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Carel Schoeman submitted new evidence to the High Court in Johannesburg, in the form of WhatsApp messages, and tried to shed new light on the moment he first realized the girl, whom he paid off and hired as a prostitute, was only 13 years old.

A DECREASE in voter enthusiasm in this country is causing Electoral Commission officials to lose sleep.This decline in enthusiasm for participation in elections – especially among young people – is one of the things that the commission says must be addressed immediately. This was expressed by Mr. Masego Sheburi, the acting chief executive officer of the commission, who said that they are on a campaign to encourage people to participate in the elections.”There are many things that do not concern us alone as a commission but that should concern the whole, which is the issue of the lack of enthusiasm…

Pavel Durov, die sticker van Telegram. (Photo: Giuseppe Cacace/AFP) Russia said on Wednesday that it will arrest Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, on charges of “complicity in terrorism”. The Russian authorities claim that he allowed the platform to be used by Ukraine’s security services for recruitment. Durov, who was born in Russia, is a technology entrepreneur who has lived outside Russia for years and holds passports from France and the United Arab Emirates. He has repeatedly clashed with the Russian authorities after Russia tightened its control over the Internet. Its Telegram messaging service is one of Russia’s most important…

People who were touched by seeing kwaito singer, Thokozani “L’vovo Derrango” Ndlovu explain the difficulties he faced after suffering a stroke in 2022.The singer suffered a stroke while performing on stage at an event in Ndwedwe, and was rushed to hospital.Earlier, he said that when he went to the event, he was suffering from a headache on one side.”I think I did three songs, after that I felt dizzy. When I stopped, I could not feel my left leg. The foot was as if it was not there,” said L’vovo.He disclosed that at first he thought that the problem was…

No point of view is above criticism, but the matter must be the core of the criticism and not the person. We must not allow debate in Afrikaans to descend to the level where someone is marked with a target because he holds a different point of view than mine.

The families of the four who were shot and killed by the police at the intersection of Duffs and Dumisani Makhaye KwaMashu on March 20 last year are still grieving. This was seen outside the Ntuzuma Magistrate’s Court, following the appearance of three police officers accused of committing this crime.Among them are Mr. Sfiso Maphumulo, Vusumuzi Phewa and Menelisi Rabi.They are facing two counts of murder. In the incident, four people were killed. They saw Mr. Nicholus Biyela, Nathi Biyela, brothers Mr. Sanele Ntuli and Mr. Nhlakanipho Ntuli.When the incident happened, the police in the province issued a statement saying…

Durban City COACH, Khalil Ben Youssef, has named his players from Kaizer Chiefs in a long-distance battle in the Caf Confederation Cup.Khalil was hired by City a few weeks ago to replace Pitso Dladla, who won the Nedbank Cup and joined Lamontville Golden Arrows. This Tunisian coach who was sacked by Chiefs who was training in collaboration with Cedric Kaze from Burundi, has the ability to put City on another level. He sat on the bench for the first time when they played in the KZN Premier’s Cup where they were eliminated by Milford FC last weekend. At City, Ben…

Graphic representation. (Photo: Gerd Altmann/Pixabay) More than 1,000 employees at major artificial intelligence companies, including Dario Amodei, Anthropic’s CEO, signed a petition on Tuesday asking the US government to help slow down the issuance of the most advanced AI models. The petition, “Pacing the Frontier”, calls for the US government to support an “international effort to develop the technical and management tools needed to deliberately slow the cutting edge of automated AI development”. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who did not sign the petition, said in an interview published Tuesday that developers of AI models may have to voluntarily slow their…

MaZulu’s new striker, Moses Shumah, wants to follow in the footsteps of his countrymen who made a name for themselves in the Betway Premiership years ago.Shumah (23) from Kenya, was introduced by Suthu a few weeks ago as one of the new players who are expected to solve the goal scoring problem that has plagued the team coached by Arthur Zwane. He was seen for the first time wearing the Zulu colors at the KZN Premier’s Cup which wrapped up at the weekend at Princess Magogo Stadium, KwaMashu. Usuthu is the one who brought him together in this competition where…

ZAMSHIYA was surprised by the conflicting statements of the accused investigator, who was investigating the case of a woman who disappeared a long time ago and was last seen having fun with her colleagues at a nightclub in Mhlanga.This appeared at the Durban High Court, on Friday, when the investigating officer, Sergeant Nhlanhla Mhlongo from the Greenwood Park police station, presented his evidence led by the State.In this case, it is alleged that Mr. Mfanafuthi Kunene, who was a manager of one of the call centers in Mhlanga, killed Ms. Ayabonga Mjilo (24) on December 25, 2024. The body of…