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Suspended deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya allegedly initiated a drinking game of “dare or double dare” and demanded that an 18-year-old girl twerk for him before he allegedly raped her while she was unconscious, the investigating officer has told the Randburg Magistrate’s Court.

Suspended deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya allegedly initiated a drinking game of “dare or double dare” and demanded that an 18-year-old girl twerk for him before he allegedly raped her while she was unconscious, the investigating officer has told the Randburg Magistrate’s Court.

Most of the country can expect partly cloudy to cloudy conditions, with isolated showers or thundershowers in parts of Mpumalanga, Limpopo, the Northern Cape, Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, according to the South African Weather Service.

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Six of 12 Special Forces soldiers accused of the murder of Hawks Lieutenant-Colonel Frans Mathipa are yet to file an application challenging the Randburg Magistrates’ Court decision to revoke their bail, even though their legal team indicated that they intended to do so.

The SA Maritime Safety Authority has launched a preliminary enquiry into the fatal incident involving the tug Umkhuseli, after three bodies were recovered and two people remain missing following a rescue operation about 47 nautical miles south of Mossel Bay.

The SA Maritime Safety Authority has launched a preliminary enquiry into the fatal incident involving the tug Umkhuseli, after three bodies were recovered and two people remain missing following a rescue operation about 47 nautical miles south of Mossel Bay.

Zimbabwe has said compensation to white farmers for land seized 26 years ago has now reached $508 million (R8.5 billion), as the southern African nation seeks to restore access to international capital markets.

The family of Ann Hoffman, the fourth victim to succumb to her injuries after four men opened fire and peppered bullets into the three deceased on Tuesday night in Blombos Street, Lentegeur, Mitchells Plain, is mourning her death. All three men died at the scene, while Hoffman was transported to Groote Schuur Hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries on Wednesday morning.

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An Eastern Cape government-subsidised bus company says it has lost over 180 buses in the past 17 years to arson, largely at the hands of bakkie-turned-taxi operators.

An Eastern Cape government-subsidised bus company says it has lost over 180 buses in the past 17 years to arson, largely at the hands of bakkie-turned-taxi operators.

Malaysian billionaire Lim Kuang Sia, founder of rubber glove manufacturer Kossan Rubber Industries, has acquired a 10% stake in JSE-listed medicinal cannabis group Cilo Cybin for about R22 million.

A man accused of a sustained spree of rape and robbery at Glebelands Hostel in Umlazi was due to go on trial this week.

A man accused of a sustained spree of rape and robbery at Glebelands Hostel in Umlazi was due to go on trial this week.

People with solar systems at their homes or businesses that Eskom supplies will now qualify for a waiver of registration-related fees indefinitely, after the second deadline the utility tried to impose came and went.

False job offers remain the leading gateway in the human trafficking of South Africans, with young professionals increasingly targeted for cyber scam compounds in Southeast Asia, where they face violence, debt bondage, and forced criminality.

False job offers remain the leading gateway in the human trafficking of South Africans, with young professionals increasingly targeted for cyber scam compounds in Southeast Asia, where they face violence, debt bondage, and forced criminality.

A spokesperson for Prince Harry on Wednesday condemned as “extraordinarily reckless” two press photographers seen outside his children’s UK school.

A copper bell that has rung out across Bethelsdorp for more than two centuries, marking worship, mourning, and the rhythm of community life, has been stolen from the grounds of one of South Africa’s heritage sites.