The family of a Monumentpark High School pupil who committed suicideearlier this month, suspect he may have made a kind of suicide pactwith a friend, who killed himself a few weeks earlier.

The Kraaifontein family have now warned parents to look out for apossible change in the behaviour of their children, in order to preventsuch a tragedy.

Martin Pretorius, 15, hanged himself in the family's garage on March 2. He left no note.

Kraaifontein police spokesperson Captain Gerhard Niemand confirmed onTuesday that two suicides, one on February 11 and one on March 2, hadbeen reported.

The friend, 16, had committed suicide on February 11.

Martin's cousin, also a pupil at the school, tried to slit herwrists last year at the age of 15 ...

A mob of angryresidents, apparently fed up with crime in East London’s inner citysuburb of Quigney, attacked a suspected thief and beat him to death.

Sixmen have been arrested in connection with the killing, which happenedin the early hours of Friday morning at the Quigney Body Works.

Eyewitnessessaid a mob of about 50 people took part in the attack. The attackerssprayed their victim with fluids that appeared to be paint and dieseland tied him to a tow-truck, according to police.

Accordingto owner Makhanya Ketile, a man believed to have been homeless wascaught by a security guard allegedly stealing a tyre from one of thecars at the workshop at about 2am.

Residents from old railway buildings near his premises were woken up by the commotion ...

Google got its game on late on Wednesday, launching videogame-themedwallpaper for customised home pages and providing a glimpse at onlineplay making its way to the website.

The California Internet titan arranged for scenes from an arrayof blockbuster videogame titles to be used as backdrops to personalizeiGoogle home pages that people use to help organize online lives.

Google vice president of search products and user experienceMarissa Mayer unveiled the themes at a warehouse party on the openingnight of a Game Developers Conference exposition in San Francisco.

'IGoogle is about allowing people to express theirpersonalities and there is no better way for that than videogames,'Mayer said.

'Not only is the artwork unbelievably good, there is a real emotional connection with people.'

Nine major videogame studios contributed ...

The Premier Soccer League yesterdaypostponed the classic South African derby between Orlando Pirates andKaizer Chiefs – at Bucs’ request.

The match was initially scheduled for April 18 at EllisPark Stadium at 4pm. It will now be played at the same venue at thesame time – on May 2.

“I can confirm that the match has been postponed to May 2,” PSL general manager Andile “Ace” Ncobo told Sowetan yesterday.

“Pirates don’t have a venue for this match.

“This is not the match that you can just take anywhere. This is a huge encounter and we need to be cautious about it.”

The postponement came after Bucs sent a letter to the PSLrequesting the fixture be rescheduled because Ellis Park “was bookedfor a non-sporting event” on April ...