A bogus psychiatrist who apparently raped a mentally retarded woman was arrested when he returned to her house in Northern Province on Monday for another “house call”. Residents of Tshware village in Mankweng, near Pietersburg, lay in wait for the 23-year-old unemployed man after word got out that he had raped the 26-year-old woman on Friday.
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A Northern Province school principal has pleaded guilty in the Calcutta Magistrate’s Court to raping a 13-year-old pupil on his office floor. Deck Mabudze (42) who heads Harvest Rock Combined School in Kildare trust in Calcutta, Bushbuckridge, was remanded in custody on Monday and the case was postponed to September 18 for judgement and sentencing.
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A US student studying at the University of Natal has been reported missing after she failed to arrive in New York City. The 20-year old girl, who was assaulted in South Africa in March, insisted on completing her studies and spending some time travelling.
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Protests are growing in South Africa against the country’s plan to give the security services new powers to monitor terrorists and serious criminals.
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The South African government plan to introduce a bill allowing them to snoop on any and all communications… while banning communications that can’t be monitored. When all encryption is outlawed, only outlaws will…
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Robbers armed with AK47s stole R64 million in foreign currency and jewellery from a Swiss Air plane on the landing strip at Johannesburg International Airport.
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Wouter Basson has admitted to hiding his military background from Nelson Mandela in visits to Mandela’s home. The visits involved Libyan businessmen, whom Basson claimed to be intelligence officers.
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In what appears to be a racially motivated attack, a white woman from George was attacked by two white men who carved the letter “K” on her chest with a knife. The men called her a “kaffirboetie”, or “kaffir lover.”
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