On Thursday morning the Hawks raided the Durban North home of former eThekwini Mayor, Zandile Gumede. According to reports, the raid was to seize assets related to a dodgy R208 million tender within the Durban Solid Waste (DSW) department that Gumede is currently facing corruption charges against. As attempts were being made to reach Gumede […]
The FBI is asking for the public’s help in identifying dozens of victims of a convicted murderer who has confessed to strangling 93 people, claims the agency says are credible and make him the most prolific serial killer in US history. Investigators who have interviewed Samuel Little at a Los Angeles-area prison say they have […]
An unidentified man was killed near the Verulam Testing Grounds on Sunday night after his vehicle overturned. According to Reaction Unit South Africa the incident happened shortly after 22:00, leaving the driver crashed by the car. A tow truck was used to lift the vehicle which allowed the rescue workers to free the deceased from […]
A Durban father accused of hanging his four children will now also face a charge of rape in an unrelated case, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) confirmed this week. The 44-year-old father who tried taking his own life when police arrested him last month, just days after the discovery of his children, is currently in […]
Scientists have captured a view of a colossal black hole violently ripping apart a doomed star, illustrating a extraordinary and chaotic cosmic event from beginning to end for the first time using NASA’s planet-hunting telescope. The US space agency’s orbiting Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, better known as TESS, revealed the detailed timeline of a star […]
More than 25 women from Cape Town were awarded at an event hosted by Panache International on Monday evening. The first annual Cape Town Panache Women of Wonder (WOW) awards kicked off at the Tuscany in Jane Street, Rylands. The annual event which occurs across South Africa and internationally, acknowledges extraordinary women who strive to […]
A group of parents at a local Islamic school in Cape Town are calling on the school principal to step up after experiencing a number of issues at the school. One of the parents, Amiena Jacobs, told Deen Times that she is unhappy with the services provided at The leadership College (TLC). Jacobs explained that […]
Police in Liberia say a fire at a Quranic school east of the capital, Monrovia, has killed at least 27 people and many are thought to be children. Police spokesman Moses Carter said Wednesday that the fire around midnight gutted a dormitory and school building where students slept about 7 miles (11 kilometers) east of […]
As fires burn across the Brazilian Amazon, the vast state of Amazonas has been among the hardest hit, with more than 6,600 blazes recorded in August, 2 1/2 times more than the same month a year ago. Yet official documents seen by The Associated Press show that Brazil’s government has begun legal procedures to transfer […]
Simplified IT Services held a successful fundraiser in aid of Habibia Children’s Home at Camps Bay High School’s Hall last Saturday. The Winter Wonderland themed event was attended by more than 100 people who were entertained by local artists who included the late Taliep Petersen’s daughter Jawaahier Petersen, Ramaine Barreiro-Lloyd, Cindy Gibbons and upcoming superstar, […]
