Police have made a breakthrough while investigating a suspected gang hit on the N1 Highway in Cape Town. This after a 28-year-old man was shot and killed and two others wounded in a drive-by shooting at the Plattekloof off-ramp on Wednesday afternoon. Anthony Simons was found lying in a ditch[…]
A massive fire in the towering Paarl mountains is under control with no evacuations required, the Drakenstein municipality said on Friday. “There was and is no need to evacuate the area or homes,” spokesperson Riana Geldenhuys said. This was after “aggressive” overnight firefighting operations, in spite of strong winds. Two[…]
The Muslim Judicial Council Halal Trust (MJCHT) has recently investigated a complaint against the Pisa Pizza restaurant in Vryburg, for advertising that it is “halal friendly” through the use of the generic halal sign. According to a statement released by MJCHT, the owner is “grossly misleading the Muslim community” and[…]
Western Cape Social Development MEC Albert Fritz urges parents and caregivers to take the necessary precautions to ensure children’s safety over the festive season. Director of Philisa Abafazi Bethu Lucinda Evans said keeping children safe can become a bit challenging in areas with limited resources which often leads to children[…]
The South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg granted the application of Ahmed Timol’s family to intervene in former apartheid-cop Joao Rodrigues’ bid for a permanent stay of prosecution on Wednesday. Timol died in 1971 after falling from the 10th floor of the then John Vorster Square police station in Johannesburg, where[…]
A Russian “disinformation campaign” against the White Helmets has been exposed by renown citizen journalist investigations website Bellingcat. An investigation by the group, which publishes reports on war zones and the criminal underworld, found that Russian and Syrian governments and state-controlled media pushed a narrative about the search-and-rescue organisation to[…]
President Donald Trump has announced the withdrawal of all 2,000 US troops from Syria as he abruptly declared victory over ISIL in the country in a move that contradicted his own experts’ assessments and sparked surprise and anger among senior fellow Republicans who railed against it. “We have defeated ISIS[…]
Twitter is a toxic place for women, according to Amnesty International’s Troll Patrol report. Amnesty International used crowd-sourcing, data science and machine learning to measure the level of violence and abuse aimed at women on Twitter between 2017 and 2018. Millions of tweets received by 778 female journalists, activists, parliamentarians, bloggers and[…]
Judgment is expected to be handed down today in the South Gauteng High Court, in the case against a couple accused of torturing their three-year-old son, Daniel, to death. Baby Daniel’s mother and stepfather are standing trial for murder, abuse and negligence. The child’s body was discovered at his home[…]
Hosken Passenger Logistics and Rail announced a 9.5% fare increase for passengers on its Golden Arrow buses in Cape Town – on the same day it unveiled a bid for a bigger share of the city’s commuter market. Golden Arrow general manager Derick Meyer said fares would rise on December[…]
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