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…
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…