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Girl, 3, fighting for her life
Johannesburg - A three-year-old girl is fighting for her life after she nearly drowned in her family's swimming pool in Sandton on Saturday, paramedics said. ER24 spokesperson Werner Vermaak said family members found the girl...
Girl, 3, drowns in river
Johannesburg - The body of a three-year-old girl was recovered from the Cicirha River in Mthatha on Saturday after she fell off a log and drowned, Eastern Cape police said. "She was walking on a log trying to cross the river...
32 held after mine explosion
Johannesburg - Police arrested 32 mine employees at a Rustenburg mine after an explosion during a sit-in which injured three police officers, a spokesperson said on Saturday. On Thursday evening, three former employees of...
Drivers keep KZN medics busy
Johannesburg - A total of 20 people were injured in five separate accidents in KwaZulu-Natal on Friday and Saturday, paramedics said. On Saturday afternoon, a motorcyclist sustained head injuries after a car skipped a red...
BRT not in tatters: Authorities
The City of Johannesburg maintains its Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system is world class and is not in tatters. The pronouncement comes after reports that the newly launched bus service failed to attract the number of passengers...
UFS council chair replaced
Johannesburg - Free State High Court Judge Faan Hancke has been replaced as the chairperson of the Free State University council, the university announced on Saturday. Another Judge, Ian Van der Merwe, was appointed as the new...
4 held for R2m stolen copper
Johannesburg - Four men were arrested for the theft of R2m worth of copper in Kew, Gauteng police said on Saturday. The copper was stolen from a supply store in Kew at 18:00, said Inspector Moses Maphakela. Police followed a...
SOUTH AFRICA: Life expectancy drops
JOHANNESBURG, 21 November 2009 (IRIN) - South Africans are dying younger and in greater numbers, and HIV/AIDS is to blame, according to a report released this week by the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Jivan Keshavjee, Habib Chagan and the Ismaili community of Pretoria
Excerpt: The community of Ismaili Shia Muslims to which Miriam and Habib belonged was small but very enterprising. Its founder, Jivan Keshavjee, had arrived in Pretoria in 1894, about the time the Coolie Location was set aside...
Newcomer to shake up Namibian election
JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba, who attracted 76.4 percent of the presidential vote in the previous elections in 2004, is certain to triumph, along with his South West African People’s...
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