The murder of a businessman from Khayelitsha earlier this week, has highlighted the extent of crime in the area. Siraaj Sanaa was allegedly shot and killed outside his business premises after 18h00 on Sunday evening. The 45-year-old is believed to have been killed after reciting a Khaatam al-Quran with other[…]
A new expropriation bill, set to be tabled in Parliament in the next two months, will set out a clear procedure for land expropriation without compensation and ensure it is an “administratively just process”, according to Deputy Minister of Public Works Jeremy Cronin. Earlier this month a draft expropriation law[…]
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) has lashed out at state arms firm Denel in its first submission to the state capture inquiry. Outa said its submission aims to outline how appointees under former president Jacob Zuma’s administration allegedly manipulated policies in the interests of themselves or the Gupta family.[…]
The highest court in the land lived up to its name on Tuesday and upheld a Western Cape High Court decision that it is legal to be in possession of dagga in your private capacity. The State’s arguments on the limitation of the use of dagga went up in smoke[…]
Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane’s last minute entry for the position of Western Cape premier places the party in a difficult situation ahead of the 2019 elections, this according professor of public leadership at the University of Stellenbosch, Erwin Schwella. The DA confirmed that its Federal Executive Committee will[…]
The South African Police Service (SAPS) has confirmed that the case of released hostage Liyaqat Parker is still under investigation. The police’s lieutenant colonel Andrè Traut explained that the finer details of the case cannot be disclosed at this stage. Following weeks of unconfirmed reports of requests for Bitcoin ransoms[…]
The City of Cape Town commenced with the construction of a R13 million state-of-the-art Early Childhood Development Centre (ECD) in Heideveld, Cape Town. The official sod turning for the construction commenced last week and was visited by Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security and Social Services, Alderman JP Smith.[…]
In the past two months, 22 patients suffered from spine injuries due to gunshot wounds, normally due to gang violence resulting in an influx of patients at state hospitals, this according Western Cape Health Department. This after Groote Schuur Hospital’s Acute Spinal Cord Injury Unit (ASCI) recorded a 12 per[…]
OPINION by Khaled A Beydoun Rwanda. East Timor. Myanmar. The world has a cruel habit of ignoring humanitarian disasters until it’s too late. Old habits die hard, and the people targeted by state-led ethnic cleansing programs even harder. But the reports of mass concentration camps and the criminalisation of Islam[…]
Qatar’s Attorney General has confirmed that independent investigations have proven that Saudi Arabia and the UAE were involved in hacking into the official Qatar News Agency last year. Ali bin Fetais Al-Marri pledged to sue the two countries for “piracy” before the International Court of Justice in The Hague. Al-Marri[…]
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