Month: February 2024
News24 | ‘I felt so relieved when we heard the baby cry’: Mpumalanga cops help mom give birth on side of road
Two police officers came to the rescue of a first-time mother in labour during the early hours of Sunday in Secunda, Mpumalanga.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Family devastated after gunmen kill much-loved Gauteng doctor
When Dr Michael Isabelle left his home on Saturday morning, his family had no clue it was the last time they would see him alive.
Continue ReadingNews24 | AKA murder: Eswatini cops ‘cannot say’ whether extradited men are wanted for rapper’s assassination
The Royal Eswatini Police Service has neither confirmed nor denied a report that two South Africans who were arrested and extradited from Eswatini were linked to the murder of rapper Kiernan "AKA" Forbes and DJ and entrepreneur Tebello "Tibz" Motsoane.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Treasury’s plan to make Eskom pay interest on bailout funding jumps another hurdle
National Treasury’s plan to make Eskom pay interest on the debt relief funding it receives passed another test on Tuesday as the National Council of Provinces voted in favour of the Eskom Debt Relief Amendment Bill.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Alleged Gauteng serial rapist cuts lonely figure in dock as friends, family fail to attend trial
Alleged serial rapist Sipho Phiri cut a lonely figure in the Benoni Regional Court, sitting in Gauteng, on Tuesday, where he intently scanned the public gallery searching for family or friends.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Zandile Gumede trial: ‘I was made to deviate from day-to-day duties’, says junior eThekwini official
A junior official in the eThekwini Municipality has told the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Durban that she was made to deviate from her normal day-to-day duties during the issuing of fraudulent tenders implicating former mayor Zandile Gumede and her 21 co-accused.
Continue ReadingNews24 | 18 pupils injured after ceiling collapses at Tembisa school
Eighteen pupils were injured after a classroom's ceiling collapsed at Umthambeka Primary School in Tembisa on Tuesday, the Gauteng education department has said.
Continue ReadingNews24 | World-famous hippo Jessica gives birth to healthy calf in Hoedspruit
World-famous hippo Jessica has given birth to a healthy calf - almost a year after the death of her first-born, Luku, on 17 March 2023.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Namibian cricketer Loftie-Eaton smashes fastest T20I hundred
Namibia all-rounder Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton set a new record for fastest T20 international hundred on Tuesday by hammering a 33-ball ton against Nepal in Kirtipur.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Poaching problem: KZN bears brunt of the 499 rhinos killed in one year
Almost 500 rhinos were poached in South Africa last year.
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