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LIFE FOR A LOAF: DUO GET FIFTEEN YEARS FOR STEALING R100

It was a robbery committed for R100, but Godfrey Nhlapo and Tumi Tsotetsi are going to spend a long time in jail - one year in fact for every seven rand they stole.

Hero boyfriend dies fighting thugs who robbed his sweetheart

When his girlfriend arrived home from work crying hysterically and told her boyfriend she had been robbed at gunpoint, he wanted revenge.

“DO YOUR DAMNDEST” – ZUMA

Former President Jacob Zuma snubbed the Constitutional Court on Wednesday, ignoring a deadline to advise how he should be punished for being in contempt of court.

When it comes to race, there’s always a South African angle

America’s racially charged trial of the Minneapolis police officer charged with murdering a black man, George Floyd, by kneeling on his neck for nine and a half minutes, got its South African moment on Wednesday.

Justice for murdered Pan-African icon Thomas Sankara after 34 years?

The EFF has welcomed the Burkina Faso government’s decision to prosecute former strongman Blaise Compaoré for murdering Thomas Sankara.

Penniless Maritzburg students forced to sleep on street

It’s been five days since thirty five students from Mgungundlovu TVET College in Pietermaritzburg started sleeping on the street outside campus with no food to eat.

Mystery of mother and two kids missing for a week

A week has passed since Suzan Makhovha and her two children Vhuthuhawe and Takalani went missing.

Facebook Bitche slaps French town

Ville de Bitche, an historic town in northern France, has fallen victim to a Facebook algorithm, which deleted its page for using offensive language on 19 March.

South African superkid SuperMash to be youngest ever speaker at global forum

At the tender age of eight, Prince Mashawana is about to make history and become the youngest ever speaker to do a Tedx Talk.

Banyana’s winning ways

Banyana Banyana rounded off their friendlies with a comfortable 2-0 victory over neighbours Botswana on Tuesday.

Sundowns and the Buccaneers to face off in gloves-off affair

The gloves are off as Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pirates promise a great matchup in their long-awaited Nedbank Cup quarter-final tie on Thursday.

VACCINE ROLLOUT ON THE ROCKS

South Africa's Covid vaccine programme is on the rocks after the government stopped the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine because of worldwide fears it could lead to blood clots in a very small proportion of patients.

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