A man was sentenced for beating to death his girlfriend. Getty Images/Gallo Images Man sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for the murder of his girlfriend.The man hit his girlfriend with a broomstick and fled the scene when realising she was no longer breathing.He was arrested a day after trying to flee the scene of the…
(Jackie Clausen/Gallo Images) A man who robbed a police officer and set his house alight with him inside has been handed a life sentence plus 65 years for various charges.Sergeant Sthembiso Dusse, 35, was murdered at his house in Esikhaleni in 2016.The killer was sentenced only hours before another officer was murdered during a shootout…
A Mpumalanga man was sentenced to life in prison for raping his 7-year-old stepdaughter in 2018. A Mpumalanga man was sentenced to life in prison for raping his 7-year-old stepdaughter in 2018.He told the victim's 4-year-old sister to keep watch at the door for the girls' mother.The mother later dismissed the rape allegation when approached by…
Taxi driver arrested while allegedly raping passengerPolice noted that Ndala's legal representative had argued Ndala was a breadwinner with three children, was a first-time offender and suffered from a chronic illness.But the prosecutors had countered that taxi drivers held a duty of care to protect their passengers – not harm them. "When handing down sentence,…
4 min read WHEN YOU'RE TELLING a horror story that's based around a family function or family dynamic, it's important to make sure you're getting the parents just right. Ari Aster's Hereditary, which came out in 2018, hit the nail right on the head, casting Toni Collette as the film's lead—and the increasingly unhinged (and
Dietitians regularly talk up the importance of having variety in your diet to make sure you hit your nutritional needs. But new research suggests that’s actually not helpful—at least, not when you’re trying to lose weight. The study, which was published in the journal Health Psychology, makes a strong case for sticking with the same
Can't see the audio player? Listen on: The Host The Trump administration this week missed a deadline to nominate a new director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Without a nominee, current acting Director Jay Bhattacharya — who is also the director of the National Institutes of Health — has to give up