The Constitutional court has asked why Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini should not have to pay legal costs. Chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng had strong words for Dlamini‚ suggesting “absolute incompetence” and saying she did not do her job by not finding out that SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) could not pay[…]
President Jacob Zuma has extended well wishes to struggle veteran Ahmed Kathrada who is recovering in hospital after an operation to remove a blood clot on the brain. Zuma extends good wishes to 87-year-old Kathrada and urges South Africans to keep the struggle veteran in their thoughts. Kathrada was admitted[…]
Senior lecturer in public law at the University of Cape Town, Dr Cathy Powell says the Constitutional Court has no choice but to come up with a carefully crafted remedy to the social grants payments. The court will on Wednesday hear non-profit organisation Black Sash’s application to seek the reinstatement[…]
Sibongile Mbambo and her partner Phumlani Mbokazi who are accused of staging the kidnapping of Mbambo’s one-month-old baby daughter are expected to appear in the Durban Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. Police believe Mbambo and Mbokazi staged Friday’s hijacking of Mbambo’s white Toyota Yaris with Mbambo’s baby still inside. On Monday[…]
The investigation into a plot to assassinate former president Nelson Mandela was “totally covered up”, Major-General Andre Lincoln testified in the Western Cape High Court on Monday. He told the court that police officers at all levels blocked the investigation. A handcrafted rifle was found under the desk of a[…]
A protest by residents of Masiphumelele to draw attention to land issues in the community cut the Cape Town Cycle Tour short on Sunday. Seventeen residents were arrested in the early hours of Sunday, March 12, after they blocked a road next to the township, GroundUp reports. Residents were unhappy[…]
The City of Cape Town said on Monday disaster planning was underway to ensure measures were in place for the possibility of an extended drought. “[We] continue planning for the implementation of contingency and emergency measures in conjunction with the National Department of Water and Sanitation,” MMC for water and[…]
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan will appear before Parliament’s standing committee on public accounts (Scopa) on Tuesday to clear up Treasury’s stance on the social grants crisis. Committee chairperson Themba Godi said last week the meeting would help the committee understand Treasury’s reservations on the proposed new contract with current grants[…]
The assault case against the ANC’s Western Cape secretary Faiez Jacobs is expected to resume in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Monday. Jacobs last month pleaded not guilty to assaulting his policy co-ordinator Wesley Seale in 2015, saying he slapped him after he was confronted. Seale, however, said he[…]
Anti-crime activist Yusuf Abramjee says he hopes police will get to the bottom of the latest racist facebook post. Abramjee laid criminal charges against Obatala Mcambi at the Brooklyn police station in Pretoria on Saturday for allegedly inciting violence and hatred. Mcambi posted on his Facebook page that he used[…]
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