At least four women have been raped in less than three weeks after boarding minibus taxis in and around Gugulethu, a gender rights activist said on Thursday. The first woman took an Avanza taxi to work with two other people, said Zoleka Mali, a counsellor at the Mosaic Centre for[…]
The death toll among mentally-ill patients in Gauteng has continued to rise with the latest figure passing 100. That’s according to the Health Ombudsman, Professor Malegapuru Makgoba, who is briefing a joint Committee on Health from Parliament and the National Council of Provinces (NCOP). The mentally-ill patients were transferred from[…]
The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) will on Thursday file papers with the Constitutional Court with proposals on the payment of welfare grants from April, spokesperson Paseka Letsatsi said. “We will file papers before the close of business tomorrow,” Letsatsi said. He said the embattled agency would put forward[…]
A Right2Know member has opened a case of assault after allegedly being slapped and manhandled by members of the police’s VIP protection unit, GroundUp reported. Murray Hunter was placing one of the organisation’s “Stop SABC Censorship” campaign stickers on the bumper of a white, unmarked police car after the State[…]
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) says it is taking speaker of the National Assembly, Baleka Mbete, to court over Parliament’s failure to discipline President Jacob Zuma. This is after the Constitutional Court ruled in 2016 that he violated his oath of office. EFF members were once again carried out of[…]
frikaans singer Steve Hofmeyr has distanced himself from fundraising efforts to send him to the US for talks with President Donald Trump. He became suspicious about Kommandosorg, the organisation which wants him to ask Trump for help to stop the “genocide” of white Afrikaners. Hofmeyr answered Netwerk24‘s questions about his[…]
The trial of terror-accused siblings Ebrahim and Fatima Patel is expected to start in the Kagiso Regional Court on Wednesday. A stun grenade and 21 rounds of ammunition were allegedly found in their house in Azaadville, on the West Rand, during a raid on July 9, 2016. They were charged[…]
The Economic Freedom Fighters is taking Speaker Baleka Mbete to court to force Parliament to discipline President Jacob Zuma for failing to uphold the Constitution. EFF leader Julius Malema said they want direct access to the Constitutional Court. “We have taken the decision to approach the ConCourt directly,” Malema said[…]
Residents of the Europe informal settlement in Nyanga are living with growing mounds of uncollected rubbish, due to a dispute between the City of Cape Town and residents over the employment of contract communal cleaners, GroundUp reported. “It is not just the stench which bothers us. Sometimes we find our[…]
The City of Cape Town has once again appealed to residents and business to save water, as dam levels across the Western Cape have dropped to 36% on average. Mayoral Committee Member for Water in the City of Cape Town, Xanthea Limberg, says with the last 10% of a dam’s[…]
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