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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…

AS it has become popular in the community for registering to vote in the local government elections that will be held on November 4, this year, the Electoral Commission has encouraged the youth to use the opportunity to register to vote.The commission said this just yesterday when a television show, which promotes voting on SABC1, started airing, iBeats for My Peeps. It aired at 6 pm and has 10 episodes.The chief executive officer of the commission, Mr. Sy Mamabolo, said that the game speaks a language familiar to young people. Mamabolo said that this game, which uses music as well…

The Bulls fought back excellently to beat the Glasgow Warriors at Murrayfield. (Photo: X/Bulls) The Bulls are on their way to the final of the United Rugby Championship (URC) after beating the Glasgow Warriors 22 – 21 at the iconic Murrayfield. The Pretorians absorbed the pressure excellently – especially after facing a deficit of 21 – 3 – and the Bulls coaching group indeed has a team at its disposal that is built for knockout rugby. As Willem Strauss, union president, quite rightly told Maroela Media earlier: If one point is good enough for the Springboks in the World Cup…

ILOKHU always brought a lady from Swatini, Nothando Hlophe, to the awards ceremony, who stood out when the nominees for the National Gospel Music Awards (Ingoma) were announced.Nothando of the famous song In the Battle of Sothiniwas nominated for the most followed by Fikile Mlomo and Lindani Gumede.The artists selected for it were announced at a big event at the Encore Auditorium, Johannesburg.This event, which will be held for the 13th time this year, is highlighted by the selection of many artists from this country and neighboring countries, including young and old.The founder of these awards who is also a…

Edward Muzikaise Ntshingila (Photo: @Shezwethu / X) Parliament and the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party) have expressed their condolences following the death of Edward Muzikayise Ntshingila, a MK Party Member of Parliament. Ntshingila has served as an MP for the MK party in the National Assembly since 2024. He was appointed to parliament’s joint standing committee on intelligence in March 2025 and sworn in to serve on this committee in June 2025. Parliament’s presiding officers, led by Thoko Didiza, speaker of the National Assembly, and Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane, chairman of the National Council of Provinces, say they received the news of…