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An archive photo of the controversial Vrede dairy farm (Photo provided by the DA) The DA in the Free State has welcomed the return of the Gupta-related Vrede dairy project case to the court roll, but says full accountability must still follow. Roy Jankielsohn, DA leader in the Free State, says the case’s return to court is an important step in the pursuit of justice in one of the Free State’s best-known corruption scandals. “Although the prosecution of those involved is a positive step, this case goes far beyond a single criminal case,” says Jankielsohn. Maroela Media reported earlier that…
Lessertia fruscens (Photo: Pexels) Lessertia frutescensalso known as kankerbos, is under the microscope at the North-West University (NWU) where research into this plant’s possible future use in cancer treatment is being investigated. Researchers have found that the plant, which is already used in medicine, may help fight several types of cancer, including treatment-resistant small-cell lung cancer and colorectal cancer. Prof. Chrisna Gouws, professor in research at the Center of Excellence for Pharmaceutical Sciences at the NWU’s Faculty of Health Sciences, says extracts from cancer bush have been tested on cultured human cancer cells and more advanced laboratory-grown tumors known as…
Archive photo (Photo: Daniel Bone/Pixabay) A former lawyer and transport delivery man from Kimberley has been sentenced to six years in prison after embezzling millions of rand from clients’ trust accounts. Leanne Katherine Sullaphen Macleod (56) was found guilty in the specialized commercial crime court in Kimberley on 14 charges of theft and 14 charges of money laundering. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) says Macleod was admitted as a lawyer by the Northern Cape Division of the High Court on 18 September 2015 and ran her own legal practice in Kimberley. She was struck off the roll of solicitors on…
Michaelmas Island at the mouth of Frenchman Bay, Albany, Western Australia (Photo: Shutterstock) A shark bit a diver off the coast of Western Australia to death on Saturday, police said. This is the country’s fourth fatal shark attack this year. The man, in his 30s, was attacked by a 4.5m shark near Michaelmas Island, south-east of Perth, ambulance services and the Western Australian government said. The attack was reported around 11:25. According to the police, the man was spearfishing when the shark attacked him. He was brought back to shore where paramedics tried to treat him. “Unfortunately, he could not…
Acting Judge Amanda Van Leeve emphasized at sentencing that there can never be a time when the parole board can simply consider releasing Leano Vergotine on parole. He will first have to be subjected to judicial investigation again.
The photo is used for illustration purposes only and is not of the animal involved in Hamburg (Photo: Pixabay) A wolf that bit a woman at a shopping center in Hamburg in northern Germany at the end of March – in the first such incident since the species returned to Germany some 30 years ago – is presumed dead, local authorities said on Saturday. “Based on the available evidence, the animal is presumed dead,” the city’s environmental authority, Bukea, told AFP. This confirms several media reports about it. The animal was released back into the wild a few days after…
Berlin’s Charite hospital hailed treatment as a ‘significant therapeutic success’ as outbreak spreads in DR Congo.Published On 6 Jun 20266 Jun 2026A doctor from the United States who fell ill with Ebola while working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has recovered after more than two weeks of treatment in Germany, according to the hospital that admitted him.The Charite public hospital in Berlin said the man – identified in media reports as 39-year-old Peter Stafford – was in “good health” and cleared to leave quarantine on Saturday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listStafford, who worked as a…
“Roasts on the fire and Handré Pollard’s brandy… that’s how you should barbecue in America,” writes Mariska Nanni from North Carolina to My Hartland (Photo: My Hartland / Facebook) MyHartland, an initiative of the Solidarity Movement, invites Afrikaners worldwide to let the barbecue fires burn high on Saturday together with the international community. International Diaspora Day, that is International South African Expat Dayis the initiative of a South African diaspora group in America that has attracted great interest on social media in the past week. “Distance cannot erase identity,” says Marisa Engelbrecht, senior foreign relations officer of the Solidarity Movement.…
IF you thought that the end of the pandemic of the virus that destroyed a lot of people in this country, Covid-19, think again. This virus is said to still exist although it is not as prevalent as before.This follows the revelation by the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Trade, Mr. Parks Tau, who revealed that he was infected with the virus. Tau is said to be at home where he is in self-isolation as per the order of the health authorities while the virus is still prevalent in the country.His spokesperson, Mr. Kaamil Alli, said that Tau is in…
The Blitzbokke are very successful on the international sevens stage. (Photo: X/Blitzbokke) This blitzbox team knows how to win when it matters. The South Africans beat Fiji 14 – 12 in an action-packed quarter-final of the Bordeaux tournament to not only keep their cup dream alive, but they also did enough to successfully defend their World Championship title. The Blitzbokke won last year’s World Championship in Los Angeles. Sebastiaan Jobb scored two tries and Ricardo Duarttee was on target with both goal-kicking attempts in Saturday’s quarter-final against Fiji, but it was the Blitsbokke’s cannibal attitude that ultimately pulled the wagon…