A 36-year-old man, accused of sexually molesting his 14-year-old stepdaughter and exposing her to pornography, will remain behind bars until his bail application is heard on April 15. The man, who cannot be named in terms of the law, appeared in the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court on Friday, where his case[…]
The Department of Basic Education has blamed its service providers for the delay in meeting the deadline to deliver braille textbooks to special schools. The department says the limited capacity has caused the hold-up, following an agreement with civic society organisations. The department failed to meet the November 2018 deadline. The High Court in[…]
The EFF has poured cold water on claims made by former central command member Thembinkosi Rawula that party money was mismanaged by Julius Malema and his deputy Floyd Shivambu. Rawula made a number of claims about party finances in a public post on Facebook on Friday. “I have been the[…]
Amid the devastation and vast humanitarian challenges facing the countries affected by Cyclone Idai, the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) has reiterated a call for a cash donation drive, to take place this Friday. Tropical Cyclone Idai struck on 11th March and is the deadliest storm to hit Mozambique in the[…]
Cape Town has seen a rapid increase in the number of children reported missing and later killed which creates great concern to child protection and advocacy group Molo Songololo. Earlier this week the body of missing toddler Oderick Lucas was discovered in a drain by children trying to retrieve a[…]
Desperate and frustrated, this is how Chairperson of the Parkwood backyard association in Parkwood Dominique Booysen described how some residents feel about the lack of housing in their community. Booysen said residents are fed up after no progress was made since they were told that their housing needs would be[…]
Informal traders are dissatisfied with the development of a new trade site that was promised to them after the Greenpoint Market was shut down in 2009 for the construction of the Cape Town Stadium. Hawkers, who had for year’s traded at the prime spot, were forced to relocate as building[…]
Cape Town has double the water it had in 2018, after another small 1% drop in dam levels as of Monday 11 March 2019. The City of Cape Town’s Mayoral Committee Member for Water and Sanitation Xanthea Limberg has since announced a slight relaxation in Level 3 water restrictions. Residents[…]
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[…]
While toy guns might seem like harmless objects to children who want to have fun, there are concerns that they reinforce violence as a normal part of society. In a world where movies portray guns as a means of defence and where gang life is often romanticised, should children be exposed to[…]
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