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Wed, 09 Nov 2022 11:53:46 +0200
Four injured as robbers blow up cash-in-transit van on N4 in Gauteng
Four security officers were injured in a cash-in-transit van heist on the N4 in Gauteng on Wednesday.

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 11:44:28 +0200
South Africa's affluent increasingly looking to international universities for children's education
Wealthy South Africans are increasingly exploring opportunities to have their children educated at international tertiary institutions.

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 11:16:07 +0200
South African man linked to torture, murder of 7-month-old boy in Australia
33-year-old Reinhardt “Ryan” Bosch, originally from Pretoria, has been arrested in Queensland, Australia, for allegedly murdering his son.

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 11:11:25 +0200
PSA on national public service strike from Thursday — these are the services that will be affected
The Public Servants Association and the Federation of Unions of South Africa, which represent about 235,000 public servants, will strike from Thursday.

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 10:37:29 +0200
Elon Musk's Twitter slow to act on misleading US election content, experts say
Election experts reported the spread of new falsehoods across Twitter and other social media services on Tuesday as Americans voted in midterm elections, four days after Twitter Inc fired half its staff and new owner Elon Musk tweeted a recommendatio...

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 10:28:46 +0200
WATCH | JMPD investigating viral video of officer allegedly taking money from unidentified motorist
The Johannesburg metro police department is investigating a video showing an officer allegedly receiving about R1,800 from an unidentified motorist.

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 10:28:35 +0200
R780k donkey carts project 'highly overpriced' — DA and ActionSA slam ‘dodgy’ North West tender
The DA and ActionSA have slammed the North West department of community safety and road management's R780,000 donkey carts project, calling for an investigation.

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 09:49:04 +0200
UK to offer loans for countries most vulnerable to climate change effects
Britain plans to offer new loans to support countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, including the option to defer debt repayments in the event of catastrophes, the finance ministry said on Tuesday.

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 09:40:18 +0200
SA's new ground station to help NASA track space flights
A new deep-space ground station being built in South Africa's semi-desert Karoo region will come online by 2025 to help track history-making NASA missions to the moon and beyond, space agency officials said Tuesday.

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 09:40:00 +0200
Former Pope Benedict to mount legal defense over abuse cover-up accusation
Former Pope Benedict XVI plans to defend himself in a civil lawsuit lodged at a German court by a man who accuses him of helping to cover up historical abuse, a court spokesperson said on Tuesday.

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 09:36:07 +0200
Hurricane threat prompts NASA to delay next launch attempt of moon rocket
NASA will batten down its big new moon rocket on the launch pad to ride out a hurricane expected to hit near Cape Canaveral, Florida, and its targeted lift-off time next week has been postponed by two days, the US space agency said on Monday.

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 09:23:31 +0200
South Korea salvages parts of Soviet-era North Korean missile
Debris from a North Korean missile salvaged from South Korean waters were identified as parts of a Soviet-era SA-5 surface-to-air missile, South Korea's defence ministry said on Tuesday.

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 08:50:00 +0200
Amazon’s Cape Town campus gets green light
The construction of Amazon’s planned offices in Cape Town should be allowed to go ahead, according to a court ruling, in a setback for the indigenous people attempting to stop the development.

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 08:49:00 +0200
More than 2,000 suspects arrested in Limpopo
Limpopo police have arrested 2,153 suspects for offences including murder, attempted murder, rape, dealing in drugs, unlawful possession of firearms and contravention of the Immigration Act.

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 08:30:05 +0200
Elderly man hit by car while fleeing robbers on Durban’s N2 freeway
An elderly man was killed by a passing car while trying to flee from robbers on Durban’s notorious N2 freeway on Monday night.

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 08:30:00 +0200
Panama judge calls two ex-presidents to trial in Odebrecht probe
A Panama judge on Tuesday called two former presidents, as well as a slate of other high-profile figures, to trial over money-laundering related to the Odebrecht bribery probe, a sweeping corruption investigation which has rippled across Latin Americ...

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 08:18:57 +0200
Ex-prosecutor convicted of taking cash to make drunk driving case ‘go away’
A former Seshego district public prosecutor in Limpopo was convicted by the Polokwane specialised commercial crimes court on Tuesday.

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 08:12:10 +0200
Truck driver sentenced to 15 years in prison for smuggling explosives
A truck driver has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for smuggling explosives from Zimbabwe to South Africa.

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 08:10:00 +0200
Six dead after powerful earthquake hits Nepal, rattles New Delhi
An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck Nepal early Wednesday, killing at least six people, destroying multiple houses in the western district of Doti and shaking the Indian capital New Delhi, officials said.

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 08:06:49 +0200
Mkhwebane can stay on in luxury estate if she pays her own rent
Suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has lost her free stay at the Bryntirion ministerial estate in Pretoria, which was funded with taxpayer money.

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 07:46:04 +0200
Ukraine promises not to give up 'a single centimetre' to Russia in east
President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday night said his forces would not yield “a single centimetre” in battles for control of eastern Donetsk region while Russian-installed officials described Ukrainian forces moving into one southern town with t...

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 07:41:30 +0200
Republicans favoured to win US House in close-fought midterm elections
Republicans were favoured to wrest control of the US House of Representatives away from President Joe Biden's Democrats based on early returns in Tuesday’s midterm elections, though the prospects of a “red wave” appeared to have dimmed.

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 07:25:09 +0200
Three takeaways from the US midterm elections
Tuesday’s US midterm elections will determine whether Republicans seize control of Congress from Democrats.

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 07:14:17 +0200
Trying to get a ‘quick’ buck at a CIT heist scene may get you into trouble, or even take your life
The idea of making a quick and “easy” buck is alluring for many people, especially as the festive season approaches.

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 06:52:35 +0200
Court orders striking Kenya Airways pilots to resume work
The striking pilots at Kenya Airways have been ordered to resume work by November 9, a court ruled on Tuesday, while also barring the airline from penalising the pilots.

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 06:08:00 +0200
Ekurhuleni serial rapist Phakathi guilty of 148 charges
Ekurhuleni serial rapist Nkosinathi Emmanuel Phakathi, 38, has been found guilty of 148 charges of rape including sexual assault, kidnapping, robbery with aggravating circumstances, theft and possession of an unlicensed firearm.

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 21:30:59 +0200
Life in jail for man who raped 'woman who raised him' in Bothaville
The Bothaville magistrate’s court has sentenced a 34-year-old man to life imprisonment for raping a 75-year-old woman in December last year.

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 20:50:00 +0200
Proposed language policy for schools is ‘unconstitutional’, parliament told
The constitution aside, there were more responses to the Bela bill than any other in SA’s history, says director of Christian View Network

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 20:50:00 +0200
Climate activists hail the inclusion of compensation on summit agenda
South Africa seeking financing for a just energy transition from coal to clean energy

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 20:50:00 +0200
BEE requirements not completely scrapped, says Godongwana
In February the ConCourt ruled that the 2017 preferential procurement regulations were illegal and unconstitutional



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