Seven arrested, Baby buried alive, Mobile phone caused tumour: Your Friday Briefing

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Local or breaking news

Seven arrested in connection with business robberies

Six men aged between 16 and 32, and a 22-year-old woman were arrested yesterday in eMbalenhle.

Residents upset by non communicated water cuts

Thistle Grove residents have been experiencing water interruptions since last week.

National news

‘Easter miracle’ baby found alive after being buried for three days

A newborn baby boy was rescued from a shallow grave.

KZN woman brutally mauled by her Rottweiler

The dog viciously and repeatedly mauled the woman, tearing her left arm to shreds, partially ripping off her right bicep, brutally savaging her right thigh and damaging the vital artery and biting her neck, chest and back.

International news

Italian court rules mobile phone caused tumour

For the first time in the world, a court has recognised a causal link between inappropriate use of a mobile phone and a brain tumour.

South African Penguin thieves walk free

The animal was wrapped in a shirt and bundled in a car during a nighttime raid. Adrian Donian, 22, and Emile du Plessis, 24, were arrested after they broke into Bayworld oceanarium in Port Elizabeth and snatched “Buddy”.

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