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Despite efforts to save them, Jeremiah Mmatli and Daniel Madumo died at the Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional facility. (Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images) The two elderly men who were accused of beating a fellow pensioner to death at North West old age home starved themselves to death while in prison, according to sources at the prison they were in.Jeremiah Mmatli, 75, and Daniel Madumo, 92, were arrested in late May for the murder of 80-year-old Godfrey Thema. The pair were accused of beating Thema with their crutches after he allegedly bumped into one of them. South Africans need to be in the…

An Israeli contractor’s Caterpillar 330B LME hydraulic excavator in the West Bank village of Az-Zawiya. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images) Norway’s largest private pension fund has exited its stake in Caterpillar, citing concerns that the US company may be contributing to human rights abuses in the West Bank and Gaza.KLP, based in Oslo, sold Caterpillar shares and bonds worth 728 million kronor (R1.2 billion) earlier this month, according to Kiran Aziz, the firm’s head of responsible investments. She pointed to the use of the Texas-based company’s equipment “to demolish Palestinian homes and infrastructure to clear the way for Israeli…

Britain’s Princess Anne, Princess Royal meets guests during the Sovereign’s Royal National Lifeboat Institution Garden Party at Buckingham Palace in London on May 23, 2024. (Jonathan Brady/ POOL/AFP) Princess Anne is recovering after suffering concussion from a horse-related incident.She has been hospitalised as a precaution and is expected to make a swift recovery.Due to the accident, she has withdrawn from state events, including a visit from the Japanese Emperor.King Charles III’s sister Princess Anne is improving in hospital, her husband said on Tuesday, after she suffered concussion in an incident at her country estate.”She’s doing fine – slow but…

Xolani Senior Secondary School pupil Avethandwa Nokhangela drowned in April. (Supplied) A woman whose niece drowned during a leadership camp organised by Equal Education (EE) has slammed the organisation for allegedly failing to comply with most of the recommendations of a panel it had commissioned to probe her death.Avethandwa Nokhangela, 16, drowned at a beach at the Palm Springs Resort in East London on 29 April 2021 after getting into difficulty in the water. The Grade 10 pupil from Xolani Senior Secondary School in Zwelitsha, outside East London, was among a group of so-called Equalisers, aged 15 to 17 years,…

Gabriel Theron, CEO of Cilo Cybin with Valdene Reddy, director of capital markets at the JSE. (Nick Wilson/ News24) With two companies having joined the bourse so far this year and a few more on the near horizon, the JSE says its listings pipeline is probably the healthiest it’s been in five years.Speaking after the listing of medicinal cannabis group Cilo Cybin on the AltX on Tuesday, Valdene Reddy, the JSE’s director of capital markets, said the exchange expected to welcome more listings this year, adding these would “manifest as a combination of IPOs (initial public offerings)” and “unbundling or…

Lauren Dickason has been sentenced to 18 years in a psychiatric facility in New Zealand for the murder of her three children. (Facebook/Lauren Dickason) South African doctor Lauren Dickason will spend 18 years in a psychiatric facility in New Zealand.In August, she was found guilty of the murder of her three children in her New Zealand home.Dickason could reportedly be moved to prison later and become eligible for parole after six years.South African doctor Lauren Dickason will spend 18 years in a psychiatric facility in New Zealand for the murder of her three children.On Wednesday, the High Court in Christchurch, New Zealand, ruled…

A cargo ship is unloaded at Cape Town Harbour. (Gallo Images/Die Burger/Jaco Marais) A top trade analyst has warned US legislators that China and Russia would celebrate should the US not renew the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), as this would only serve to alienate African countries from Washington, DC.”Failure to renew AGOA would be a strategic disaster for the US,” said Daniel Runde, vice president at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, in prepared remarks before a trade committee earlier this month. “AGOA is critical for US national security in a sensitive region of the world; champagne corks…

Guilty and Proud by Marion Sparg. (Supplied) Growing up in the Eastern Cape, Marion Sparg was unaware of politics until her Afrikaans teacher stopped his lesson to tell his all-white class about the Soweto protests. As a student, Sparg learned of Steve Biko’s murder, overhearing her classmates joking about him. While working as a journalist, she decided to take action. In her memoir, Guilty and Proud, she recounts not only her experience in uMkhonto weSizwe – often as the only woman in the camp – and her friendship with Chris Hani but also her secret return, the bombs she planted…

News24 understands that President Cyril Ramaphosa is likely to make his all-important Cabinet announcement on Thursday. (Felix Dlangamandla/Netwerk24) As anticipation builds for President Cyril Ramaphosa’s upcoming Cabinet announcement, the ANC is said to be ramping up talks with the MK Party and Julius Malema’s EFF. The Cabinet announcement is expected this week, but eight of the 10 parties within the government of national unity (GNU) have opted to step back, allowing the DA and ANC to settle their dispute over positions.The parties, including the UDM, Al Jama-ah, Rise Mzansi, and FF Plus, told News24 they would patiently wait for the skirmishes…

Brait CEO Peter Hayward-Butt says the firm will likely first sell stakes in New Look and Virgin Active before looking at Premier. (Photo: Supplied/Brait) Brait, the private equity firm backed by billionaire Christo Wiese, says UK fashion retailer New Look is likely to be the first of its remaining big three assets to be sold as it waits for better market conditions to offload Virgin Active and its remaining stake in JSE-listed Premier.CEO Peter Hayward-Butt says Brait believes it will achieve a better exit valuation for its remaining 35.4% stake in Premier if it sells once SA’s economy improves. That…