The case of a Mpumalanga ANC provincial executive committee (PEC) member accused of the rape of his 8-year-old twin daughters was postponed in the Mbombela Magistrate's Court on Monday. National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Monica Nyuswa said the man appeared in court alongside his 26-year-old stepson."The matter has been postponed to 1 October for a formal…
Children picked up a stench coming out of a shack and alerted a community leader.Boipelo Sesele's decomposed body was found inside a wardrobe in a shack.The owner of the shack showed up at the scene and was allegedly killed by angry community members. The body of nine-year-old Free State girl Boipelo Sesele, who disappeared while…
A 10-year-old boy got stuck in the crossfire between rival gangs on Monday. A 10-year-old boy was rushed to hospital on Monday morning after he was injured during a shootout between rival gangs on the Cape Flats. African News Agency (ANA) reports that Nahemiah Claassen, a Grade 6 pupil at Parkwood Primary School was rushed to Red…
A man and a woman have died after a fire broke out in Strand, while their 10-year-old son managed to escape, authorities have said.Western Cape police confirmed the man and woman's death on Monday.According to the City of Cape Town Fire and Rescue Service, the Strand couple died on Monday morning while their son managed…
By Michael Le Page The Border cave in South AfricaA. Kruger People living in the Border cave in southern Africa slept on grass bedding 227,000 years ago – by far the oldest discovery of its kind. “That’s quite close to the origin of our species,” says Lyn Wadley at the University of the Witwatersrand in…
Social media algorithms love challenges with a number. I, for one, can’t get enough of the viral 12-3-30 treadmill workout (walking at 12% incline, at a speed of 3 miles per hour, for 30 minutes). I’ve yet to dabble in any others, but there’s a new one circulating that I’m tempted to take for a
Editors note: Doralice Goes, a Brazilian public servant, visited an organic products fair in her home city of Brasília in Federal District, on Dec. 31, 2021. Among the artisanal products was a tomato and almond pesto sauce. The 49-year-old stored it in her pantry and, 23 days later, on a Sunday night, opened the sauce
Another outbreak was traced to the consumption and handling of meat Published: February 23, 2026, 12:05 am Researchers have shared details of an outbreak at a funeral in Uganda that killed three young people. Aeromonas bacteria can cause food poisoning with an incubation period of 12 hours to seven days, typically 24 to 48 hours. In February 2024