News

Rising Hollywood star Jonathan Majors was convicted Monday of assaulting and harassing his ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari, prompting Marvel to drop him from a prime role in its superhero blockbusters.

Tongaat Hulett appears to be inching its way towards liquidation as the (currently suspended) JSE-listed sugar producer and property developer’s business rescue process increasingly becomes bogged down by legal challenges. There is a credible international buyer [Lusitania] who wants to buy Tongaat’s Mozambican operations for R4 billion. That is more money than the preferred bidder was prepared to pay for the whole group

Two Zimbabwean nationals will spend the next week behind bars following their arrest on charges of perjury. A spokesperson for Mpumalanga police Brigadier Selvy Mohlala says the suspects allegedly stole money from the Casino business they work for and then opened a case of armed robbery to cover their tracks.

A Grade 7 learner from Echibini Junior Secondary School in Soshanguve in Gauteng was raped and strangled to death in her home on Sunday.

The National Department of Health has deployed 1 540 additional ambulances across the country's major routes to accelerate the turnaround time for emergency medical response during the festive season. Spokesperson Foster Mohale says this is due to this period associated with a high demand for emergency services.

A Sergeant attached to the Kamesh police station, who has been charged with murder, will spend Christmas behind bars.

A mother from Wells Estate who left three children in the care of her boyfriend will have to deal with funeral arrangements a week before Christmas. This after the shack of 36-year-old Mzwamadoda Petros caught fire in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has issued a warning to South African nationals joining the war in Gaza. In a statement issued on Monday, DIRCO says they are alarmed by reports that SA citizens have joined or are considering joining the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) and in some cases the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

The Eastern Cape Department of Health has revealed that 553 young girls under the age of 14 gave birth across the province in the last financial year.