The informant, who exposed several high-profile names in the local diamond industry during one of the biggest illicit diamond busts in South African history, has threatened to compromise the entire case unless he is paid the millions reportedly promised to him by the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks). Nearly[…]
Approximately 10 people held a picket outside the Mayor’s office in Cape Town this afternoon, calling on the Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille to answer a memorandum that was handed over to her office two months ago. On the 6th of February the collective, under the banner of #GangsterismMustFall,[…]
A seven-month-old baby is among 15 American Muslims named in two lawsuits being brought against the US government by the Council of American-Islamic Relations for placing the plaintiffs on the so-called terror watch list without due process. “The terrorism watch lists are premised on the false notion that the government[…]
Businessman Patrice Talon was sworn in as Benin’s president before a large crowd on Wednesday, saying he would foster economic development and fight corruption and terrorism during what he pledged would be his only term in office. Benin’s leader can serve two terms but Talon has said he will step[…]
One of the founders of Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the centre of the Panama Papers revelations on offshore holdings, said his company was hacked. Ramon Fonseca said the leak was not caused by an insider but that the company was hacked by servers abroad. The leaked documents from[…]
The Pretoria Magistrate’s Courts on Wednesday postponed the case against three men accused of the brazen break-in and theft of R17 million in foreign currency from the State Security Agency headquarters in Pretoria for further investigations. Khayalethu Mgatyelwa, William Mmotong and Albert Ramabele will appear in court again on June[…]
Top African National Congress (ANA) veterans, including Cheryl Carolus, Mavuso Msimang and Ronnie Kasrils, gathered at the steps of the Constitutional Court on Wednesday and joined the chorus of calls for President Jacob Zuma to step down. Carolus said by voicing her dissatisfaction with her party, the ANC, it did[…]
Parliament has not been advised correctly, and the ANC caucus would now look at the quality of the advisors, newly appointed Chief Whip Jackson Mthembu said on Wednesday. He was referring to the various parliamentary committees and the adoption of Police Minister Nathi Nhleko’s report, which determined that President Jacob[…]
Cape Town runner Mervin Steenkamp was given a warm and rapturous welcome at Cape Town International airport on Wednesday afternoon, fresh from his win at a global marathon in Palestine. Steenkamp, a man from an impoverished background, did the Mother City proud when he won the The Right to Movement[…]
After no response from the Mayor regarding the Gangsterism Must Fall march two months ago, community activists are determined to have their cries for help be heard. The march which took place in February this year was not well attended but it seems that has increased the determination of the[…]
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