeeds in bid to reopen his case and submit CCTV footage to court
Ntuthuko Shoba, the man alleged to be the mastermind behind his heavily pregnant girlfriend Tshegofatso Pule’s murder in June 2020, was successful in his bid to have his case reopened on Friday.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 17:53:00 +0200
Sandu lawyers demand urgent fix to broken air conditioning at defence HQ
Lawyers for the SA National Defence Union (Sandu) have written a letter to defence minister Thandi Modise asking for immediate action to be taken to fix the broken air conditioning system at defence headquarters in Tshwane.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 17:40:00 +0200
Argentine Catholic bishop sentenced to 4 1/2 years in jail in sex abuse trial
A Catholic bishop accused of sexually abusing young men studying to be priests was found guilty by a court in northern Argentina on Friday, capping over a week of often graphic testimony in the latest sex crimes criminal case to hit the global church...

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 17:39:00 +0200
Pinetown teen fighting for his life after stabbing incident
A 15-year-old Pinetown boy is fighting for his life after a stabbing incident outside his school.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 15:57:00 +0200
Eskom defers steam generator replacement at Koeberg over 'energy crunch' concerns
Eskom has decided to defer the replacement of steam generators at unit 2 of its Koeberg nuclear power station, owing to concerns it will worsen an energy crunch, senior officials said on Friday.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 15:46:00 +0200
'I couldn’t believe it': R1.8m Sportstake 13 winner to invest in kids' education
A 40-year-old man from Ermelo, Mpumalanga, who won the Sportstake 13 jackpot of more than R1.8m in a draw on Monday will carry on working and "live as normally as possible".

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 15:43:00 +0200
'Mother of four' charged with defrauding Sassa out of child grant cash
A woman who allegedly duped the SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) into paying her four child support grants over a period of 13 years has been arrested and charged with fraud in the Eastern Cape.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 15:09:12 +0200
Game Review | Eldest Souls – not for the faint of heart
Never before have I played a game that left me with such strong feelings of love and hate. I love the beautiful graphics, but I hate the cheap repeated assets.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 15:02:00 +0200
'This has stripped us of our dignity': Gauteng intern doctors in payment snafu
The SA Medical Association (Sama) has condemned the nonpayment of medical interns working at state hospitals in Gauteng.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 15:00:00 +0200
Can a shop manager stop you from taking photos in store? We ask 4 big retailers
Retailers can and sometimes will stop you from taking images on the grounds of security or privacy.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 14:57:40 +0200
Riders Republic – it’s like that one kid who thinks they’re the coolest
Even though I don't think Riders Republic is a bad game, I also don't think it's a good one.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 14:02:00 +0200
Neil Aggett did not commit suicide, he was killed by police, court finds
Dr Neil Aggett did not commit suicide. He was killed by the apartheid security police, the Johannesburg high court has found.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 13:26:44 +0200
JPMorgan warns Russia headed for 1998-like ‘collapse’ in economy
JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s analysts are starting to factor in the increasing disruptions to Russia’s exports, with the US bank’s latest tally of damage from sanctions showing the economy’s “collapse” might be comparable to the fallout from th...

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 13:15:12 +0200
Suspected robber killed after allegedly pointing firearm at police officer
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) is investigating the shooting.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 13:14:52 +0200
SA risks destroying 100,000 vaccine doses by end of March due to slow uptake
The health department is trying to ramp up inoculations against Covid-19.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 13:00:00 +0200
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