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November 2021

Police officer to reappear in court

POTCHEFSTROOM – A 41-year-old Sergeant Frederick Wilhelem Barnard is expected to make a second appearance in the Klerksdorp Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 29 November 2021, for damaging essential infrastructure.The Sergeant was remanded in custody for a…

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Three people die in house fire

GQEBERHA – Three people, two adults and a minor child lost their lives in a fire that engulfed their home during the early hours of this morning in Kwadwesi.It is alleged that at about 00:15 in Mkonto Street, Govan Mbeki, Kwadwesi, a woman was woken up…

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South African Scientists Brace for Wave Propelled by Omicron

JOHANNESBURG — As the world grapples with the emergence of the new highly transmissible variant of COVID-19, worried scientists in South Africa — where omicron was first identified — are scrambling to combat its lightning spread across the country.   In the space of two weeks, the omicron variant has

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Cameroon school attack scares students, teachers

Cameroonian officials say a suspected separatist attack on a school this week, which left four students and a teacher dead, has scared hundreds of teachers and students from going to school.   Cameroon’s military said it launched a search Thursday for the suspected rebels, who it says were disguised as

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