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[…]
Forensic investigator Paul O’Sullivan was arrested and released from custody by order of the High Court in Pretoria late on Monday night. O’Sullivan was arrested on Monday at Afriforum offices in Pretoria and was taken to the Kameeldrift police station where he was charged with fraud, intimidation and extortion. The[…]
The wealthy must stop turning poor people into ”refugees in their own town’, said Cape Town’s Anglican Church, as it threw its weight behind Woodstock’s soon-to-be-evicted Bromwell Street residents. ”It is shocking that the poor have to resort to the courts to fight for their democratic right to a home[…]
The son of community activist Nazeema Samuels was killed in a shooting in Hanover Park, Cape Town on Sunday morning, police said. It is believed that Toufieq Samuels, 24, died in a gang-related shooting. Police spokesperson Andrè Traut told News24 that Samuels was shot by an unidentified suspect. Circumstances surrounding[…]
The City of Cape Town plans to retract its support for the next State of The Nation Address (SONA), calling the use of security “excessive and unnecessary”. This is after parliament doubled the number of road closures for the yearly address on Thursday and 441 SA National Defense Force troops[…]
Forensic investigator Paul O’Sullivan’s assistant has been released from custody, following a brief appearance in the High Court in Pretoria on Sunday night. Attorney Sarah Jane Trent was arrested on Friday afternoon. Her bail was expected to be set on Monday. In her affidavit, Trent claims she was taken by[…]
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