2015-05-18 South Africa Health

Eyewitness News   

A new centre to deal to with nyaope opens   
The New Age Online
The centre is situated at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital and is expected to cater for adults over 18 years. "It is the first of its kind because the department never saw it as a priority until the outcry in Eldorado Park, where the department saw the real ...

2015-05-18 South Africa Science

Washington Times   

Rhino horn now more valuable than gold, diamonds and cocaine, at $60K a pound   
Washington Times
A rhino, one of the world's most endangered species due to illegal poaching for its horn. (World Wildlife Fund) more >. By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times - Sunday, May 17, 2015. Could a human hankering for exotic elixirs, curatives and aphrodisiacs ...

2015-05-18 South Africa Sports

Citizen   

Jobodwana smashes SA record   
Citizen
After knocking on the door for the past two years, Anaso Jobodwana produced a breakthrough performance in the Cayman Islands on Saturday evening, smashing the South African 200m record. The 22-year-old US-based sprinter won the half-lap event at ...

2015-05-18 South Africa Entertainment

Channel 24   

And the Big Brother Mzansi winners are ...   
Channel 24
Johannesburg – After surviving 56 days in the Big Brother Mzansi house the winning pair have been announced during a 90-minute show on Sunday May 17 from 20:00 on Mzansi Magic (DStv channel 161). Ace and Ntombi were crowned the winners after ...

2015-05-18 South Africa Technology

Citizen   

Man arrested for stolen Eskom cables worth R500 000   
Citizen
A man was was caught with Eskom cables worth R500,000 in Kibler Park,GAUTENG, reported Johannesburg Metro Police. JMPD spokesperson Wayne Minnaar said: “The suspect in his thirties was caught redhanded on Saturday with copper cable already ...

2015-05-18 South Africa Business

Times LIVE   

Drones taken off skies   
Times LIVE
Inner city car chases captured by amateur filmmakers using drones will be a thing of the past. Save & Share. Email · Print. This after the SA Civil Aviation Authority yesterday announced that new regulations would prohibit the flying of drones within 50m of ...

2015-05-18 South Africa South Africa

Times LIVE   

Operation Fiela not anti-immigrant: Radebe   
Times LIVE
Radebe, who heads the inter-ministerial committee on migration, said of 3914 arrests made during the operation, 2264 were of South Africans for crimes including the illegal possession of firearms and drugs. File photo. Image by: ANTONIO MUCHAVE/ ...

2015-05-18 South Africa Africa

The Guardian Nigeria   

Jonathan, at goodbye service, seeks forgiveness from Nigerians   
The Guardian Nigeria
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday sought forgiveness from those Nigerians he might have wronged in the course of discharging his duties. And aligning herself to her husband's mood, the First Lady , Dame Patience, telling the 'true story' of the ...

2015-05-18 South Africa World

Texas biker gang battle in parking lot kills nine   
Hindustan Times
People stand as officers investigate a shooting in the parking lot of the Twin Peaks restaurant on Sunday. (AP Photo). Share. At least nine outlaw biker gang members were killed in Texas on Sunday when a brawl between rival groups erupted into a pitched ...