A legal adviser was robbed at gunpoint at his home in Blue Hills, Midrand, apparently with the help of police, The Star reported on Wednesday. Raymondt Dicks was at his home with his son and friend on Saturday when six men stormed into the house and tied them up. Dicks is a legal adviser to
Mail your toenails… to the Chinese
A Grahamstown man has posted his toenails to the Chinese embassy in Pretoria because he is upset with the escalating number of rhino killed by poachers, according to a report on Wednesday. The Star newspaper reported that Mark Wilby clipped off his toenails, put it in an envelope and posted it. In a YouTube video,
Hate crime hoax
Two days after multiple law enforcement agencies began an investigation into the attack and burning of a Winnsboro woman at Civitan Park, authorities now believe the wounds were self-inflicted. According to Winnsboro Police Chief Lester Thomas, evidenced gathered at the scene of the incident shows 20-year-old Sharmeka Moffitt’s initial claims that she was attacked and
Frankie Boyle wins 54 000 pounds for being called a ‘racist’
London, Oct 23 (ANI): Comedian Frankie Boyle has been awarded more than 54,000 pounds in damages after a High Court jury found that he had been libelled by a newspaper which described him as “racist.” The jury concluded that Boyle, 40, from Glasgow, had been defamed by the Daily Mirror, the Daily Mail reported. After
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Afrikaners will be blamed for Marikana too
Piet Swanepoel responds to R.W. Johnson’s article on the Marikana, Sharpeville and the Pondo uprisings. Johnson’s article was very interesting and deserves to be read by anyone trying to make sense of events in Africa. Like Johnson I also trace my involvement or interest in African political developments to Durban. Unfortunately we were not contemporaries
Zuma proposes new land reform plan
President Jacob Zuma proposed a new land reform plan in Pretoria on Monday evening. “This is an innovative proposal that needs to be tested,” he told the first annual general meeting of the African Farmers’ Association of SA (Afasa). The plan proposed a district-based approach to land reform and its financing. “It proposes that each
Miners shot in the back says lawyer
Fourteen of the 34 Lonmin platinum miners killed by the police in August were shot in the back, a judicial inquiry into the Marikana shooting heard on Monday. “All fatal projectile wounds were sustained from the back,” advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza told the Farlam commission at the Rustenburg Civic Centre, North West. “Those who were killed were
A fracking health scare
US residents living near gas fracking sites frequently develop health problems as chemicals used in the gas extraction have been tracked in water and air surrounding the sites, a new report has found. The Marcellus Shale natural gas field, which stretches across several eastern states, is the biggest and cheapest natural gas field in the
Crime killed the South African dream
The high murder rate in South Africa has killed the idealism and dreams people had after the 1994 elections, which saw the advent of democracy in the country, the Freedom Front Plus said on Tuesday. “Since 1994 more than 300 000 people have been murdered (328 244) in South Africa,” FF Plus leader Pieter Mulder
World Bank gives SA little chance
Inequalities in South Africa are threatening economic growth, with children born into poor families unlikely ever to escape poverty or reap the rewards of living in Africa’s largest economy. The World Bank’s sobering assessment released last week found that a child’s gender and ethnicity at birth, combined with a lack of education, largely determine that
Pupil dies after being stabbed repeatedly
A pupil was killed at the Berea Park Private School after he was allegedly stabbed five times by another pupil. A 16-year-old boy was stabbed five times at the Berea Park private school in the city centre last week. The grade 10 pupil, Donald Molefe, died after a fight broke out with another pupil apparently
SA’s OK, says Presidency
The Presidency moved to counter the negative publicity SA has been attracting abroad, with President Jacob Zuma’s spokesman,, insisting it was “grossly incorrect” to suggest SA was “on a downhill slide”. Maharaj was responding to last week’s cover story by the influential business journal The Economist, headlined “Cry the beloved country – South Africa’s sad
Brave homeowner takes bullets to save family
A 31-year old man’s bravery could have cost him his life but it stopped three robbers from entering his home. According to Capt Jethro Mtshali, Kempton Park SAPS spokesman, the man was shot in the stomach during a scuffle with an armed robber who entered his Pomona home with two other robbers at about 4am
Rwanda on Security Council despite funding rebels
Rwanda – along with Australia, Argentina, Luxembourg and South Korea – won a seat on the U.N. Security Council on Thursday, despite accusations by a U.N. panel that Rwanda’s defense minister commands a rebellion in Democratic Republic of Congo. Rwanda was unopposed in its bid for the African seat on the council that South Africa
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