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Video of baboon burglars running riot in South African house goes viral
Footage of a gang of baboons filmed clambering through an open upstairs window of a Cape Town residence and helping themselves to food while running amok has become a viral ...
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Barack Obama to make first trip to SA
Washington - US President Barack Obama will be heading to South Africa as part of his first major African tour since taking office, the White House said on Monday.Obama will also be travelling to to Senegal and Tanzania to reinforce US ties with countries in sub-Saharan Africa.The president will be accompanied by his wife Michelle during the tour which takes place from 26 June to 3 ...
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Land claims Govt forks out nearly R1bn
Johannesburg - Almost R1bn in financial compensation was paid to land claimants in the last financial year, the department of land reform said on Monday. The department paid more than R993m to people who lodged land claims between 1994 and 31 December 1998, spokesperson Mtobeli Mxotwa said in a statement. There were 602 restitution claims settled during the financial year, starting 1 April last ...
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ConCourt to hear disputed arrest case
Johannesburg - The Constitutional Court will hear argument on Tuesday on the arrest of a motorist who did not stop at a roadblock because he feared the officers were impostors. The issue before the court is whether the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) was correct in overturning a judgment of the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, which found the motorist, Jack Coetzee, was arrested and detained ...
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Sars auditor was disgruntled court hears
Durban - A SA Revenue Service (Sars) tax auditor was unhappy over having to reverse her tax assessment of Durban businesswoman Shauwn Mpisane, the Durban Regional Court heard on Monday. Wahida Osman told the court she felt Mpisane had been able "to influence the audit process within the audit organisation". She was being cross-examined by Rafik Bhana, SC, for Mpisane. The court ...
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Public service eyes childcare options
Lindiwe Sisulu said on Monday. "We have decided that the state is responsible for your child," said Sisulu to a woman who complained that she had been asked about her childcare arrangements during a job interview. The woman had lamented that men were usually not asked this question. "We are going to, in time, ensure that the state provides the necessary childcare facilities," ...
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Initiation death toll mounts
Johannesburg - Police are investigating the deaths of 27 boys who attended initiation schools in Mpumalanga, police said on Monday. "Twenty-seven boys have died in initiation schools in the last two weeks," Colonel Leonard Hlathi said. He said 26 of these were now being investigated as murder cases and one remained an inquest. Hlathi said no arrests had been made and police expected ...
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Senior cop accounts for Marikana plan
Rustenburg - Senior police officer Lieutenant Colonel Duncan Scott has admitted to drawing up the plan to deal with striking Marikana miners last year, the Farlam Commission heard on Monday. A statement written by Scott in November was entered as evidence on Monday. In it, Scott said: "The plan or strategy that I prepared and proposed for adoptionwas the first of its kind." Major ...
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ConCourt to rule on firearms case costs
Johannesburg - The Constitutional Court will hand down judgment on Tuesday relating to the costs of an application to the Supreme Court of Appeal over the Firearms Control Act. Last November the Justice Alliance of South Africa and the False Bay Gun Club took the ministries of finance and police, the national police commissioner, and the Appeal Board of Firearms to court over compensation for ...
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Man appears for raping pensioner
Johannesburg - A man arrested for allegedly raping an 80-year-old pensioner appeared in the Mankweng Magistrate's Court on Monday, Limpopo police said. Constable Moses Molepo said 27-year-old Jan Makgoba would remain in custody until he made a formal bail application on 30 May. Makgoba allegedly attacked the pensioner while she was alone at her house last Thursday. He allegedly strangled ...
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SA officials visit woman held in India
Johannesburg - South African consular officials on Monday visited a South African woman held in Mumbai, India, for alleged drug trafficking, a government official said. International relations spokesperson Nelson Kgwete said the woman was confirmed to be a South African citizen. "Her next-of-kin has also been informed of the arrest. She did not give permission for any further information to ...
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I took blame ritual murder accused says
Johannesburg - Murder-accused Harvey Isha had to take the blame for an apparent satanic ritual in which teenager Kirsty Theologo died, a Johannesburg court heard on Monday. Isha told the South Gauteng High Court sitting in the Palm Ridge Magistrate's Court he had been fingered by Theologo's mother. "Kirsty's mom had already mentioned that 'Harvey and his friends did this ...
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Scotts statement mirrors that of cops
Rustenburg - An affidavit by Lieutenant Colonel Duncan Scott mirrors a statement presented by the SA Police Service, the Farlam Commission of Inquiry heard on Monday. "The presentation made to the commission by the police is almost identical to Scott's detailed statement," ...
