A Cape Town doctor working in Australia has been accused of peeping under women’s skirts in a shopping mall. Mohamed Zaahid Pandie, 44, who is originally from Bo-Kaap, has been suspended without pay from the Prince Charles Hospital in Brisbane,…
Man wins lotto twice in one day (Newsweek)
A man in Queensland, Australia shockingly won the lotto twice in one day after he bought two identical entries by “accident.” The man, who asked to remain anonymous, had two of the four winning lotto tickets in Australia’s Saturday Gold…
British man dies after being bitten by sea snake in Australia (Metro)
A British fisherman has died after being bitten by a sea snake while working on a trawler off the northern Australian coast. The 23-year-old, who has not yet been identified, was pulling in a net in a remote part of…
Williams to face Federer at Hopman Cup (BBC)
Serena Williams is set to face Roger Federer in her first event of the 2019 season when the USA play Switzerland in the mixed doubles at the Hopman Cup. Williams, 37, has not played since her controversial US Open final…
Australia football body adopts reforms after FIFA threat (Guardian)
Australia’s football governing body voted for wide-ranging reforms Tuesday against the wishes of its outgoing chairman, ending a long-running battle that saw FIFA threaten to take over the federation. Football Federation Australia’s 10-member Congress — nine state and territory associations,…
Nigerian scammer lands in hot Australian soup (Guardian)
Australian police have alleged that a Nigerian man, whose name has been withheld, ran a multimillion-dollar email scam out of Villawood immigration detention centre, using 16 mobile phones and 17 sim cards. The 43-year-old man is among four people arrested…
Giant crocodile captured in Australia to stop it going to town (Reuters)
Authorities in Australia have caught a saltwater crocodile measuring almost 5 meters (16.4 ft), one of the biggest on record, to stop it from reaching a populated area, the Department of Tourism said on Tuesday. Weighing up to 600 kg…
Amusan gets Nigeria’s first athletics gold medal at Commonwealth Games
Oluwatobiloba Amusan has won the gold medal in the Women’s 100m hurdles event on Friday at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. She finished the race in 12.68 seconds. Amusan defeated Jamaica’s duo of Danielle Willimas and Yanique…