Sir Lowry’s Pass has been closed due to a veldfire. Provincial traffic chief Kenny Africa says the N2 has been closed at Botriver and the Gordons Bay turnoff. Motorists are advised to use alternative routes from Cape Town via Gordons Bay Kleinmond to Botrivier, in both directions. City of Cape[…]
The businessman who allegedly paid for ex-acting police commissioner Khomotso Phahlane’s vehicles has, according to IPID, received at least R5bn in tenders for the SAPS since 2010. This was revealed in a letter sent from the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) to acting National Police Commissioner General Lesetja Mothiba. The[…]
Two people have been arrested in connection with the abduction of Anisa Ahmed Abdule Mohamud. The four-year-old was abducted last week Wednesday by “known friends”. She was last seen in Van Riebeeck Road, in Kuils River. SAPS spokesperson, Noloyiso Wexana, says the investigation is ongoing. “An Abduction case was opened[…]
President Jacob Zuma is planning to make a shock announcement‚ introducing free education across the board through a controversial funding plan that flies in the face of the findings of the Heher Commission‚ government insiders say. The plan‚ apparently devised by Zuma’s future son-in-law‚ Morris Masutha‚ would also defy official[…]
Veteran journalist, Jacques Pauw, says he has been receiving death threats since the release of his book: “The President’s Keepers”. The book exposes alleged corruption by President Jacob Zuma and how he placed people in strategic positions to represent his interests using state agencies. According to Pauw, some of the[…]
Liberia’s Supreme Court has ordered the elections body to investigate fraud allegations brought by a losing aspirant in the October 10, 2017 presidential elections, local news portals have reported. The court on Monday ruled that Tuesday’s run-off vote will not hold until the National Elections Commission (NEC) completes its investigations.[…]
Saudi Arabia has accused the Lebanese government of declaring war against it because of Hezbollah’s “aggression”, further escalating an already tense situation threatening to destabilise Lebanon. The risk of an open-ended political crisis has loomed large over Lebanon’s fragile stability since Saudi-allied Saad Hariri quit as prime minister on Saturday,[…]
By Wardah Wilkinson The Nelson Mandela Foundation is calling for a national conversation on whether the old South African flag should be banished. The debate has resurfaced amid the outrage over the use of the apartheid era South African flags at last week’s Black Monday protest. The protest mobilised over[…]
Twenty-two injuries, 18 of them children, were reported during last night’s Guy Fawkes Day activities in the Mother City. The City of Cape Town’s Safety and Security Directorate says last night’s gusting south easter winds caused havoc in some areas. The wind conditions resulted in the early closure of many[…]
The Muslim Judicial Council’s Halaal Trust (MJCHT) investigated a complaint from a consumer in which one of its labels was used on a non-halaal sandwich at Fedics, Sanlam Head office. The error occurred when a student that served her interim training period in the Halaal unintentionally labelled the incorrect product[…]
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