A Free State pensioner who decided to use a candle at bedtime because he believed the light bulb made his bedroom hotter ended up suffocating to death
Thirty years ago on this day, Barrend "Wit wolf" Strydom massacred eight innocent people at Strijdom Square at the centre of Pretoria and injured 16 others.
In this video filmed years after the massacre, Barend Hendrik Strydom smiles constantly as he recounts killing 7 black people and wounding 15 more.
A 36-year-old man, dubbed the "graveyard rapist" was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Durban Magistrate's Court, KwaZulu-Natal police said.
The Port Elizabeth High Court has convicted Donovan Heugh, 25, and a teenager of kidnapping and raping a day care teacher.
A 2013 decision to lay charges against a Durban judge only to withdraw them a year later and be sued for R900 000 has come back to bite NPA head candidate advocate Moipone Noko.
Zimbabwe was part of the agenda of talks President Cyril Ramaphosa had with European Union leaders.
City of Cape Town law enforcement officers popped open more than 16 000 liquor cans and bottles on Thursday as the City prepares for the upcoming festive season. WATCH:
The SPCA has opened a case against man who is alleged to have intentionally driven over two Egyptian goslings in Cape Town.
The EFF has put forward a recommendation on the amendment of the Constitution that is identical, word for word, to a proposal submitted earlier by the ANC in a move an opposition MP has called "a convenient alliance".
She has campaigned for the rights of girls, women and LGBTQIA+ people in Uganda and leads Pads4GirlsUG a campaign to provide free sanitary pads
UCT’s Graduate Business School is evolving to stay abreast of the changing times
Thandeka Gqubule says she has obtained declassified documents proving that Stratcom was spying on her
Just in time for Christmas
The state capture commission granted two applications for postponement – one from Nene and the other from Mentor
A 2013 decision to lay charges against a Durban judge only to withdraw them a year later and be sued for R900 000 has come back to bite NPA head candidate advocate Moipone Noko.
Zimbabwe was part of the agenda of talks President Cyril Ramaphosa had with European Union leaders.
City of Cape Town law enforcement officers popped open more than 16 000 liquor cans and bottles on Thursday as the City prepares for the upcoming festive season. WATCH:
The SPCA has opened a case against man who is alleged to have intentionally driven over two Egyptian goslings in Cape Town.
The EFF has put forward a recommendation on the amendment of the Constitution that is identical, word for word, to a proposal submitted earlier by the ANC in a move an opposition MP has called "a convenient alliance".
Over 180‚000 Zimbabwean nationals living in South Africa have applied for official documentation to allow them to stay‚ work‚ study and conduct businesses legally in the country‚ the department of home affairs said on Thursday.
Thales is claiming that, given the circumstances surrounding the prosecution, its constitutional right to receive a fair trial has been violated.
“It’s very clear to me,” Global New Car Assessment Programme (NCAP) secretary-general David Ward said as he stood next to the crash test remains of the Nissan NP300 bakkie. “Either Nissan are very poor engineers or they are simply lying.”
In a video‚ Ward was referring to Nissan SA’s comment that “the safety of our customers is our top priority&...
Anger as Indonesia jails teacher who documented sexual harassment
The Saudi government wants the death penalty for five of 11 people it has charged so far over the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Mmusi Maimane, the leader of South Africa's main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA) that governs the city of Cape Town and the province of Western Cape, now leads the task team to "defeat" Day Zero, the day on which Cape Town's water is predicted to run out. This is currently set for April 16.The DA's plan to keep the taps running comes amid infighting within the Cape Town metropolitan...
After a breather of about a week, the Joint Constitutional Review Committee is to resume its hearings on the amendment of Section 25 of the Constitution in Taung, North West on Tuesday.The National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces instructed the committee to establish whether a review of Section 25 of the Constitution and other clauses was necessary to make it possible for the state ...
Blake Shelton took a tumble during his performance at the Pendleton Whisky Music Fest in Oregon on Saturday night, but he was in good spirits about it.The singer also admitted that spirits led to the fall. “OK Pendleton I know somebody is bound to have video of me falling on stage last night!!” the 42-year-old tweeted on Sunday. “Please!! I have to see it!!! Post that s...
President Donald Trump met face-to-face with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Finland on Monday before a joint news conference that largely downplayed Russian interference in the 2016 election.The two leaders’ meeting comes three days after 12 Russian intelligence officials were indicted by the U.S. government for their involvement in hacking the Democratic National Committ...
Nobody has better material than a former spouse.Demi Moore made a surprise appearance at the taping of a Comedy Central roast for ex-husband Bruce Willis ― and she killed.Moore was not on the roster and caught the “Die Hard” icon completely unaware at The Hollywood Palladium on Saturday, according to reports.“I look at our marriage like ‘The Sixth Sense,’&r...
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