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| 20° Cape Town | Cloud on the mountains | 33C° | 20C° |
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Hubblies a risk to mouth and throat
YOUNG people put themselves at risk of getting mouth and throat cancers by smoking dagga and the hubbly bubbly pipe. This is according to research announced recently. 18 Comments
Development-focused conservation praised
DEPUTY Minister for Water and Environmental Affairs Rejoyce Mabudafhasi yesterday praised the community of Makuleke, bordering the Kruger National Park, for conserving biodiversity by preserving wetlands. 0 CommentsKruger Park strike concern
MORE than 300 workers at the Kruger National Park (KNP) are set to go on strike 2 CommentsGauteng wins case on police rentals
The Labour Court has dismissed a police union’s application to prevent the Gauteng government from charging its members market-related rentals for living in state accommodation. 3 CommentsFirings anger union
THE National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has blamed Impala Platinum Holdings (Implats) for the massive firing of 17,200 employees at the company's Rustenburg, North West, plant since the beginning of an illegal strike. 3 Comments
Full steam for Bloem to Maseru train
FREE State MEC for roads and transport Butana Khompela has unveiled plans to introduce a mainline train between Bloemfontein and Maseru, in neighbouring Lesotho. 2 Comments
Madonsela owns up after son crashes car PLUS here's what her son says
PUBLIC Protector Thuli Madonsela has accepted full responsibility for her son crashing her luxury state-owned vehicle on Wednesday morning. 65 CommentsATM bombers busy again
Cops were shot at 19 Comments
Residents threaten to take state to court over closed school
COMMUNITY members of Puana village near Zeerust, North West, are threatening to take the education department to court if it does not reopen a local school. 7 CommentsTop prosecutor faces suspension
A TOP corruption prosecutor was yesterday informed of her imminent suspension in what many believe to be a sinister ploy to remove her from a sensitive fraud investigation. 9 Comments'ANC businessman threatened me'
A DEMOCRATIC Alliance leader in Limpopo, Desiree van der Walt, yesterday opened a case of intimidation against a prominent businessman linked to the ANC. 8 CommentsStrikers refuse to sign charges
THE strife continues at the Lepelle-Nkumpi municipality in Lebowakgomo, Limpopo, after management of the institution yesterday locked workers out of the municipal buildings. 1 CommentsBlock trial postponed
The fraud and corruption trial of Northern Cape ANC leader John Block and former senior Sol Plaatje municipal officials was postponed to April 2013 1 Comments
Alex Renewal Project boss in hit list scandal
"We call for calm and urge the police to get to the bottom of this" 6 CommentsFears of more taxi strife
MEN believed to be taxi drivers allegedly robbed taxi drivers from Dobsonville Roodepoort Leratong Johannesburg Taxi Association (Dorljota) on the West Rand yesterday morning, sparking fears that there could be more taxi violence in the area. 1 Comments
Mokonyane to fork out extra R1.4m
THE Gauteng government's delay in settling the lawsuit of a 12-year-old brain-damaged boy has cost taxpayers a further R1.4-million. 47 Comments
Children taught under gazebos
SCHOOL CHILDREN are being taught under gazebos at a Germiston school - east of Johannesburg - because of overcrowding while the government insists that an extra 113 learners be accommodated. 47 CommentsOutrage over accused's bail
A PRETORIA father is fuming after a man accused of raping and killing his daughter was released on R2,000 bail. 17 CommentsMore artwork stolen from Jhb Gallery
Artwork worth R500,000 has been stolen from the Johannesburg Art Gallery in the past year 2 CommentsEx-Blue Bull 'axe killer' fit to stand trial
FORMER Blue Bulls flanker Phindile Ntshongwana was aware of his actions during a killing spree, the Durban High Court heard yesterday. 0 CommentsFire will not foil probe
Vital evidence already secured 0 Comments
Municipalities are R2bn in the red
KWAZULU-NATAL's 47municipalities have incurred R2-billion in irregular spending, cooperative governance MEC Nomusa Dube said yesterday. 16 CommentsCatholic bishops concern over ECape education
EASTERN Cape government authorities must take appropriate steps to rescue the floundering provincial education system, the SA Catholic Bishops' Conference said 0 Comments
Baywatch-style unit keeps city's waters safe
WHEN everybody goes to the beach, the river or the city's dams for a swim, an elite volunteer group of rescuers in Nelson Mandela Bay gear up to keep the city's water safe. 0 CommentsFinancial problems for Eastern Cape health
Doctors are worried by news that the Eastern Cape health department has been ordered to cut its budget by R205-million 110 Comments
UCT invents bone reconstruction device
A new device has been developed at the University of Cape Town (UCT) to bring back the smiles to people with upper jaw abnormalities. 9 CommentsCape lesbian killers are jailed
Four men were today jailed for stabbing and stoning 19-year-old lesbian Zoliswa Nkonyana to death 47 CommentsCellphones banned at school
