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'Eight years lost to childhood rape'

High Court Writer She was 11 years old when she met him, and, she says, had her first sexual encounter with him just before her 15th birthday. He was married and 19 years her senior. Their enc...

Neighbours' loos for hire

Staff Reporters Some Khayelitsha residents have to pay up to R10 each time they want to use the toilets at their neighbours' homes because they don't have their own ablution facilities. Resident...

So long SA, see you in 2014 - Parreira

With a whimsical "see you in 2014" as his parting message, former Bafana Bafana coach Carlos Alberto Parreira left for Brazil yesterday with his reputation in South Africa largely intact. However,...

Kebble was a 'desperate man'

Slain mining magnate Brett Kebble was a "desperate man" who saw no way out of his problems other than to end his life, his former security chief Clinton Nassif told the High Court in Johannesburg on T...

'Deputy planted porn on boss's PC'

A school caretaker's assistant planted child porn on his boss?s computer to get him sacked, a court heard on Wednesday. Neil Weiner did not like Eddie Thompson and hoped he would get promoted if ...

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So long SA, see you in 2014 - Parreira

With a whimsical "see you in 2014" as his parting message, former Bafana Bafana coach Carlos Alberto Parreira left for Brazil yesterday with his reputation in South Africa largely intact. However,...

Female kickboxer dies after killer left hook

A female kickboxer has died after being felled by a left hook to her face during a championship fight in Florida. Adrienne Simmons became the first woman to be killed in the sport after being punch...

Boxing gets raw deal from SABC

AHEAD of his crucial fight against old nemesis Mzonke Fana, International Boxing Federation (IBF) contender Cassius Baloyi has expressed his disappointment with the public broadcaster SABC, who have b...

Maradona accuses his bosses of 'betrayal'

Diego Maradona yesterday accused Argentina soccer chiefs of betraying him, a day after they voted unanimously to sack him as national coach. The Argentina Football Association (AFA) decided not to...

Koertzen regrets not standing at Kingsmead

ONE of South Africa's most celebrated international cricket umpires, Rudi Koertzen, who retired after standing in his last Test at Headingly in Leeds last weekend, had one regret in his illustrious ca...

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