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NASAs 19-Gigapixel Filmstrip of the Earth from Russia to South Africa
series of 56 images shortly thereafter. NASA stitched the pictures together into one long strip, which you can tour in the video above. As always, satellite images testify to the wonder of the biosphere. This particular set of pictures, though, is a simple meditation on the diversity of conditions on Earth, and the mark that humanity has left on the ...
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Mandela movie poster unveiled
Cannes - A teaser poster for a film adaptation of former president Nelson Mandela's autobiography has been unveiled at the Cannes Film Festival in France, Channel 24 reported on ...
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Mandelas name pulled into South African politics
Nelson Mandela smiles during a lunch to Benefit the Mandela Children's Foundation as part of the celebrations of the opening of the new One&Only Cape Town resort on April 3, 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa. (Chris Jackson, Getty ...
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Cosco to Boost Asia-South Africa Trade in Mid-June
will increase rates for all shipments, including refrigerated cargo, on its trade from the Far East to South Africa, starting June 17.The hike will be $300 per 20-foot container and $600 per 40-foot and 40-foot high-cube container, according to the ...
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ANC considers fixed conference venue
Gwede Mantashe said on Monday. "It is not working for us, this thing of rotating the conference and creating conference infrastructure every five years at a huge cost," he told reporters in Johannesburg. "In the next NEC [national executive committee meeting], we must take the decision that our conference will be in place X, and we can start working now for the conference in ...
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Joburg contractors damaging water pipes
Johannesburg - There has been an increase in water cuts and sewer failures due to contractors damaging pipes while installing other infrastructure, Johannesburg Water said on Monday. "When contractors are busy with infrastructure work, like replacing fibre-optic cables in the road reserve, there is a high chance that the other underground infrastructure, like water or sewer lines will ...
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Probe continues in schoolboy shooting
Cape Town - Two men accused of killing Cape Town schoolboy Enrico Martin appeared in the Athlone Magistrate's Court on Monday, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said. Wilston Stoffels, 18, and Jevon Snyman, 19, would return to court next Monday after bail information had been gathered, said NPA regional spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila. Martin, 18, was shot on Wednesday morning when ...
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Man appears after huge border cocaine bust
Johannesburg - A man accused of smuggling cocaine worth about R18m into South Africa appeared in the Musina Magistrate's Court on Monday, police said. Kudinga Bunyabvabu, 36, remained in custody and would be back in court next Monday, said police spokesperson Colonel Ronel Otto. He was charged with smuggling and possession of drugs. Otto said Bunyabvabu was arrested on Saturday at the Beit ...
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Plan a collective effort inquiry hears
Rustenburg - The police's operational plan for the Marikana unrest was a compilation of the input of all the commanders, involved in the mission to disperse and disarm the striking workers, the Farlam Commission of Inquiry heard on Monday. Major General Charl Annandale denied that the so-called "Scott plan" was the work of only one policeman, Lieutenant Colonel Duncan ...
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Ritual victim paid for petrol
Johannesburg - Teenager Kirsty Theologo paid for the petrol with which she was doused before being set alight in an apparent satanic ritual, the South Gauteng High Court sitting in the Palm Ridge Magistrate's Court heard on Monday. "Lindon [Wagner] gave me money to buy petrol as we got up by the BP garage along the way to the mountain. He got the money from KirstyI think he ...
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Cellphone tower batteries seized
Johannesburg - A man trying to smuggle seven cellphone tower batteries into Zimbabwe, has been arrested at the Beitbridge border post, Limpopo police said on Monday. "It is suspected that these batteries were stolen from cellphone towers at several places in South Africa," said spokesperson Ronel Otto. The batteries, worth R26 560, were the size of car batteries, she said. They ...
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South Africa Gupta Plane Scandal - Govt Report Released
Aircraft parked at South Africa's Waterkloof Air force Base which is considered a national key point. Cape Town - The police and NPA were responsible for deciding whether the Gupta family would be prosecuted for the irregular landing of their plane at Waterkloof Air Base, Justice Minister Jeff Radebe said on Sunday. "That's the decision of the national police commissioner ...
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South Africa's small but growing cruise industry
The South African cruise industry has grown considerably in recent decades, recording an expansion of over 100% in recent years. The greatest growth came between the 1990s and 2010, led predominantly by Starlight Cruises, a household name in South Africa and the owner of the market share in the South African cruise industry.
The South African cruise industry is a growing one, in comparison to more developed countries it is tiny, with just one ship (sometimes two) that grace the coasts of South Africa once a year between November and April. Read more
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