http://www.news24.com/ Argotic Syndication Framework, http://www.codeplex.com/argotic http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:58:25 +0200 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:11:12 +0200 A humanitarian organisation that is helping in the rescue attempt of a South African couple kidnapped in Yemen says they were not taken by al-Qaeda as previously reported. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/SA-couple-in-Yemen-not-taken-by-al-Qaeda-20130619 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:10:44 +0200 An Eastern Cape woman has told how she had to watch her elderly husband bleed to death after an attack by armed men on their farm. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Wife-watches-farmer-80-bleed-to-death-20130619 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:10:45 +0200 A warning issued to tourists by the United States says Pretoria, Johannesburg, Durban, and Cape Town are "critical crime threat spots", a report says. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/US-issues-SA-crime-warning-20130619 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:11:12 +0200 City Mayor Patricia de Lille has slammed the SA Human Rights Commission over its independent probe of the toilet saga. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/De-Lille-slams-SAHRC-over-toilet-saga-20130619 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:08:46 +0200 The body of a man has been found in Soweto by Johannesburg metro police. It is unclear how he died. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Mans-body-found-in-Soweto-20130619 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:14:17 +0200 The murder of Gauteng policeman Major General Tirhani Maswanganyi is an indication that criminals were not afraid of law enforcement agencies, the FF Plus says. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/FF-Plus-Criminals-show-no-fear-20130619 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:29:57 +0200 A re-draft of the norms and standards for school infrastructure will take at least six months to complete, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Motshekga-Re-draft-will-take-6-months-20130618 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:31:51 +0200 Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa was saddened by the death of Major General Tirhani Maswanganyi, whose body was found north of Pretoria, his office says. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Enough-is-enough-Mthethwa-20130618 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:25:58 +0200 The soon-to-be-launched political party, Agang SA, has concerns about the independence of elections, its leader Mamphela Ramphele says. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Ramphele-worried-over-IEC-20130618 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:31:52 +0200 A court ruling dismissing an application by Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa for a review of findings in a matter involving a Cape Town jogger has been welcomed. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/SAHRC-welcomes-Cape-jogger-ruling-20130618 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:25:57 +0200 The death of Major General Tirhani Maswanganyi is a senseless blow to Gauteng's war against crime, Premier Nomvula Mokonyane says. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Premier-condemns-cop-killing-20130618 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:38:36 +0200 Police plans to protect the Nkaneng informal settlement against armed protesters in Marikana last year have been at issue before the Farlam Commission of Inquiry. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Nkaneng-looting-a-Marikana-issue-20130618 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:38:34 +0200 An immigration officer has appeared in the Polokwane Magistrate's Court on a charge of corruption. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Immigration-officer-wanted-R7-000-bribe-20130618 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:38:35 +0200 Claims of initiation schools operating illegally in Limpopo are being investigated, the traditional affairs department says. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Limpopo-initiation-schools-probed-20130618 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:38:33 +0200 An Eastern Cape Grade 11 pupil has taken Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga to the Bhisho High Court over conditions at her school. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Pupil-takes-Motshekga-to-court-20130618 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:53:22 +0200 Senior ANC MP John Jeffery has formally withdrawn his controversial remark about DA parliamentary leader Lindiwe Mazibuko's weight, and apologised to her. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/ANC-withdraws-Mazibuko-weight-remark-20130618 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:19:17 +0200 The SA Policing Union has expressed sadness over the murder of Major General Tirhani Simon Maswanganyi, whose body was found in a field near Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Sapu-wants-justice-for-top-cop-killing-20130618 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:44:24 +0200 Agang SA says it will consider a coalition with parties which acknowledge the "deep, psychic wounds" of racism. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Ramphele-Scars-of-racism-havent-healed-20130618 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:50:43 +0200 The PAC has distanced itself from a statement by Pan Africanist Youth Congress spokesperson Sello Tladi calling former president Nelson Mandela a "sell-out". http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/PAC-rejects-Paycos-Mandela-statement-20130618 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:50:45 +0200 The Ex-South Africa ambassador to Israel has criticised Israeli policies as a 'replication of apartheid'. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Ex-SA-ambassador-criticises-Israel-20130618 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:50:44 +0200