President Jacob Zuma has refuted accusations of government corruption, according to papers filed at the Constitutional Court, the Sunday Independent reported. Zuma called the latest court bid by businessman Hugh Glenister, who as part of his quest to ensure independence for the Hawks, seeks to prove corruption in government, “wholly[…]
A lasting solution to the Middle East unrest can only be found through serious and genuine negotiations between the parties involved, the international relations department (Dirco) said on Friday. “We strongly urge all sides to refrain from responding to violence with violence and to exercise restraint, including a halt to[…]
Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi urged government on Friday to immediately cut diplomatic ties with Israel. “This government of ours must, not tomorrow but today, buy a ticket for the ambassador of Israel, take him to the airport and send him back home,” said Vavi in Pretoria. “They should send[…]
Six retail spaces in the international departures hall of the Cape Town International Airport will be put out to tender next week, an airport official said on Friday. Spokeswoman Deidre Davids said the hall was a duty-free area that served premium-class travellers who generally spent about two hours waiting for[…]
The State will oppose a bail application to be launched later this month by a policeman charged with raping two teenage boys, the Blue Downs District Court heard on Friday. The policeman, 40, a warrant officer based at the Bellville South police station in Cape Town, may not be named[…]
Following a shocking spate of police killings in recent months, a number of Western Cape cabinet ministers and senior police officials held a high level meeting to discuss solutions to the issue. The meeting, which was called by Premier Helen Zille, was attended by provincial police commissioner, Arno Lamoer, and[…]
Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi joined hundreds of protesters on Friday in criticising the Israeli occupation of Gaza and attacks on Palestine. The protesters gathered at the entrance of the OR Tambo Building in Pretoria, the headquarters of the department of international relations, calling for the expulsion of the Israeli[…]
A Bellville, Cape Town, police officer accused of raping two 14-year-old boys is expected to appear in the Blue Downs Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. The officer allegedly abused the boys for four years. He was arrested after the Independent Police Investigative Directorate became aware of the matter. After his arrest[…]
Public hearings into last month’s eviction of illegal shack dwellers in Lwandle, Cape Town, would begin on Monday, the housing ministry said. The hearings would be held at the Good Hope Sub-Council Building from 10am, spokesman Vusi Tshose said in a statement on Thursday. “The decision to appoint the inquiry[…]
Apartheid-era assassin Eugene de Kock can be forgiven and paroled if he shows remorse, the family of one of his victims told the Sowetan newspaper. “If he was to speak to us and connect with us on a human level, and really show he knows what he did was a[…]
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