Tag Archives: Pretoria News

South Africa: Selebi back in hospital

August 3, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Ten days after being discharged from the Steve Biko Academic Hospital following his release on medical parole last month, former police commissioner Jackie Selebi is back in hospital. Selebi was released on medical parole on July 20 after he was … read more »

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S.Africa: Party’s over for ‘King of Bling’

April 12, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Only two years ago he was the toast of the town, rubbing shoulders with the likes of US music stars R Kelly and Akon and hosting some of the biggest parties in Pretoria has ever seen. But on Wednesday convicted … read more »

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Court to rule on Dewani extradition

August 10, 2011 by benim

London – Honeymoon murder accused Shrien Dewani will learn in the Belmarsh Magistrate’s Court in London on Wednesday whether or not he will be extradited to South Africa amid yet another lurid allegation about his sex life. The British press … read more »

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South Africa: Nanny gets life for raping boy

March 1, 2011 by benim

Durban – The Nongoma Regional Court handed a life sentence to a 25-year-old woman on Monday for raping a 5-year-old boy she was hired to look after, police said. Lieutenant Colonel Thembeka Luthuli-Mbele said the woman was arrested in January … read more »

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South Africa: Accused wife killer to go for observation

February 28, 2011 by benim

Pretoria – The trial of a security guard accused of raping and strangling his wife in a Pretoria park three years ago has been postponed so that a psychiatrist can examine him. The North Gauteng High Court put off the … read more »

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Robbers killed in dramatic shootout

February 23, 2011 by benim

A quick-thinking Pretoria teacher’s screams telling her Grade 1 pupils to drop down on to the floor beneath their desks as a gang of nine robbers opened fire at a cash-in-transit van outside the school, probably saved the lives of … read more »

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South Africa: Wife walks in on ‘rape’

February 22, 2011 by benim

An Ivory Park man was on the run on Monday after his wife caught him raping his 10-year-old step-daughter, police said. Warrant Officer Neldah Hlase said the girl’s mother left the two together on Sunday while she went shopping. On … read more »

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South Africa: Witness caught man raping girl, 11

January 11, 2011 by benim

The homeless man was gathering wood when he heard a girl crying. He followed the sound, and caught the attacker red-handed while he was raping the 11-year-old. On Monday Patrick Montsho told the Pretoria Regional Court how he saw the … read more »

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South Africa: Generous businessman dies on Table Mountain

January 11, 2011 by benim

The man believed to have been a generous donor to two car guards has fallen to his death from the viewing platform at the top of Table Mountain. The suspected suicide took place almost a year to the day after … read more »

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South Africa: Mob murders ‘witchcraft’ priest

December 31, 2010 by benim

Armed police watched helplessly as a mob stoned to death a Limpopo priest they believed had “bewitched” his young relative into committing suicide. Albert Shai, 65, of Rakoma village outside Tzaneen, was killed after a relative, 20-year-old Mohale Shai, apparently … read more »

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South Africa: Mom tells of being raped

December 10, 2010 by benim

She begged him not to rape her and told him he could take whatever she had. He instead threw her on the bed, raped her and then called his friend to have his turn. All this happened while her four-year-old … read more »

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South Africa: Cop jailed for aiding robber

November 30, 2010 by benim

All hope was not lost for a robber who had dropped his credit card at a crime scene, as he had a police contact willing to make the damning evidence “disappear”. However, things went from bad to worse when honest … read more »

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