Children as young as 10 could be held criminally liable for bullying if it is found beyond reasonable doubt that they were aware of their actions and consequences. This is according to legal expert, founder and CEO of SafeSchool, Megan Harrington-Johnson of HJW Attorneys. Harrington-Johnson explained that the Child Justice Act[…]
A murder suspect arrested on the same day a woman was found dead in her Vredendal house is expected in the Vredendal Magistrate’s Court once charged. Charmaine Erasmus was found lying on a bed in one of the bedrooms in her house at Woelige Hoek on Tuesday morning. Police spokesperson[…]
Workers at the privately-owned Mowbray Maqbara have contested the change in burial times and have spoken out about alleged ill-treatment from management. This comes as the Moslem Cemetery Board had last year restricted burial times from 08h00-16h15, with gates closing at 17h00. This was opposed by the Western Cape Muslim[…]
The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) warned of a fake enrolment notice making its rounds in Du Noon in Cape Town. The fake advertisement reads as follows: “2020 Grade 8 and Grade 1 students’ enrolment is currently open for all schools that are in the Western Cape. Registration is open[…]
One in three taxi commuters in SA feel that minibus taxis are “very” or “somewhat” unsafe, a new report has found. The Public Perceptions of Taxi Use, Safety and Crime report, prepared by the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) in conjunction with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom is designed[…]
Businessman Jason Rohde is expected to learn his fate on Wednesday when Western Cape High Court Judge Gayaat Salie-Hlophe sentences him for the murder of his wife Susan. During closing arguments last week, the State said asked the court to impose more than the prescribed minimum of 15 years in[…]
Parliament’s Police Committee is another day closer to deciding the fate of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) head, Robert McBride. The committee has set aside this week to discuss whether they agree with Police Minister Bheki Cele that McBride’s contract should not be renewed. McBride has argued that this[…]
The party claims the minority civil rights group is trying to prevent them from having enough money to pay their election deposits, which they have been crowdsourcing. In a statement on Tuesday afternoon, Black First Land First complained that minority civil rights organisation AfriForum has not let up on its[…]
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has urged India and Pakistan to avoid “further military activity” following a dramatic escalation in tensions between the two South Asian neighbours. His comments on Tuesday came a day after Pakistan said it reserved the right to respond to Indian air raids that struck[…]
Five Democratic senators have introduced a bill to push President Donald Trump to produce a public report on the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. “Such report shall include identification of those who carried out, participated in, ordered, or were otherwise complicit in or responsible for the death of Jamal[…]
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