Outgoing Cape Town Mayor, Patricia De Lille says she has instructed her lawyers to start litigation process against some Democratic Alliance (DA) MPs and councillors who she says defamed her name in public. She was accused of corruption and maladministration in the City of Cape Town. De Lille has now[…]
A 22 year old Mitchells Plain student of deen died in a hail of bullets in Eastridge on Sunday, the latest victim of wave of gang violence in the area. Ebrahim Lambert and his brother-in-law, both students of Darul Iftaa Western Cape, had been walking close to Katdoring Road masjid[…]
The Somerset Mall was partially reopened on Monday, following a ceiling collapse over the weekend which left one person injured. Mall spokesperson Wiedaad Adams said Entrance 1 to the Edgars court was still cordoned off, but that the rest of mall would be open as usual from 09:00. A “precautionary[…]
The two boys who lost their lives in a quad bike accident in Hanover Park on Saturday will be laid to rest on Sunday afternoon. It is believed that the bike the boys were riding on had crashed into a wall of a house in Lynburg Road. Abdu Dayaan Roode[…]
An Economic Freedom Fighter (EFF) councillor in the City of Cape Town has told Parliament’s Constitutional Review Committee that the Democratic Alliance (DA) run city is currently selling massive amounts of public land for private use. Nosipho Makamba-Botya was one of the participants in the final public hearings in Cape[…]
A drone loaded with explosives detonated near a military event where Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was giving a speech, but he escaped unharmed in what the embattled leader called an assassination attempt. Seven people were wounded on Saturday in the apparent attack, which came as Maduro celebrated the National Guard’s[…]
Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – An Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is likely spread over tens of kilometres and poses a high regional risk given its proximity to borders, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Thursday. Four people have tested positive for Ebola in[…]
Two of former president Nelson Mandela’s granddaughters and the Nelson Mandela Library Project have teamed up with metals mine South32 and the Relate Trust to raise R100m for job creation and youth literature. The project is in honour of what would have been Mandela’s one hundredth year. The drive to[…]
The funeral of the late world renowned cardiologist, Professor Bongani Mayosi will be held in Cape Town on Saturday. Mayosi, who was Dean of Health Sciences at the University of Cape Town, took his own life last week after grappling with depression. Mayosi was very vocal during the #FeesMustFall protests[…]
Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has rejected President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s election victory as fraudulent, saying he will pursue legal and constitutional means to challenge the result. His comments on Friday came as Mnangagwa denied the opposition claims, hailing “a free, fair and credible election”. In the early hours of Friday,[…]
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