Innholdsfortegnelse for 2025-03-04 i Daily Voice

HOLLYWOOD stars got a major shake-up when an earthquake hit Los Angeles soon after the Oscars gala on Sunday night. After the award winners had been announced and the stars were getting ready to go and party it up, a shaker rocked the city. According to a report from the United States Geological Survey, an earthquake measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale struck at around 10pm local time on 2 March, with its epicentre 15km below the surface. Local broadcaster KABC said there were no reports of significant damage or injuries and the Los Angeles Fire Department said it was “not entering earthquake mode”. There was enough drama at the awards ceremony, as the best movies of the past year were honoured. Prestigious Independently-made film Anora scooped the prestigious Best…

THE alleged corrupt dealings of officials at Pollsmoor Prison is in the spotlight after a warden appeared alongside a bandiet on a TikTok video this week. The video made by an alleged skollie from Hanover Park, Kyle du Toit, sent tongues wagging on social media and even resulted in questions being posed to Correctional Services (DCS) Minister Pieter Groenewald by Members of Parliament. The video which was shared on WhatsApp statuses over the weekend shows a fully- uniformed warden openly posing on a video being made by the inmate on his cellphone. Shockingly, Du Toit tells the viewer of the video that the warden caught him with his phone and requested a voucher to pay the warden or the cellphone would be confiscated. Du Toit is heard saying: “Hello, look…

Kidnappers Vukubi reports: “The sender of the message further claimed to be a middleman and mentioned that the kidnappers were demanding R5 million but that he personally needed R100 000, fearing for the victim’s life.” The ordeal took a turn when the victim’s brother received a video showing the shop owner with his hands tied and eyes blindfolded. More threats followed, warning that the victim would be killed if their demands were not met. An investigation by the police led to the identification of two suspected vehicles on 28 February as Boland K9 Unit busted the suspects in a black VW with the victim inside. Suffering from serious head injuries, he was immediately rescued but had suffered serious head injuries and was taken to the hospital. The three suspects, aged…

Liegstories Hanware denied this in the trial saying he told Modack liegstories to recover his own money Modack had allegedly owed him. But Modack insisted Vearey received the money claiming to have overheard phone calls. In his earlier comments, Modack blamed the death of Kinnear on his colleagues saying SAPS was responsible for the murder. He told the court that he paid Vearey over R3 million amid claims he feared for his life and was being extorted by cops. Despite his denials that he was the controller of a multi-million bank account which the State alleges was used for money laundering, Wolmarans highlighted statements Modack had made to police where he claimed under oath that the bank account belonged to him. Modack denied being the controller and claimed his younger…