Elzabie, Breggie and Danie Brand. An elderly couple and their adult daughter have gone missing after they were seemingly attacked on their smallholding in Hartswater in the Northern Cape on Sunday.Netwerk24 reported that guests arrived at the couple's home on Monday afternoon, only to find it deserted, ransacked and bloodstained.Danie Brand, 83, and his wife,…
Fourteen members of the same family in Texas tested positive for the coronavirus following a small gathering in June, the family says. One of them has died and another is on life support.Tony Green, who lives in Dallas, said that after months of social distancing, he and his partner hosted a party for their parents…
An East London family found out a week after the funeral of a family member that they had buried a stranger.The bungle was caused by Frere Hospital mortuary workers.This is a second Eastern Cape hospital in the news for such a mistake in less than a month."I received a phone call from the Frere Hospital…
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Eastern Cape teacher Lulamile Ngqezana. A family says it is shocked after it received the body of someone who died from Covid-19, rather than their relative. The Ngqezana family in PE said they grew suspicious when the parlour brought the body in a coffin wrapped in plastic. The family said the undertaker ripped the plastic open to…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…