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National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise is currently on trial for animal cruelty relating to dead and emaciated animals found on her farm in the North West.  Her legal representative, advocate Dali Mpofu SC, told the court the private prosecution is a frivolous political stunt. AfriForum has denied this, saying there …

Durban – Two brothers were shot dead in Himalaya Drive in Shallcross on Tuesday afternoon. According to KZN police spokesperson Captain Nqobile Gwala, Chatsworth police received a complaint of a shooting at Himalaya Drive Shallcross and proceeded to the scene just after 5pm. “On arrival they found two males with …

Frank Chemaly Quick thinking saved the day as a fire tore through the upper two floors of a block of flats in Florida Road yesterday. While firefighters raced to the scene at upmarket Mitchell Heights, local resident Siyabonga Mathenjwa, who was in his flat on the second floor when the …

Former president Jacob Zuma “fears no finding” from the Zondo commission into state capture. Zuma wants Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo to recuse himself as chairperson. The commission’s evidence leader said Zuma’s application regarding Zondo appears to be based on political conspiracies. Former president Jacob Zuma doesn’t fear any finding, …

Cape Town – While a 28-year-old suspect who allegedly knocked down cyclist Nathier Roberts, 38, during a bike ride appeared in court, family and friends mourned his death at his Janaza (funeral) in Goodwood yesterday. Roberts died after he was knocked down by an allegedly drunk driver during a bike …