South African Police Service. (Photo by Gallo Images/Brenton Geach) According to police, the 20-year-old student was last seen with her "new boyfriend" on 29 August. The boyfriend reportedly killed himself on 31 August. Meanwhile, police were also searching for a teenager who went missing after being sent home from school after he was involved in a…
Washington DC police have admitted to shot dead an 18-year-old black man.Officers were responding to a tip about guns being stashed in a car.Police officers recovered two guns.Police shot dead an African-American man in the US capital Washington on Wednesday, the police said, in the latest of a slew of police killings of black men…
Five accused, including four police captains, appear in court on charges of fraud and corruption. Five accused, including four police captains, are linked to a R56 million fraudulent police branding case.They were granted R5 000 bail in the Protea Magistrate's Court. There is a total of 36 accused in this case and all are expected to…
A general view of consumers queuing to buy liquor at Spar Tops in Melville. Gallo Images/Martin de Kock Ekurhuleni police arrested 265 people over the weekend for various crimes, including drunk driving, possession of narcotics and theft. Police also conducted visits to 102 pubs in the area, of which only nine were compliant with Covid-19 regulations. The…
Violence erupted in a Cape Town suburb today when SAPS and the City of Cape Town dismantled allegedly illegal dwellings. The piece of land in question lies between the suburb of Kensington and Wingfield military base, near Goodwood in the city’s Northern Suburbs. It is understood that the land is state-owned. (Picture: Leslie Swartz) Yet…
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…