Madlanga commission police witness Sergeant Fannie Nkosi said he feared being poisoned in prison and had diabetes, reasons which the court said were insufficient to allow him to be placed in Kgosi Mampuru’s hospital wing
The South African Weather Service has warned of severe thunderstorms with heavy rain, hail and damaging winds, which may lead to flooding in parts of KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, the Free State and North West.
Burundi nominated former Senegal president Macky Sall for UN chief, but Africa’s backing fractured. AU procedural disputes, objections and regional politics scuppered a united endorsement.
The Mangaung Metro, which governs Bloemfontein and surrounding towns, has lost more than R1.6 billion worth of water over the past five financial years.
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South African investors have come to realise that there are exciting companies on the local market. We had to be patient for this kind of sentiment to come through, but our market is holding up really well in an uncertain global environment.
It’s been nearly four years since Fiona Mpfunzeni Matodzi, who was nine years old at the time, vanished without a trace, leaving her family and community in despair.
After retaining his Masters title, Rory McIlroy spent four hours dealing with presentations and interviews but was still smiling for the final one, writes Iain Carter.