A formal complaint was lodged against Western Cape High Court deputy Judge President Jeanette Traverso on Thursday, the Higher Education Transformation Network (HETN) said. The complaint regarded her conduct during the trial late last year of British businessman Shrien Dewani. Traverso failed to afford the State a fair hearing, according[…]
A court interdict that halted cardiologist Dr Wouter Basson’s sentencing proceedings at the HPCSA should be set aside, the High Court in Pretoria heard on Thursday. “The order issued by Judge (Selby) Baqwa should be discharged and set aside,” Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) lawyer Terry Motau said. Basson,[…]
OPINION by Shafiq Morton Such are the times that a French satirical magazine holding no sacred cows, and boasting a circulation of less than 50,000 in a country of over 60 million, can print 3 million copies after its editor and eleven others are brutally gunned down by two masked[…]
Excitement is mounting ahead of VOC’s Family Day at Ratanga Junction theme park, with listeners scrambling for last minute tickets. Amid queries of availability of tickets at Computicket, organisers have confirmed that the outlet has 500 tickets available for purchase. VOC marketing manager Sukayna Johaardien says that while tickets are[…]
Patriotic Front candidate Edgar Lungu took an early lead on Thursday against his rival Hakainde Hichilema in Zambia’s second presidential election in three years. From the 80 constituencies verified and declared by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ), Lungu had garnered 521,003 votes against Hichilema’s 469,414, a Sapa correspondent reported.[…]
As thousands of prospective students begin the new school year in the Western Cape, hundreds of local Muslim students have instead ventured into new territory by taking a gap in vocational studies to pursue a more deen-conscious path. In so doing, they aim to go against the norm of secular[…]
The concept of freedom of expression in the media has a different meaning depending on whether you ask a journalist, an editor or a cartoonist. These different and sometimes opposing views of media freedom emerged during a panel discussion organised by the Right2Know (R2K) campaign in Cape Town on Wednesday[…]
An investigation has been launched into the death of a prisoner who died at during an alleged gang ritual the Brandvlei Prison in Worcester, Western Cape, The Star reported on Thursday. The Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services launched the investigation after a prisoner died in a symbolic “spilling of blood” gang[…]
Western Cape Premier Helen Zille’s comments that Hawks head Anwa Dramat was suspended because he investigated high-level corruption is mischievous and irresponsible, the presidency said on Wednesday. The presidency said it wished to raise a serious concern about continued utterances by Zille. “The SAPS [SA Police Service] has indicated a[…]
Pakistani security agencies arrested an alleged recruiter for the Islamic State group in the eastern city of Lahore, officials said Thursday. The Pakistani-Syrian man, named as Yousaf al-Salafi, was arrested over the weekend along with two accomplices, police and intelligence officials said. Al-Salafi reached Pakistan from Syria via Turkey in[…]
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