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CLOSE Roger Stone's sentence marks a downfall for the longtime political consultant who has advised presidential campaigns stretching back to Richard Nixon. USA TODAYWASHINGTON – Roger Stone, a longtime friend and ally of President Donald Trump, was sentenced Thursday to 40 months in prison, a punishment that is likely to fuel criticism from the president and speculation that he'll pardon the flamboyant GOP operative. Though less than what prosecutors originally asked for, the sentence marks the downfall of a political consultant who advised presidential campaigns stretching back to Richard Nixon. The 67-year-old was found guilty in November of repeatedly lying to the House Intelligence Committee and obstructing…

Despite an additional 1 100 new police officers being deployed in the Western Cape, the province still does not have enough men and women in blue, Premier Alan Winde said on Thursday."The police's own stats prove this," he said during his State of the Province Address in Mitchells Plain."That is why we need to bolster our own safety services. But we are adamant that our personnel will work in co-operation, hand in hand, with the national police in our province."This is a promise that I made to our new provincial commissioner, Lieutenant General Yolisa Matakata, when we met earlier this…

The Department of Correctional Services is investigating apparent prison Facebook posts by two of the people sentenced for the murder and rape of Hannah Cornelius and the brutal attack on her fellow student, Cheslin Marsh.Spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo told News24 the department had received an enquiry about Vernon Witbooi and Geraldo Parsons' Facebook activities, adding it was investigating the matter. "But we also need to find the gadget that they used because cellphones or radio transmitters are not allowed inside [prison cells]," he said. This follows a report on IOL that Cornelius' cousin, Lila van Zuydam, had been alerted about the two prisoners' Facebook activities,…

A sunny Friday is in store for much of South Africa, with the Northern Cape set to experience severe thunderstorms, according to the South African Weather Service. WatchesSevere thunderstorms are expected over the northern parts of the Northern Cape.The weather in your regionGauteng will be partly cloudy and warm to hot in the north with scattered showers and thundershowers but isolated in the north. The expected UVB sunburn index is moderate.Mpumalanga can expect morning fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm conditions with scattered afternoon thundershowers but isolated on the Lowveld where it will be hot.In Limpopo, there will be morning fog…

EFF leader Julius Malema followed President Cyril Ramaphosa's cue on Thursday, offering an apology to the first citizen and South Africa over domestic abuse claims that surfaced in Parliament and admitting he should have known better."I stood in Parliament to return the same hand to him, his departed wife, Nomazizi, and his entire family. I was, however, drowned out by ruling party benches without any protection from presiding officers," Malema said in a statement. Earlier on Thursday, Ramaphosa apologised for ANC MP Boy Mamabolo's accusation made in the House that Malema had beaten his wife, decrying the politicisation of gender-based violence.During the…

The man arrested in connection with the kidnapping and murder of 8-year-old Tazne van Wyk absconded from parole a year before she went missing near her home in Elsies River, Cape Town, the Department of Correctional Services said on Thursday. Department spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo said Moyhdian Pangarker had served half of a 10 year sentence for culpable homicide and kidnapping when he was granted parole, but he later disappeared."In this instance we say he has absconded because when you are on parole, you give us a physical address where we can from time to time conduct business to check on you and…

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