A kick and 'the suitcase' groaned... Independent Online Police searched the entire house, but the man they had come to arrest was nowhere to be seen. Even the suspect's mother, yanked out of bed around 3am, was adamant she hadn't set eyes on him for a long time. But a reliable informer had ... |
![]() Times LIVE | News hounds bite back Mail & Guardian Online Journalists will appeal to President Jacob Zuma to lean on the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) and to assure the country that state resources are not being used to intimidate and embarrass journalists. The league's recent verbal attacks ... 'Don't try to muzzle media' Editors and Cosatu take on youth league over 'intimidation' ANC criticises SANEF for supporting journos' complaint |
![]() Times LIVE | Police prepare for busy day at Jub Jub trial Independent Online Members of the police and media were slowly arriving at the Protea Magistrate's Court on Friday ahead of the last day of the bail hearing by hip-hop artist Molemo "Jub Jub" Maarohanye and Themba Tshabalala. The area around the court house in Soweto was ... Rapper cries in dock D Day for Jub Jub in the Battle of the Bail 'Don't crucify me!' - Jub Jub |
Times LIVE | Cope bid to oust JZ falls flat Sowetan ATTEMPTS by Cope to pass a motion of no confidence against President Jacob Zuma fell flat in Parliament yesterday. The motion was supported by the UDM, ID, DA, ACDP and Freedom Front Plus but got the thumbs down from ANC MPs who have a 64percent ... 'Sex addict' Zuma gets full backing from ANC ANC fights for Zuma no-confidence plee ANC slams 'motion of no confidence' in Zuma |
![]() Times LIVE | ANC axes KZN mayor and exco Times LIVE The ANC has axed the mayor of Pietermaritzburg's Msunduzi municipality, Zanele Hlatshwayo, her deputy, the council's speaker and its executive committee - all of them accused of helping the municipality slide into near-bankruptcy. ... I'm still in charge, says axed mayor ANC to make changes in uMsunduzi council DA calls for Mayor's head |
Shrine at scene of horror killing Independent Online A sombre scene greeted Tshwane mayor Gwen Ramokgopa when she visited the home of slain teenager Anika Smit on the eve of her funeral. Ramokgopa and several mayoral committee members called at the home to pay their respects to Anika's ... Anika Smit laid to rest Mom: Who would want to hurt Anika? Dad calls for death penalty |
![]() Times LIVE | Zuma's bodyguards groped me: reporter Times LIVE Sky News journalist Emma Hurd says she was pushed, manhandled and "groped" by President Jacob Zuma's VIP guards, reports Talk Radio 702. Hurd said she was pushed around when she tried to speak to Zuma during an election event in March last year, ... Journos held outside Zuma's house Now Zuma wants report on guards Zuma's bodyguards target a top international journalist |
Concern over accident victims' treatment Independent Online The Eastern Cape Health Department has expressed concern at a report that a German woman died after being turned away from a private hospital in East London on Thursday. Department spokesman Sizwe Kupelo said the woman had been injured in a head-on ... 59 new doctors for EC Injured tourist dies Health manager faces disciplinary hearing |
Times Online | IAF strikes in Gaza after Kassam Jerusalem Post IAF aircraft struck six targets in the Gaza Strip overnight Thursday, in response to a Kassam attack that killed a foreign worker in Netiv Ha'asara earlier in the day. The army said it struck three smuggling tunnels on ... Israeli army confirms air strikes on Gaza Neither Israel nor Hamas wants another Gaza war Israeli aircraft strike Gaza |
Jerusalem construction is now a national obsession Ha'aretz It is doubtful that anyone in the present administration in the White House, or anywhere in the world, has the patience or desire to get to the bottom of the motives behind the Netanyahu government. But those who nonetheless want to ... Middle East Quartet set to meet in Moscow on Israel row Palestinian officials urge Quartet to put pressure on Israel Mideast Quartet to Meet in Moscow |