Second suspect in Senekal court violence case granted bail

He’s implicated in the rampage where the disgruntled group toppled and set a police van alight expressing outrage at the suspects who were arrested for killing farmer Brendin Horner. Stefanus Johannes Fourie appeared in the Senekal Magistrates Court on 19 October 2020 where he was granted bail. Picture: EWN SENEKAL – A second man arrested […]

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Health Dept: Work will continue despite Mkhize testing positive for COVID-19

health Minister Zweli Mkhize and his wife, Dr May Mkhize, are self-isolating at home after announcing that they contracted the virus. FILE: Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize. Picture: EWN JOHANNESBURG – The Department of Health on Monday said that work would continue in the wake of Minister Zweli Mkhize’s positive COVID-19 diagnosis. Mkhize and his […]

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Bail hearing of suspect in Normandien couple’s murder to be heard next week

Glen and Vida Rafferty were ambushed at their farm in Normandien in August after returning from a social gathering. Signs at a farm in Normandien, Newcastle, in KwaZulu-Natal where Glen and Vida Rafferty were killed in August. Picture: Nkosikhona Duma/EWN DURBAN – The case against a man charged in connection with the murder of a […]

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Duo accused of murdering Duran Visagie (11) at odds over bail application

Duran Visagie was hit by a stray bullet earlier this month. Duran Visagie. Picture: Supplied. CAPE TOWN – The case against two men accused of murdering an 11-year-old boy from Kraaifontein has been postponed for further investigation. Duran Visagie was hit by a stray bullet earlier this month. Trevano Lodewyk and Dimitri Wence were back […]

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Two years after Upendra Galegedera’s murder in CT, family still await justice

Upendra Edward Galegedera visited South Africa every few months and would stay in his apartment in Green Point. Upendra Edward Galegedera. Picture: Facebook CAPE TOWN – The family of a British citizen found murdered in his flat in Cape Town two years ago still has no closure and his killer still walks free. Upendra Edward […]

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ANALYSIS: Why an amnesty for grand corruption in SA is a bad idea

This article first appeared on The Conversation. South Africa’s former Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela, provoked a political storm recently when she suggested that public servants implicated in grand corruption should be given the chance to apply for amnesty. Many South Africans, weary of rampant, unchecked and unaccountable corruption, could be forgiven for asking: what on […]

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FS ANC members want action against those implicated in Estina, asbestos projects

They protested outside the ANC’s headquarters at Luthuli House in Joburg and handed over a memorandum of demands to the national working committee (NWC). FILE: An ANC flag. Picture: EWN. JOHANNESBURG – African National Congress (ANC) Free State members on Monday called on the governing party to take decisive action against those implicated in the […]

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2 CoCT law enforcement vehicles petrol bombed in Eerste River

Four officers were responding to a complaint of illegal occupation on Saturday night at the Bosasa housing development when the cars were damaged. City of Cape Town logo. Picture: Twitter CAPE TOWN – Two City of Cape Town (CoCT) law enforcement vehicles have been petrol bombed in Eerste River during a police operation in the […]

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7 people arrested for possession of ARV tablets worth R1.9m

The police’s Motantsi Makhele said that the had inteded to sell them to a potential buyer in Welkom. ARV medication worth R1.9m was confiscated by Free State police in Kroonstad on 17 October 2020. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – Free State police have arrested seven people after they were found in possession of ARV tablets worth […]

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