These are the main stories on News 24 today. What depressing reading they make. What does it say about our beautiful country? And how long before we are a completely failed nation? No respect for life, private property, authority, education and a corrupt government run by criminals and fraudsters.
When I read headlines like this I don’t even want to read any further. I just wish I lived somewhere else.
Girl’s attackers ‘drank her blood’
30 minutes ago
The family of a murdered West Rand schoolgirl have told of their horror at hearing that her killers had drunk blood from her body after stabbing her.
28 arrested for hijacking building
30 minutes ago
A group of 28 people who ignored a court order instructing them to leave a building in Jeppestown have been arrested, the Hawks say.
33 arrested for illegal mining
2013-03-06 07:41
The Hawks say 33 men have been arrested for illegal mining at Sibanye Gold Mine on the West Rand after being discovered underground by mine security guards.
Man jailed for hijacking, killing woman
2013-03-06 07:41
A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment after he used a young girl to stop a motorist, whom he then hijacked, robbed and murdered, Eastern Cape police say.
Teen appears for murder of classmate
2013-03-05 20:55
A 15-year-old girl accused of fatally stabbing another teen has appeared in the Randfontein Magistrate’s Court.
5 provinces on textbook shame list
2013-03-05 20:54
Limpopo is not the only province with shortages of textbooks and stationery in schools, the department of basic education has told Parliament.
2013-03-05 22:27
The reported assaults on a Western Cape school teacher were “immoral behaviour”, the ACDP says.
MEC, 5 co-accused get bail in murder case
2013-03-05 22:28
A North West MEC and 5 other suspects accused of murdering ANC official Obuti Chika have been granted bail in the Klerksdorp Magistrate’s Court.