A group of armed men robbed a shop in Northdale, Pietermaritzburg, on Sunday.The robbers used a shotgun to hold staff hostage.Police at Mountain Rise station are investigating a case of business robbery. Seven armed men stormed into a shop in Northdale, Pietermaritzburg, on Sunday, making off with phones and about R50 000 in cash. Video footage of…
Gauteng police have arrested seven people in connection with a mass shooting at the Jabulani Hostel in Soweto last week. Gauteng police have arrested seven people in connection with a mass shooting at the Jabulani Hostel in Soweto last week, which left six people dead.According to police spokesperson Colonel Noxolo Kweza, a multi-disciplinary team of…
UPDATE (3:24 p.m.) - San Luis Obispo County health officials updated their daily COVID-19 case count on Friday, downgrading the daily total to seven cases and 324 confirmed cases overall.Thirty-five people are recovering at home. ___(1:56 p.m.) - San Luis Obispo County reported eight new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the county's total to…
More than seven million people have been infected with coronavirus across the world - and two in every three cases are in Europe and the US. At least 7,003,851 cases have been officially recorded, alongside a staggering 402,867 deaths.Europe has had the largest number of infections at 2,275,305, and has suffered 183,542 deaths. The US has recorded…
GETTY IMAGES/GALLO IMAGES Seven suspects allegedly planning a cash-in-transit robbery have been arrested in an intelligence-driven operation.The operation was carried out by a joint team. The would-be robbers are likely to face several charges. A multidisciplinary, intelligence-driven operation led to the arrest of seven suspected cash-in-transit (CIT) robbers aged between 28 and 45 years in three…
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…