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An unidentified man was impaled when he fell from the top floor of the condemned Kruger Park flats.
The block of flats, owned by the Tshwane metro, were evacuated in July 2008 after a fire claimed the lives of five people. Ever since the fire, the building, which has been declared unfit for human habitation, has been a constant target of thieves trying to make a quick buck from scrap metal.
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The DA has welcomed the launch of a second investigation into another of SA’s top spooks, the recently appointed head of the State Security Agency’s special operations unit, Thulani Dhlomo.
He is reportedly already the subject of an investigation by the KwaZulu-Natal provincial treasury into claims that he interfered in the awarding of contracts worth R45 million when he was head of security in the provincial social development department.
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“The ANCWL is committed to deal decisively with patriarchy wherever it threatens to raise its ugly head across all the discussion documents,” African National Congress Women’s League spokeswoman Troy Martens said in a statement on Tuesday.
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Though the ANC said robust debate on policy issues will take centre stage, delegates said the leadership battle and factional positions that have emerged ahead of the conference are likely to dominate this week’s proceedings.
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Orlando Pirates new signings Aubrey Ngoma and Ayanda Gcaba are looking forward to the prospect of donning the back and white jersey this season.
Gcaba and Ngoma were among the six signings Irvin Khoza formally announced this morning, the others being Onyekachi Okonkwo, Patrick Phungwayo, Manti Moholo and Khethokwakhe Masuku.
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Gcaba is a versatile player who can play at central defence and at left-back, while Ngoma plays as an attacking midfielder,both on the left wing and behind the strikers, where he excelled during his stint at University of Pretoria last season.
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It would have been too optimistic to think that none of the 40 365 prisoners pardoned in April as part of Freedom Day celebrations would relapse, Correctional Services Minister Sibusiso Ndebele said on Monday.
“It would gave been optimistic to think that none of the offenders would relapse into crime,” Ndebele told a media briefing by government’s justice, crime prevention and security cluster.
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Gniewino, Poland – Spain midfielder and sometime ‘false number nine’ Cesc Fabregas said Monday nobody should compare him with Barcelona teammate Lionel Messi.
With Spain set to go up against Portugal in their Euro 2012 semifinal this week, Fabregas insisted he is a totally different kind of player even if with the Spanish he has been called upon to shoulder some goalscoring responsibilities –with success, netting against Italy and Ireland.
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Cape Town’s elite border police unit operates with stealth. The job requires it. And without it, they concede, they would not have the upper hand.
The ingenuity and eternal inventiveness of drug mules and their handlers means that the men and women of this little-known unit at Cape Town International Airport need to keep their eyes peeled and their instincts sharp for the attempted daily deceptions they encounter.
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Criminal gangs in Ireland are using voodoo rituals to traffic young African women into the country to be exploited as prostitutes.
The “black magic” hoodwinks the women into believing their families will suffer if they don’t agree to travel here.
Gardai encountered the practice during a wide-ranging investigation into human trafficking.
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