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By Colin Barras This ancient burial style is difficult to understand A.M. Herrero-Corral, et al. AN UNUSUAL 3700-year-old grave unearthed in Spain shows how little we know about some ancient burial practices. At the Humanejos site, 20 kilometres south of Madrid, there are about 100 ancient tombs. None is quite as strange as grave 31.…

A 19-year-old woman was shot dead during protest action in Kraaifontein, Cape Town.Police stopped protesters from storming a local trucking business.However, a man on the premises fired shots into the crowd and was later arrested.Police are investigating the murder of a teen who was shot dead during a protest in Kraaifontein, Cape Town.The area has…

Judy Kalnas remembers thinking that Jessica, the youngest of her six children, resembled the elastic-limbed cartoon character Gumby.As a child, she said, Jessica would topple off her bike and “get up laughing.” In high school, she fell during field hockey practice. Over the years, her worst injury was a broken toe. She felt embarrassed by…

(Duncan Alfreds, News24, file) A 17-year-old has been arrested for the alleged rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl.The girl had been missing since 14 June.The teenager is due to appear in the Mtunzini Magistrate's Court on charges of murder and rape on Friday. A 17-year-old has been arrested after the body of an 11-year-old…

KZN tavern set alight in alleged arson attack