Nelson Mandela’s grandson and ANC MP Mandla Mandela has slammed far-right protesters in Britain who are calling for Madiba’s statue to be removed from Parliament Square in London. He described them as oppressors who spew hateful speech. The threats to attack the statue of the first black South African president[…]
Seven of the eight suspects arrested for their alleged involvement in the Venda Building Social (VBS) Mutual Bank scandal are expected to appear in the Palm Ridge Regional Court in Gauteng on Thursday morning. One of the suspects remains in quarantine due to the coronavirus. The arrests were made on[…]
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s address to the nation on Wednesday evening has received mixed reactions from different political parties in the country. Some have agreed with his approach to further ease alert level 3 lockdown regulations which will see restaurants re-open, alongside beauty places and salons. Others say this easing of[…]
Sixteen people – including alleged underworld boss Nafiz Modack and several high-ranking police officers – will appear in the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday on charges of fraud and corruption following a three-year investigation. Modack was arrested on Tuesday. According to national police spokesperson Colonel Vishnu Naidoo, “intensive and[…]
South Africa’s government said it was concerned that a business rescue plan for troubled national carrier SAA published late on Tuesday might not be adequate. The government placed financially strapped South African Airways under business rescue last December, but efforts to revive its fortunes have so far stuttered partly due[…]
In a time of gloom and despair, a best-selling author from the Cape Flats in Cape Town has brought back fond memories with which most coloured people can identify. Yusuf Daniels, 49, from Kenwyn, became an author quite by chance. “I had a groin injury and went to the acupuncturist,[…]
EFF leader Julius Malema has called for the reinstatement of the ban on alcohol for the whole duration of the Covid-19 lockdown. Malema was addressing his party’s Youth Day rally on Tuesday. He said the impact of alcohol consumption on the country’s ailing health system during the Covid-19 epidemic was[…]
Western Cape police are investigating the murder of a 35-year-old man and his three-year-old daughter in Ravensmead, Cape Town, on Monday morning. The double murder occurred at around 07:15 at 39th Street in Eureka Estate, Ravensmead. “The victims were seated in a vehicle when an unknown suspect opened fire on[…]
President Cyril Ramaphosa says there has to be life beyond the Covid-19 pandemic. Ramaphosa was addressing a virtual Youth Day discussion on Tuesday focused on the Covid-19 pandemic, and he encouraged young people to take the lead in turning around the economy. “We are looking forward to innovation and creativity[…]
A man was arrested when a bakkie loaded with dagga valued at about R500,000 crashed near George in the Western Cape after the driver leapt from the moving vehicle, abandoning his alleged accomplice this weekend, the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI), commonly known as the Hawks, said on Sunday.[…]
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