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Most South Africans believe that poverty is the root cause of escalating crime levels.
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Desmond Tutu is showing no signs of slowing down as he turns 77, and is still an advocate for justice.
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I am hurting, says Tutu
06/10/2008 13:31
Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu says he is "hurting" about the conditions that led to him to say he would not vote were an election held today.

  • Fiery Tutu still fighting at 77
  • Tutu says he might not vote
  • Zuma vs State back in court
    06/10/2008 13:31
    Argument in the application brought by the NPA to appeal Judge Chris Nicholson's finding that ANC president Jacob Zuma was entitled to representation before he was charged will be heard in the Durban High Court.
  • NPA withdraws Thint charges
  • NPA: Zuma firing irrelevant
  • NPA files Nicholson appeal


  • Mystery disease 'not airborne'
    06/10/2008 12:32
    The highly infectious disease that has killed at least three people is not airborne and there is no need to panic, says Gauteng's head of communicable diseases.
  • 4th death from mystery illness?
  • Gauteng hospitals 'on high alert'
  • Haemorrhagic diseases


  • Fiery Tutu still fighting at 77
    06/10/2008 13:08
    Desmond Tutu is showing no signs of slowing down as he turns 77, and is still an outspoken advocate for justice.
  • Tutu says he might not vote
  • Tutu praises peaceful transition
  • Tutu: I am deeply disturbed


  • NPA withdraws Thint charges
    06/10/2008 12:32
    The National Prosecuting Authority has provisionally withdrawn charges against Jacob Zuma's co-accused - SA subsidiaries of French arms giant Thales International.
  • NPA to drop Thint charges
  • NPA to appeal Zuma ruling


  • Bodyguard arrested for extortion
    06/10/2008 12:32
    A bodyguard for Msunduzi Deputy Mayor Mervyn Dirks has been arrested and charged with kidnapping and extortion, relating to drug-dealing in Pietermaritzburg.

    Man, 80, burns to death
    06/10/2008 11:23
    An unattended candle is believed to have caused a fire in which an 80-year old man burnt to death in Durban's Umlazi area.
  • Man burnt to death in KZN


  • SABC opposes TV election ads
    06/10/2008 11:23
    The SABC will lose up to R91.8m in advertising revenue if it were compelled to flight political party adverts, Icasa has heard.

    'Poverty the root cause of crime'
    06/10/2008 11:22
    Most South Africans believe that poverty is the root cause of escalating crime levels in the country, a survey has found.
  • Not enough done since '94
  • Criminals feel 'entitled' to steal


  • 100 arrested at roadblocks
    06/10/2008 10:08
    About 100 people have been arrested for various offences at roadblocks in Soweto over the weekend, most of them for public drinking.
  • Jo'burg blitz nets almost 300


  • 4th death from mystery illness?
    06/10/2008 10:07
    A Joburg hospital cleaner is believed to have died of a mystery flu-like illness, after a Zambian woman, a paramedic and a nurse died of a similar illness.
  • Gauteng hospitals 'on high alert'
  • Health scare in Gauteng
  • Haemorrhagic diseases


  • Well-known racing driver dies
    06/10/2008 09:12
    Well-known racing driver Paul Pfeiffer has died after his car left the road during the Blue Crane race and plunged into a dam.

    Search still on for missing plane
    06/10/2008 09:12
    Rescue workers are still searching for a light aircraft that went missing in the Barberton area in Mpumalanga.
  • Plane missing in Mpumalanga


  • Gauteng hospitals 'on high alert'
    06/10/2008 08:44
    The National Institute for Communicable Diseases is urgently doing tests to determine the origin of a highly contagious disease that has already killed three people in Gauteng.
  • Health scare in Gauteng


  • Boesak quits 'anti-gay' church
    06/10/2008 08:06
    Dr Allan Boesak has accused the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa of betraying the Belhar Confession, which pledged against all forms of discrimination.
  • Boesak to quit church positions
  • 'Demon of racism' in NG Church


  • Girl discovers strangled sister
    06/10/2008 08:05
    A nine-year-old girl is to receive counselling, after she tried in vain to wake her 11-year-old sister, who was allegedly raped and then strangled to death.
  • Girl, 11, raped and murdered


  • Abducted man bundled into boot
    06/10/2008 00:36
    A gang of five robbers has kidnapped an Erasmia man. Police say they bundled him into the boot of a car before driving off.
  • Hijacker leaves cop in veld
  • Kidnap victim 'a bit emotional'


  • Plane missing in Mpumalanga
    05/10/2008 22:06
    A plane with nine people on board has gone missing in Mpumalanga. It's feared that the aircraft might have crashed into a mountain near Barberton.
  • Passenger tried to escape


  • Teen rapists caught red-handed
    05/10/2008 21:21
    Two boys, aged 16 and 17, have been arrested in Welkom for raping a girl. They were caught red-handed, say police.
  • Joburg boy, 5, raped
  • Wanted serial rapist strikes


  • Expensive jol for party-goer
    05/10/2008 21:21
    Johannesburg metro cops have arrested ten motorists for speeding on the N1 South. One of them, doing 223 km/h, said he was rushing home after a party...
  • Speedster coughs up R10 000
  • Speedster loses 'Japanese toy'


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