CELLPHONES have been banned at Gelvandale High School in Port Elizabeth, and if concerned community members have their way, other schools in the city may soon follow suit. 55 Comments
Mandela in court over land grab claims
Former president Nelson Mandela’s grandson Mandla Mandela has dismissed accusations by villagers claiming he expropriated land from them, to build a stadium and a hotel 14 Comments
Colour, glamour at the Cape Met - PHOTOS
This year's theme, Make a Difference, gave the fashion conscious a big headache because it "challenged them to think out of the box" 87 Comments
School puts pupils' lives in limbo
THE Limpopo education department is yet to release the findings of its investigations into an incident at a school where some Grade 12 pupils were barred from writing their final exams. 0 CommentsFamily's murder case postponed
A LIMPOPO father and his two children, who are accused of murdering a man who allegedly stole four tins of fish from them, yesterday appeared in a packed Mankweng Magistrate's Court. 1 Comments
Clan collapses farms
THE Limpopo department of agriculture has vowed to take drastic action against the Mamphoku-Makgoba Community Trust after a forensic report showed that it was responsible "for the deterioration of 42 farms and assets worth more than R121-million". 9 Comments
'No quick-fix solution to land question '
RURAL Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti has warned of dire consequences if the majority of people adopt a quick-fix solution mentality to the troubling question of land in South Africa. 4 Comments
Principal nips mother tongue
A LIMPOPO school has banned the teaching of Xitsonga and Sepedi despite most pupils being speakers of the languages. 22 Comments
'Sex pest' teachers moved from school
FOUR teachers accused of having sexual relations with high school pupils, and the principal, have been temporarily removed from the school. 102 CommentsFood parcels to Limpopo hospitals rejected
A WELL-KNOWN charity organisation, Gift of the Givers, has been refused entry to two hospitals in Limpopo by the health department to deliver food to patients. 104 CommentsLife hard for families in incomplete RDP units
FOUR families at Mamanyoga village in Bolobedu, north of Tzaneen in Limpopo, have lived without roofs over their heads for six years after a contractor allegedly vanished without completing their RDP houses. 21 CommentsProject gives 287 poor youths a break
AS part of a poverty alleviation programme 287 young people from various villages in the N'wamitwa area were provided with skills at Msiphana village near Tzaneen in Limpopo. 1 CommentsLimpopo's bad mess
THE commitment by the Limpopo cabinet to work closely with the national government in trying to put right the financial mess in the province could not have come at a better time. 4 Comments
Council told to pay R1.3m for sexual harassment
AN MPUMALANGA municipality is due to hold an urgent council meeting this week to take a resolution on what to do after it was ordered to pay a former employee R1.3-million in damages 103 CommentsOfficial probed over R12m
MPUMALNGA ANC provincial chairman Charles Makola has been suspended as manager of the Nkangala municipality. 8 Comments
Counting the cost of floods
SIX people have died and 1,452 houses damaged in the recent floods that ravaged Mpumalanga, the provincial government says. 4 Comments
'Brutal police' face class action suit
POLICE Minister Nathi Mthethwa is facing a R10-million lawsuit after 16 people at Leandra in Mpumalanga were allegedly brutalised by members of the SAPS Tactical Response Team last month. 46 Comments
NUM upset by miners' death
THE DEATH of two mineworkers at Modikwa Platinum Mine in Mpumalanga on Saturday brought to more than 10 the number of underground fatalities since the beginning of the year. 0 CommentsPopular and loved teacher Mphiwe shot dead
WHILE pupils around the country were celebrating the start of the school year, others at a school in Mpumalanga were in mourning over the brutal death of their teacher. 7 CommentsTeacher charged
A MPUMALANGA teacher, who allegedly abducted a 16-year-old girl while her peers were writing exams, is finally facing action. 10 Comments
Sex video cops may be removed from service
Cops in hot water for allegedly soliciting a bribe from a couple they recorded having sex 169 Comments
Academy helps pupils to realise dreams
KATLEHONG Technical High School pupil Refiloe Machaba is on his way to realising his dream of becoming an engineer 1 Comments
Be a volunteer
Each volunteer will be given a monthly stipend of R25,000, a portable personal computer and a cellphone with prepaid credit to document their work and "share their experiences with the world and inspire others to make a difference as well" 13 Comments
State role in media 'is a threat'
PUBLIC Protector Thuli Madonsela has blasted holes in the ANC's proposal for a media appeals tribunal, saying any form of state interference in the media would be a threat to the free flow of information. 1 Comments
Recognition for Rhodes University professor
Professor Tebello Nyokong will represent Africa in Spain in March as one of the "Twelve Names to Change the World" exhibition 11 CommentsWeather
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