Outgoing Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille on Sunday announced a campaign to clear her name, including suing entrepreneur Anthony Faul for R1 million for defamation. She said she was notified by the Hawks that the National Prosecuting Authority had considered the evidence regarding a case of bribery made against[…]
The City of Cape Town has repeated its call for a state of emergency to be declared over the commuter railways. Brett Herron‚ the mayoral committee member for transport‚ said on Saturday his renewed plea to transport minister Blade Nzimande followed reports that the Railway Safety Regulator had issued a[…]
Three Palestinians, including a 12-year-old boy, were killed in the Gaza Strip after the Israeli army opened fire on protesters near the fence between Israel and the blockaded Palestinian territory, the Gaza health ministry has said. Fares Hafez al-Sersawi, 12, and 24-year-old Mahmud Akram Mohammed Abu Samane both died after[…]
Interpol has officially asked Chinese authorities to provide information on the international police organization’s missing president, Meng Hongwei. Meng’s family lost touch with him after he travelled from France, where the police body is based, to China, one week ago. French prosecutors said Friday they had launched an investigation. There[…]
Two suspects were arrested on Friday for the murder of a Cape Town woman who was killed on the N1 a week ago after her motorbike broke down on the highway, Western Cape police have confirmed. Zelda van Niekerk was shot in the stomach under the N7 bridge on the[…]
Family and friends of the late Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa have described her as a committed servant of the people. Gauteng premier, David Makhura, says South Africa has lost an outstanding campaigner for global peace and environmental justice in Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa. He was speaking at Molewa’s[…]
Mystery surrounds “human remains” that washed up on a Milnerton beach in Cape Town this week. Western Cape police confirmed that officers had been called to Sunset Beach around 11:20 on Thursday. “On their arrival at the scene, the police found human remains, and an inquest was opened and is[…]
Rescuers picking through the grim aftermath of Indonesia’s quake-tsunami issued a fresh public health warning on Saturday as more decaying corpses were unearthed from beneath the ruined city of Palu. Officials said on Saturday the death toll had climbed to 1,649 with more than a thousand maybe still missing in[…]
The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) has welcomed the arrests of three suspects in Durban, in connection with an attack on a mosque in Verulam that left one dead and three others critically injured. It is alleged that three suspects attacked Imam Hussain Mosque in Ottawa on 10 May, slitting the[…]
“Until 70 percent of trains run on time for three consecutive months, monthly ticket holders should be entitled to use their ticket for the duration of the next consecutive month.” This was but one of the demands commuters were calling for yesterday, as activists from the organisation #UniteBehind hosted a[…]
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