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Couple falls during sex (GainesvilleScene) A couple making love on the windowsill of a ninth-floor apartment fell leaving the woman dead, while her partner survived. According to  Dailymail , the incident happened on Friday, July 5, 2019, at a block of flats in St Petersburg, Russia. Witnesses say the survivor, who was partially dressed, returned to the party that was reportedly holding in the said apartment. Witnesses said they saw a television thrown from the window of the flat, after which the woman and her 29-year-old lover plunged to the ground below. Police were called, and when they arrived the revellers allegedly threw a mop out of the windows at them.

Cops book a Congolese man for trying to bribe undercover officers investigating a case against him. Image:   SAPS A Cape Town man found himself in handcuffs on Wednesday morning after he tried to bribe undercover police to release his illegally imported BMW. The arrest comes after the 29-year-old Congolese national’s BMW 325i, which he allegedly imported illegally from Singapore, was impounded by the Bellville vehicle crime investigation unit. Earlier this month, the man offered one of the members of the unit a R10,000 bribe to issue a disposal order to release the vehicle from the pound. “During our undercover operation, the suspect was arrested and the R10,000 bribe money was confiscated,” said Western Cape police spokesperson Col Andrè Traut. “He will appear in the Blue Downs magistrate's court on Friday on a charge of bribery.” An R5 assault rifle was confiscated in Lower Crossroads on Wednesday. Image:   SAPS Meanwhile in an unrelat...

The enraged community of Senwabarwana in Blouberg municipality, Limpopo, has allegedly torched a house belonging to a pensioner following the disappearance of her grandson's girlfriend. Morongwa Marakalala, 14, disappeared on Tuesday last week, and her family said she was last seen with her boyfriend around Silvermine village in Senwabarwana. Police spokesperson Brig Motlafela Mojapelo said 13 suspects have been arrested for arson and were all denied bail in the Senwabarwana magistrate's court yesterday. The group allegedly burnt the house belonging to a 63-year-old pensioner who lived with her 18-year-old grandson. Morongwa's cousin Ernest Marakalala, 36, said the problem started when they approached her boyfriend for answers and help to find her. "We held a meeting during the course of last week where we informed the community that Morongwa was missing. As we were searching for Morongwa in the village, many people told us they last saw her with her boy...

Kigan Malesahlo was suffocated and later shot dead at his home on Tuesday morning. /SUPPLIED The mother of a teenage boy who was suffocated and shot in cold blood while she was working the night shift says she needs answers from the killers. Kigan Malesahlo, 13, was murdered by unknown robbers in his home in Clarinet, Emalahleni in Mpumalanga, in the early hours of Tuesday in a house robbery. The robbers fled with only a television set. Brenda Malesahlo said she received a call from her neighbour who told her to rush home because something bad had happened. She works shifts at a mine. "I'm asking myself a lot of questions. What did my son do to these cruel men that made them kill him? I wish they can be arrested so that they can answer those questions. I want justice for my son," said Malesahlo, weeping. She recalled the last moments she saw her son alive. "When I left for work on Monday evening, I told him to not sleep before he washe...

The partly burnt Bakgaga Ba Mphahlele traditional authority offices are still in ruins since they were torched last year./SUPPLIED An unresolved battle for chieftaincy in Limpopo has seen tribal offices being torched and vandalised, and the dispute is now before court. The Bakgaga Tribal Authority offices in Ga-Mphahlele outside Polokwane, which helped the community with proof of residence documents, among others, were damaged in violent protests last year. The partly-burnt offices were shut down last year, forcing locals to travel outside their villages for such services. Resident Percy Mathabatha said it has been difficult for residents of the 54 villages under Mphahlele to get services from their tribal offices following the dispute. "People from Seleteng and Dithabeng villages pay almost R30 for a single trip to Lepelle-Nkumpi municipal offices in Lebowakgomo just to get a mere proof of residence. Developments have stalled because there is no royal coun...

Some brands predict double-digit price hikes on their vehicles in the short term. Image:   Supplied If you were thinking of buying a new car now that dealers have reopened their doors, it’s better to do it sooner than later as prices are set to spike. The rand has plummeted in value since the beginning of the year, which will force local manufacturers and importers to raise new-vehicle prices in the coming months. Since January the local currency has dropped from R14 to R18.30 against the dollar (-23.5%), from R18.50 to R22.50 (-18%) against the pound, and from R15.70 to R20 (-22%) against the euro. Some price increases are imminent, like BMW, which according to one dealer is expected to hike prices by 9% across all its models, except the 5 Series, on June 1. BMW SA wouldn’t confirm this figure but admitted that the recent decline in the value of the rand means prices will rise shortly. High-volume local manufacturer Volkswagen says additional pricing will be ...

Informal traders in Gauteng on Thursday called on the government to allow them to work. Image:   EUGENE COETZEE A non-profit organisation representing thousands of informal traders in Gauteng on Thursday called on the government to open up the economy to allow them to work and feed their families.  “We are desperate to resume trade so that we can put food on the table for our families and regain our dignity,” said the Johannesburg Informal Traders Platform (JITP). It also expressed concern over an alleged lack of consultation by the government. “They are deeply concerned that government has not consulted them to understand the impact of the lockdown on their livelihoods,” said spokesperson Ntakuseni Tshikosi. Tshikosi said they had been asking the government to allow the sale of cigarettes and hot food, among other products and services. “While we understand that the president has the unenviable task of balancing lives and livelihoods, we are di...