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LISTEN | Woman recalls how fate spared her from ‘Facebook rapist’
In June 2011, Westville Girls High School pupil Anastasia Jennifer Lite, who was then 17, was almost a victim of “Facebook rapist” Thabo Bester when she agreed to meet him at a hotel in Durban for an interview for a role in an MTV show.
LISTEN | Change laws around owning big cats, says Sheba’s owner
Rassie Erasmus says a ‘gaping hole’ has been left in his soul after his tiger’s death
Mystery second body may be linked to Midrand millionaire’s murder
Private investigators are piecing together the puzzle.
Eskom forced to ‘micromanage’ sabotage cases
Prosecutors ‘unavailable’, magistrates ‘unwilling’ and suspects get ‘ridiculously’ low bail sums, says power utility’s general manager for security
Footballers pitted against shack dwellers who invade Tembisa soccer pitch
A football pitch in Kopanong, Tembisa, has been invaded by informal settlers who have erected close to 50 shacks on the arid pitch
SA’s highways a death trap as motorists dice with trucks
Road authorities warn of increase in fatal crashes as holidaymakers take to the roads this festive season to avoid exorbitant airline tickets.
Surgeon’s murder charge after patient dies sparks medical outcry
Doctors question the state’s competence in handling the case, noting that the Health Professions Council of SA had investigated the matter and decided against further action
Death of Durban couple highlights concerns over fumigation chemicals
The family of a Durban couple found dead in their apartment on Wednesday believe they were poisoned due to the wrong use of pesticides when their neighbour was having her flat fumigated for termites a week before.
Cash incentives for more coal deliveries linked to KZN horror crash
A global rise in demand for coal has seen truck drivers speed, take unnecessary risks and use drugs to stay awake on the road to benefit from incentive-based economic pressure by owners to meet export deadlines.
Human-wildlife clashes leave communities in fear
Cattle-killing lions spread fear among farmers, an enraged white rhino charges a woman and a rogue leopard attacks villagers — these are some of the ordeals experienced in recent months by communities on the borders of two major game reserves.























