The ANC-controlled Nelson Mandela Bay metro’s new mayor Danny Jordaan is expected to be sworn in during a special council meeting on Thursday. It may however not be an easy feat for the ruling party in the metro, as opposition parties have threatened to stay away from the meeting and[…]
Police Minister Nathi Nhleko said on Wednesday night that reasons “beyond his control” led to him cancelling a news conference where he would have made public his long-awaited Nkandla report. According to Nhleko’s spokesperson Musa Zondi the need to follow parliamentary processes was why the announcement on whether President Jacob[…]
Top government officials, including President Jacob Zuma, misconstrued data on public order policing before Parliament, according to a University of Johannesburg (UJ) report released on Wednesday. The longer UJ researchers worked on the report, the “more it became clear that senior South African Police Services [SAPS] officials and government ministers[…]
Amid a flood of queries over the halal consumption of McDonald’s, the Muslim Judicial Council Halal Trust (MJCHT) has participated in a public awareness campaign launched by the South African franchise on Youtube. The video was launched in May as part of the fast-food chain’s “Know our Food” campaign. In the[…]
The Blikkiesdorp community are incensed that they were not included in consultations around the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Airport Expansion Project. Speaking to VOC News, the Blikkiedorp Joint Committee’s Jerome Daniels says the residents will now be taking their concerns to the City of Cape Town. “We have submitted our grievances[…]
Several artists from the Dubai-based ‘Let the Change Be’ Muslim Music and arts organisation have embarked on a series of workshops across the Mother City, focusing on documentary filmmaking, photography and song writing. The workshops will be conducted between the 26-31 May at several institutions on the Cape Flats, including[…]
Two of the five found guilty of the murder of 6 month-old baby Jordan Leigh Norton have lodged applications for parole, 10 years into their respective 15 year jail terms. Zanethemba Gwade and Bonginkose Singenu were both implicated in the June 2005 murder of baby Jordan at her home in[…]
President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday sent good wishes to his former special advisér and spokesperson Mac Maharaj following complications which arose after he underwent an operation for lung cancer. Maharaj was admitted to a Durban hospital last week Thursday, where he underwent surgery. The presidency said the operation was successful,[…]
As the new requirement for unabridged birth certificates for all children travelling in South Africa comes into effect on June 1 2015, major international airlines say they’ve done all they can to inform those affected. However, Board of Airline Representatives of South Africa (Barsa) chairperson Carla da Silva said she[…]
Christopher Panayiotou will have to spend another weekend in the St Albans holding cells as he waits for the outcome of his bail application. Magistrate Abigail Beeton on Wednesday postpones the case to June 4, when she will hand down her judgment on whether Panayiotou would be granted bail. Panayiotou,[…]
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