Torture, rape, killings, assault – South Africans lodged 42,365 criminal complaints against the police between April 2012 and March 2019. Viewfinder’s debut investigation exposes how underfunding, State Capture and statistical manipulation at the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) failed the victims and helped violent criminals in the police service escape[…]
On Sunday morning, a body was found on the Camps Bay side of Table Mountain. Captain FC Van Wyk said to Cape Town Etc that: “Circumstances surrounding the death of a 40-year-old man whose body was found in the early hours this morning at Woody Rivine, Kloof Nek, Table Mountain[…]
Protesters blocked roads and stoned cars in Cape Town on Monday morning. City of Cape Town traffic services spokesperson Richard Coleman said PG Drive was closed in both directions between Military Road and Sonnet Way. Coleman said protest action had also been reported in Khayelitsha. Mew Way Road was closed[…]
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) has advised people who intend to fly that its members at Airchefs will embark on a strike if the Labour Court in Johannesburg rules in favour of the union on Monday. Members affiliated to NUMSA opted to down tools after the withdrawal of[…]
As pressure mounts for him to be removed as leader and opposing camps gear up for a divisive and damaging clash, Maimane warns attempts to turn the DA into a ‘narrow, minority party’ would be dangerous for the country Former DA leader Helen Zille’s announcement that she would be contesting[…]
Good news for Capetonians who make use of MyCiti buses – a new app has just launched, providing live updates and notifications relating to timetables, and routes, among other features. Users will also receive news alerts while they are travelling and will be able to log queries and notices which[…]
Johannesburg has more jobs on offer than Cape Town and Tshwane combined, a new survey by online job aggregator Adzuna has found. Adzuna ranked the top ten cities with the most jobs on offer by combing through the more than 140,000 job postings on its platform. Also read: These were some of[…]
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has once again been accused of allegedly attempting to omit crucial information from records filed in court. Having been censured by the Constitutional Court for filing incomplete records in the past, Mkhwebane has now been accused of failing to provide the court with a full record[…]
Nineteen-year-old Cebo Mhleli Mbatha was stabbed to death on Clifton 3rd beach, Cape Town, on September 29 2019. His father, Linda Mbatha, went to the city to ensure his son’s body is returned to Dundee in KwaZulu-Natal. Police are investigating the murder, but no arrests have been made. “He was[…]
Wage negotiations in the private security sector remain deadlocked and a strike by security guards across the country is likely. The Democratised Transport Logistics and Allied Workers Union (Detawu) and South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) are among the unions heading to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and[…]
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