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‘Abusive’ wife sets husband’s car alight outside police station while he tried to open a protection order against her

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A 47-year-old woman appeared in court on Tuesday after she allegedly set her husband’s car alight outside the Boksburg North police station at the weekend.

Police spokesperson Const Justice Ramaube said the husband went to the police station on Sunday to seek help, saying he had been abused by his wife.

Ramaube said while the man tried to open a protection order against her, she went outside and set his Nissan bakkie alight.

“The woman is alleged to have set her husband’s car alight, which at the end affected one police officer’s car very badly.

“A community member who witnessed the [incident] alerted the police who then (searched for her and) … arrested her a few miles from the station,” he said.

The woman faces a charge of malicious damage to property.

-Time Live
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SA characterised by chaos and violence – Angry protesters barricaded roads with burning tires and set bus alight in Eastern-Cape

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Protestors in the Gelvandale and Bethelsdorp area barricaded the main roads with burning tyres and stones on Stanford Road, Gail Road and other roads in the Helensvale area and in Bethelsdorp, since 06:00 on 19 February 2019.

Public Order Police have been deployed in the areas of Bethelsdorp and Gelvandale and 5 protesters were arrested. The protestors (two men and three females) aged between 28 and 35 are arrested and detained under the Criminal Matters Amendment Act, Gatherings Act and the National Road Traffic Act.

A bus was also set alight. POPS will remain in the area to monitor the situation. At this stage the reason for the protest is unclear. Police are warning the community that although they have the right to protest, they should do so within the ambit of the law and not cause damages to infrastructure and blocking the roads.

They will appear in Gelvandale court on Wednesday 20 February 2019. Motorists are advised to use alternative ro
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What a check! These kids want everything on a silver platter for free – UKZN students burn mattresses in protest over ‘uncomfortable’ beds – African mentalism is destroying our country

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Fed up with the poor condition of their beds, University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) education students have resorted to setting them on fire.

Students at a university residence in Hospital Road, near Durban’s South Beach, burnt the metal frames of their beds on Sunday night to voice their dissatisfaction.

On Monday morning, burning mattresses were seen being flung out of windows at the residence, occupied by education students from the UKZN’s Edgewood campus. The protest resulted in lectures at the campus being cancelled.

Student representative council (SRC) president Sanele Hlongwa told TimesLIVE that they set their beds alight because they could no longer sleep on them.

“For ages now, students have been asking that their beds be changed. The building at Hospital Road is a university-owned building. The university has changed the beds at residences on campus. The same must be applied to off-campus residences,” said Hlong
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