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Brutal daylight attack on scenic Marine Drive By Sam Mkokeli A COUPLE on a Sunday afternoon drive was hauled from their car by three thugs, beaten and the woman raped along scenic Marine Drive in a brazen daylight attack yesterday.... 1 000 homes lost in Langa blaze Cape Town – Eight people died in a fire which destroyed about 1 000 informal houses in the Joe Slovo settlement, Langa, here yesterday.... Strong case to retain rugby’s springbok By Mawande Jack and Reuters SOUTH Africa’s springbok rugby emblem may be saved from extinction if Sarfu and the South African Sports Commission can reach a compromise.... Stay-away by police has some success By Mike Loewe Grahamstown – EIGHTEEN detectives here who embarked on a stay-away protest against staff shortages and case loads, averaging out at 166 for each detective, have finally met with some measure of success.... Kallis joins Bradman in elite batting club Hamilton – Jacques Kallis carved his name in cricket folklore here yesterday with his fifth century in consecutive Tests, brightening an other- wise uneventful final day of the drawn cricket Test between South Africa and New Zealand.... ‘500 SA women die a year from unsafe abortions’ By Bruce Venter Pretoria – An estimated 500 women die each year in South African hospitals from complications associated with abortion.... Cosatu ‘to ensure’ farm workers vote Brits – Cosatu is to launch a campaign to ensure that farm workers are able to vote in the coming election, the union federation’s president, Willie Madisha, told the funeral at the weekend of Nelson Chisale, who was allegedly assaulted and thrown to lions.... Mdladlana in call on black people to unite By Lulamile Feni Keiskammahoek – Only if black people would unite, irrespective of political affiliation, could they achieve economic freedom, Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana said here at the weekend.... Third SA corvette to be handed over today Johannesburg – The navy will today receive the third of four corvettes purchased under the controversial arms deal from a German shipyard. The shipyard, Blohm and Vos, said at the weekend the SAS Spioenkop would arrive in South Africa in late May.... Two East Cape men among 70 held in Z’babwe TWO Eastern Cape men are among the 67 alleged “mercenaries” and three crew members detained in Zimbabwe since last week.... Thousands attend Dullah Omar’s funeral By Jacques Keet and Helga van Staaden Cape Town – THOUSANDS of people, mainly Muslim, converged on the Vygieskraal Stadium in Rylands here on Saturday afternoon for the funeral ceremony of Transport Minister Dullah Omar, who died earlier in the day.... Police offer reward over assassination By Jimmy Matyu POLICE are offering a reward of R200 000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those who assassinated education district manager Michael Makhoabane, 50, in Alice, about six years ago.... Plans to care for young offenders ‘well on schedule’ By Thozi Ka Manyisana Bisho – The Eastern Cape departments of social development and education say they are proceeding well with their plans to improve the treatment and rehabilitation of young offenders.... |
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