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Angy Peter trial: Was murder victim’s dying declaration likely?
State prosecutor, Advocate Phistus Pelesa, continued to cross-examine Dr Almin Steyn in the Angy Peter trial on Thursday.
Adam Armstrong
News | 23 May 2014
Former champion Jaji Sbali puts on the gloves in Philippi
Former champion flyweight and junior bantamweight Jaji Sbali from Mdantsane - the home of so many champion boxers - is determined to teach young boxers in Philippi the sport he loves.
Siyabonga Kalipa
News | 23 May 2014
Eastern Cape voters explain why they voted the way they did
Three weeks after the general election, results are still being digested. GroundUp went to the Eastern Cape, to the rural settlement of Tsolo near Mthatha, and asked how and why people voted the way they did.
Pharie Sefali
News | 23 May 2014
Dudley Lee, who successfully sued government, has died
Dudley Lee died at the age of 68 on 21 May in Victoria Hospital. He successfully sued the Minister of Correctional Services because he became ill with tuberculosis (TB) while awaiting trial in Pollsmoor prison.
GroundUp Staff
News | 23 May 2014
Suspected ATM robbers beaten severely in Mfuleni
Two men suspected of ATM fraud were severely beaten and stoned in a mob attack at the taxi rank in Mfuleni on Wednesday afternoon.
Johnnie Isaac
News | 22 May 2014
Angy Peter trial: Dying declaration unlikely testifies surgeon
Dr Elmin Steyn testified in the Angy Peter trial yesterday that it was “extremely unlikely” that someone in Rowan du Preez’s condition would have been able to “have a long and complicated conversation” in which he identified his assailants.
Adam Armstrong
News | 22 May 2014
Khayelitsha creche hoping for flush toilets at last
The founder of Suphumelela Day Care in Khayelitsha is hoping city officials will provide portable toilets for the creche children, who have been using buckets for a year.
Barbara Maregele
News | 22 May 2014
Home Affairs says it will renew special Zimbabwean permits
Yesterday the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) announced that Cabinet approved the renewal of permits issued under the Special Dispensation for Zimbabweans.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 21 May 2014