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The wedding, which was supposed to take place at 11h00 on Sunday in Newcastle, was canceled after the groom and his father were arrested for drunk driving. RTI arrested 45 drivers on Saturday night and Sunday morning. Those arrested include:• The groom and his father• 1 Teacher• 1 Security Manager• 2 teachers• 2 nurses• One pharmacist• An official working in the local municipality• 1 StudentIn another campaign called #NenzaniLaEzweni which was conducted in Mhlanga and Durban North, Operation Shanela led by Mr. Siboniso Duma who is the Minister for Transport and Human Settlement led to the arrest of 167 drivers…
Over the Easter period, 1,419 suspects were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. (Photo: SAPS)Over the Easter week, the police arrested 15,840 suspects in South Africa for crimes.Brigadier Athlenda Mathe, police spokesperson, says the arrests followed several police actions during the Easter weekend to fight crime and ensure public safety. During this time, illegal firearms were seized, and 532 illegal taverns and shebeens were closed.The majority of arrests took place in the Western Cape, where 737 people were apprehended. In KwaZulu-Natal, 341 arrests were made.Mathe says several roadblocks, visibility patrols and targeted crime prevention operations were led by…
The competition for the three teams that will finish at the top of the Betway Premiership log will intensify on Monday as there are games that will have an impact on the teams fighting to play in the Caf competitions next season.The distance of the top teams, Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pirates, from the teams they follow makes the race to finish in third place, which comes with a ticket to play in the Caf confederation cup, keenly watched.Currently, AmaZulu FC is the one still holding on to this position with 37 points from 22 games. They are closely followed…
Iraq’s head coach Graham Arnold couldn’t help but pause, smile and wave to the hundreds of Iraqi football fans gathered at Sydney airport to welcome back the Australian after he guided the Arab team to their first FIFA World Cup in 40 years.Arnold was given a rapturous welcome as the jubilant Iraqis sang, danced to the beat of drums and tambourines, held aloft placards proclaiming their love for the coach and chanted his name as the 62-year-old walked out of the airport on Sunday night.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listFans waved Iraqi and Australian flags as they chanted…
THE CLARITY of the fourth country that will make up Group A of the World Cup is like the ringing of the clock that wakes up the Bafana Bafana coach, Hugo Broos, who is about to plan what he knows in the 68 days left before the start of the tournament.In the middle of the week, the number of countries that will form Group A has been gathered following the entry of Czechia, which has added South Africa, South Korea and the host Mexico.The 2026 World Cup will begin on June 11 in Mexico, Canada and the United States of…
Gonubie Beach in the Eastern Cape. (Photo for illustration/Facebook)A 30-year-old man from Johannesburg drowned at Gonubie on Sunday afternoon.It was while he and two men, also from Johannesburg, visited the river. Cathrine Prentis, station commander of the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) in East London, says two were adults and one a teenager. Prentis says two of the men were swimming, when one got into trouble and disappeared under the water.Three men from the area, an adult and two teenage brothers, saw the incident. The teenagers managed to pull the man out of the water and took him to the…
The retired member of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Mr. Mdletshe Albert Mazibuko, who was taken ill on Sunday night, is NO LONGER in the world.Mazibuko (77), one of the founders of Mambazo, died at the hospital where he was admitted due to illness.Although the full details are not yet clear, the manager of the team, Xolani Majozi, confirmed to Solezwe that he has passed away.”It happened on Sunday night, so please give me a moment to contact the family properly and get complete information. I can only assure you that he is gone,” said Majozi.Mazibuko retired last year when the group…
SOMABHIZINISI who is the leader of ActionSA KwaZulu-Natal, Mr. Zwakele Mncwango, has committed himself to support the family of the broadcaster who was recently appointed to Khozi FM, Sipho “Sgqemeza” Mbatha. Mncwango wrote on his Facebook page about the departure of Sgqemeza and Ayanda Msweli from this radio giant.”It will take some time to get used to the fact that DJ Sgqemeza and Ayanda Msweli’s voices are no longer heard in the morning.”Mncwango then praised the action of the Minister of Transport and Human Settlements in this province, Mr. Sboniso Duma, to support Msweli. He said it is painful to…
Nkosikhona “Phakel’umthakathi” Ndabandaba, the sister of KwaNongoma’s sister, Nkosikhona “Phakel’umthakathi” Ndabandaba, has turned her head, following the reputation of the march against the removal of immigrants from the country that she led with Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma and Ngizwe Mchunu in Gompo, Eastern Cape.Yesterday, this bully again raised the alarm about the threatening messages sent by some because of being in the nose of this campaign, although many praised his courage.Although it seems that some are still fighting, but for the ladies across Nciba, in the Eastern Cape, Phakel’umthakathi (45) has not let up recently that they are worried that KZN will…
THEY SAID they would rather stay at home than hang out with the students of Khayelihle High School, Mbumbulu, who were doing their matric and were being repeated at Grade 11.These students say that they no longer understand boxing as they feel that they have become someone’s football. One of these students says that they have failed Grade 11 three times in the past years.Last year he says they all passed and were transferred to Grade 12. He says that the food on the plate changed when the inspector came and gave them an order that all these 11 students…