Cold front expected to hit Johannesburg in coming week

Snow clings to branches during below-freezing temperatures. 1 minute The South African Weather Service(SAWS) has issued a weather warning for extremely low temperatures in Johannesburg, Gauteng from Wednesday. The cold spell is expected to last for the rest of the week. City of Johannesburg Emergency Management Services has encouraged residents to use all heating devices…

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Batohi says won’t step down amid Omotoso acquittal debacle

NPA’s Shamila Batohi addresses a media conference. 2 minutes The National Director of Public Prosecutions Advocate Shamila Batohi says she will not step down from her position. This after several calls by some members of Parliament’s Justice and Constitutional Development Portfolio Committee, during a meeting where the NPA appeared to address the matter of televangelist…

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NPA drops 7-year-old girl’s sexual assault case

1 minute The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has confirmed that it will not prosecute a case of the sexual assault of a seven-year-old girl that was presented to prosecutors in Matatiele Magistrate’s Court in November last year. NPA spokesperson Advocate Mthunzi Mhaga says the prosecutors assessed the contents of the docket and concluded that there was…

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Phala Phala farm theft trial to start on Monday

Phala Phala farm in Limpopo. 2 minutes The trial of the three accused in the February 2020 theft at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm will start tomorrow in the Modimolle Regional Court in Limpopo. Immanuela David and siblings Floriana and Ndilinasho Joseph allegedly broke into Ramaphosa’s farm and stole over $580 000 that had been…

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Palace fans head to FA Cup final still hurting from 1990

Player places the ball for a corner kick. 4 minutes Crystal Palace face Manchester City at Wembley on Saturday hoping to lift the FA Cup for the first time and it is guaranteed that high on the pre-match agenda will be the club’s extraordinary and eventually heartbreaking 1990 campaign. The semi-final and final that year…

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