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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…