The City of Cape Town has warned the public not to circulate hoax messages stating that the city council will cut off water at certain times. The concern comes amid increased vigilance around the use of water, at a time of a severe drought and formal water restrictions in place.[…]
South Africans will be keenly watching Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan deliver the National Budget Speech for 2017 on Wednesday, which will provide clarity on the state of the country’s economy. Following the State of the Nation Address, South Africa has been abuzz with questions about what to expect after a[…]
One thing we know about Budget 2017 is that Finance Minister will be reflecting only a faction of the governing ANC when he delivers his speech in the National Assembly. Last year, Gordhan was seen as a saviour following the Nene debacle. He was the interim captain of a floundering[…]
The assault case against the ANC’s Western Cape secretary Faiez Jacobs is expected to resume in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. The ANC’s national disciplinary committee found him guilty of assault in April 2016, following an altercation with former ANC employee, Wesley Seale, at the ANC’s provincial offices[…]
Non-profit organisation Reclaim the City on Tuesday hung out “laundry” during the debate on the Western Cape State of the Province Address (SOPA), to object to the lack of inner city housing. “No deal on Tafelberg”, “land for the people not for profit” and “Is the provincial property committee broken?”[…]
The 2016 student protests during the Fees Must Fall movement have the youth wanting Treasury to put more money into education. The youth have differing views on where the money should go, but they agree that education should be a priority in Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan’s Budget Speech on Wednesday[…]
The government has imposed a 24-hour curfew on parts of central Nigeria, a government spokesman said on Tuesday, after clashes killed at least 14 in the region. Conflict over grazing land and water, chiefly between semi-nomadic Muslim herders and Christian farmers, has piled pressure on authorities already facing an Islamist[…]
Former Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for misconduct. Tsang led Hong Kong from 2005 to 2012 and is the most senior official in the territory ever to stand trial for corruption. He was found guilty last week of misconduct in public office,[…]
Malaysian police have identified a senior official in the North Korean embassy as a suspect in the killing of Kim Jong-nam, and said another was linked to the North Korean state airline, Air Koryo. Police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said on Wednesday that both suspects are still in Malaysia and[…]
In yet another gang related incident, residents of Leonsdale, in Elsies River, were forced to run for cover as violence erupted, only this time stray bullets were not the concern. Over the weekend, a young girl, Zhekira Jansen, was not in the firing line of stray bullets, but was used[…]
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