Actress and talk show host Drew Barrymore, 48, had a scary ‘fan encounter’ at a speaking engagement in Manhattan on Monday evening when a ranting stalker came rushing at the stage.
Carting off ‘undesirable’ kids to overcrowded correctional institutions won’t be the ‘quick fix’ that the SA government seems to be hoping for.
Keep in mind that these poor guys will be in front of the next service delivery protest, taxi strike, or brawl at a school near you soon, so they need to know what it’s like when the rubber meets the riot shield.
When we say bags, we mean BAGS.
The Alabama Police Department was caught in an awkward incident this week as one of their own was caught red-handed stealing Pokémon cards from a local shop.
Pistorius’s release has been universally supported by his prison social worker, psychologists, unit manager and head of recreation. Quite whether the one-time hero would be accepted back into a country that watched with horrified fascination as he tried to wash his hands of any guilt is another story altogether.
Next time you’re sharing your deepest darkest secrets with your bestie via a voice note, be aware that your voice is now out there in virtual space.
The municipal head office in Swellendam was torched while several other buildings and shops were looted as protesters went on the rampage this morning.
The High Court in Christchurch, New Zealand, has this morning found Lauren Dickason guilty of the murder of her three daughters.
Misplaced mushies or malicious murder? We’ll have to wait and see.
Three suspects were nabbed in connection with a daring cash-in-transit (CIT) heist this week, which saw the theft of R8,000 in coins.
According to Bosnian media, the guy said “Hey guys, you’re going to see something you’ve never seen before – a live murder. It’s a massacre.”
Once you get past the WTF moment, you have to admire the fancy footwork done by everyone involved. Smoke, mirrors, and remissions aside, did we really think Zuma was ever going to go back to jail?
The 26-year-old speedster was nabbed hurtling at an astounding 275 km/h through the bustling streets of Sandton, which is almost two-and-a-half times the designated 120 km/h for drivers in this zone. Dad’s gonna be pissed.
In a significant legal development, a federal appeals court in the US has declared a decades-old law unconstitutional when applied to a marijuana user’s firearm ownership.
It seems there is more drama to be had as society tries to scrape this guy from the bottom of its shoe. This time the murderous rapist claims that about R30 million worth of ill-gotten luxury goods went missing after his arrest by the boys in blue.
Sancho’s family on Sunday released a statement asking for ‘maximum respect for Daniel in these delicate moments of maximum confusion’. Funny way to describe your son being busted for dismembering his lover.
It is now up to National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, to schedule a vote in the National Assembly that will determine whether Motata is impeached. We will likely have an outcome on that process before 2037. Maybe.
All this does not bode too well for South Africa as every form of transport is beginning to either be non-functional, or potentially life-threatening. At this rate, school runs will soon have to be done in Mad Max-style armoured convoys.
Razzlekhan also claimed to be a successful tech businesswoman, calling herself an economist, serial entrepreneur, software investor, and of course, a rapper.
Lizzo posted an apology yesterday after a suspiciously long silence following the numerous accusations which include sexual harassment, creation of a hostile work environment, false imprisonment, and prevention of prospective economic advantage.
And it’s not just the taxi drivers who are bringing the violence. A viral clip came to light yesterday of South African Police Service (SAPS) officers beating the crap out of a taxi driver who had been pulled from his van.
Adapted from Deon Meyer’s best-selling novel of the same name, the new series promises to take viewers on a rollercoaster ride through the seedy world of Cape Town’s criminal underbelly.
Once again, South Africans get to watch shocking footage of policemen filling up their pockets with cold hard cash.
If you were wondering why Cape Town traffic was particularly chaotic yesterday afternoon, it has something to do with Cape Town’s new impounding by-laws and the un-inpoundable taxis.
When paramedics arrived at the scene, they found that the truck had tipped right across the freeway, blocking the entire road as drivers tried to make alternative routes. As oranges tumbled from the huge industrial vehicle, passers-by took the moment of chaos to nab fruit.
Among the items found in the dodgy illegal lab were one thousand bioengineered mice, of which about two hundred were dead and the rest carrying an assortment of contagious infections.
The cause of the fight remains unknown despite an investigation, but the leading explanation is that a disagreement with a bouncer quickly escalated – as these things usually do when late-night boozing is involved.
The reality that South Africans are unsafe even in places of worship is a hard pill to swallow – but is switching to a church with a gun-toting pastor the answer?
Prosecutors found that the five-year-old boy who shot his baby brother dead was high on cocaine at the time, while the dead toddler had marijuana in his system.