Nine-year-old Leo Williams died after he was hit in the head by a rubber bullet as police clashed with demonstrators in the Laingville community last month. Leo Williams (9) who was shot in the head during service delivery protests in Laingville in the Western Cape. Picture: Supplied CAPE TOWN/JOHANNESBURG – Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) […]
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She had to answer to the state capture commission why she appeared to be interested in him and not the others. A screengrab of former Eskom board member Venete Klein appearing at the state capture inquiry in Johanneburg on 10 September 2020. Picture: SABC/YouTube JOHANNESBURG – Former Eskom board member Venete Klein said she didn’t […]
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President Cyril Ramaphosa hinted during an online meeting with South African National Editors Forum on Wednesday night that there may be a review in lockdown regulations. An overloaded taxi travelling from Limpopo to Gauteng is one of the number of vehicles stopped by police in Gauteng during a recent lockdown roadblock. Picture: Faith Mazibuko. JOHANNESBURG […]
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The council singled out Bongani Bongo and Zandile Gumede who are before for the courts facing corruption charges; while Lungisa has been convicted of assault. FILE: Home Affairs committee chairperson Bongani Bongo. Picture: GCIS. JOHANNESBURG – The African National Congress (ANC)’s uMkhonto weSizwe National Council has slammed ANC leaders defying party instruction to step aside […]
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Local twitter users who searched for terms associated with suicide or self-harm ill receive a large notification encouraging them to contact the South African Depression And Anxiety Group SADAG director Cassey Chambers said loneliness was a huge contributing factor to depression and suicide. Picture: 123rf JOHANNESBURG – As the world marks World Suicide Prevention Day […]
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It’s an unusually early PSL kick-off as Orlando Pirates and Supersport United square off at Emirates Airline Park on Saturday at 13:30. The Buccaneers are out of the title race and square off against a side still in it, mathematically, in what will be a grudge match. This is after the reverse fixture ended in […]
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Highlands Park and Maritzburg United are still searching for a first win since the PSL restart after they played to a 1-1 draw at the Dobsonville Stadium on Saturday 29 August. Maritzburg United came into the match off the back of a disappointing run of results since the resumption that has just about ruled out […]
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The Tour de France set off from the French Riviera on Saturday, two months later than planned and under the shadow of a coronavirus pandemic which could still shatter hopes of the world’s greatest bike race making it to the Paris finish line in three weeks’ time. Tour de France starts Originally slated for June, […]
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The NSW Waratahs kept their Super Rugby AU hopes alive in a tense nine-try thriller Saturday, edging the Melbourne Rebels 38-32 to send the season to the wire. Rob Simmons team wanted a bonus-point win – scoring three tries or more than the opposition – to secure a place in the playoffs, but were denied […]
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Cricket South Africa’ appointed Advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza as the ombudsman of the Cricket for Social Justice and Nation Building (SJN) project that was formally launched in Johannesburg on Friday 28 August. Advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza appointed Transformation Ombudsman According to a CSA press release, Advocate Ntsebeza will be the face of the Office of the Transformation […]
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