Month: April 2024
News24 | WATCH | Making health accessible: Dr Mashego’s gym revolutionises fitness for black communities
Dr Hajira Mashego is not running a gym to help people fit into their favourite pair of jeans; she wants to reshape the health landscape of black communities in South Africa.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Drunk taxi driver on duty, speeding high-flyer wanted for 63 warrants, arrested in Cape Town
A Cape Town taxi driver driving a vehicle with passengers while under the influence of alcohol was arrested on Monday morning, while on Friday a high-flying speedster was caught in the act and is expected in court for 63 outstanding warrants.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Court sides with Eskom in battle over boiler maintenance
The long-running court battle over the tender to maintain boilers at Eskom's coal-fired power stations has ended.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Rand Water executive murder case: Joburg chief whip’s emotional trauma, quest for justice
ANC Johannesburg councillor and chief whip Sthembiso Zungu, a survivor of the tragic Zakariyya Park shooting, said he was struggling emotionally when he saw the alleged killers in court on Monday.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘Systematically and sadistically’: Man gets life behind bars for rape, murder of stepchildren
The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has sentenced a 37-year-old man to two life terms behind bars for the murder of his 2-year-old stepdaughter and the rape of her 8-year-old sister.
Continue ReadingNews24 | England rugby star Billy Vunipola tasered and arrested after bar incident
England rugby star Billy Vunipola has been tasered and arrested following an alleged violent incident in Majorca, several reports said on Monday.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Durban metro cop accused of killing his girlfriend to be sent for mental assessment
The State has applied for murder-accused Sizwe Ngema, an eThekwini metro police officer who allegedly stabbed his pregnant girlfriend to death on 31 March, to undergo a mental assessment.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Eastern Cape preschool ‘deeply sorry’ after 3-year-old boy falls into pit toilet and dies
Little Champions Day Care Centre in Mdantsane in the Eastern Cape is enhancing security measures and supervision protocols after a 3-year-old boy died in hospital a day after he was rescued from a pit toilet.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Bloody weekend: 4 killed in Cape Town shooting
It has been another bloody weekend in Cape Town with multiple shootings reported across the city.
Continue ReadingNews24 | R25 million decision: FF Plus may walk back ANC-aligned vote on eThekwini’s ‘security vehicles’
If senior officials of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality do not provide more information on a proposed R25 million procurement of "security vehicles", the Freedom Front Plus may make a U-turn on its vote after initially siding with an ANC-led coalition on the controversial item.
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