Author: staff
The 30th clash between Scotland and South Africa at Murrayfield in Edinburgh on Sunday will contain some exciting clashes. A key battle will be between a 6-2 ‘Scotland the Brave’ bench and the monstrous 7-1 split of the Springbok Bomb squad.
The retired head of the Anti-Gang Unit, Lieutenant-General Andre Lincoln, says he was threatened with disciplinary action for putting guards outside late detective Charl Kinnear’s house when warned of a possible hand grenade attack a year before the top cop’s murder.
A week after former Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Gary van Niekerk swapped seats with the ANC’s Babalwa Lobishe, previously his deputy, the newly elected mayor announced the metro’s new coalition government on Friday – with the surprise absence of the Patriotic Alliance.
Crime and unemployment, concerns around the polarising Basic Education Laws Amendment Act, a lack of assistance after natural disasters, and other frustrations – are some of the problems facing eThekwini residents, and which they put to President Cyril Ramaphosa.
The Eastern Cape government has been criticised for failing to provide a marquee for the funeral of Chieftainess Thenjiwe Nogcinile Mtirara, who was shot dead inside her royal family homestead in Mqhekezweni outside Mthatha on 30 October.
A post-mortem examination of the body of Cape Town taxi driver Luvuyo Vimba, who died after a clash with police, has revealed that the cause of his death was “due to multiple blunt force trauma”, according to the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID).
Victor Osimhen scored twice as Galatasaray inflicted a first Europa League defeat of the season on Tottenham with a 3-2 victory in Istanbul on Thursday, while Manchester United got their first win on the board by beating PAOK Thessaloniki.
Western Cape police have arrested the driver of a white Hyundai bakkie after two people died and several others were hospitalised when the vehicle they were travelling in overturned on the R44 between Wellington and Hermon on Wednesday morning.
Proteas opening batter Reeza Hendricks, who will have his own scores to settle after a lean spell at the T20 World Cup, has warned that there is no such thing as a weak Indian team ahead of their home series against the reigning world champions.
The evidence of two pathologists and several forensic experts who collected evidence from the crime scenes where nine people were murdered in a mass killing in Umlazi in August last year, will no longer be needed in the KwaZulu Natal High Court in Durban.