Residents of Bokmakierie are in shock after another innocent loss of life as a result of gang violence. 12 year old Rimeez Ismail is the latest casualty of gang warfare, killed in a suspected cross fire on Sunday. Ismail was shot in the chest and died on the way to[…]
Paddlers on Sunday discovered the body of a man in a life jacket in Zeekoevlei near Grassy Park on Sunday, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) confirmed. The paddlers spotted the body floating in a life-jacket near to a capsized boat while they were on an early morning paddle, NSRI[…]
The eight SABC journalists who took the broadcaster to court this year will testify before Parliament’s ad hoc committee looking into the fitness of the SABC board on Monday. Committee chairperson Vincent Smith said on Friday that the group will be represented by four of the eight members. They will[…]
The Presidency announced on Sunday that government is ready to compensate families of the Marikana victims. “The SAPS has instructed its attorneys to make offers of payments in full settlement of claims for the claims where quantification were complete and are not under criminal investigation,” President Jacob Zuma said in[…]
Save South Africa says it is “shocking news” that Atul Gupta is in 7th position on the Sunday Times’s Rich List. “For one man to have acquired so much wealth, so fast, is in itself very disturbing,” Save South Africa, a collective of organisations, civil society groups, business leaders and[…]
The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Rights Commission) says it is shocked to hear about two pastors who gave congregants harmful liquids to drink as part of their healing. “As a commission we categorically state that no one should be subjected to[…]
If the architects of the Constitution could do it all over again, they might constrain the powers of the executive and make public institutions stronger. “The single biggest single problem, I think, is the over-concentration of power in the executive and in the hands of the presidents in the Constitution,”[…]
Beata Lipman, who hand-wrote the original Freedom Charter, died at the age of 88 in Johannesburg on Thursday, her daughter Jane said. Lipman had been unwell after being scalded by hot water. She appeared to be having seizures, so her daughter rushed her to hospital, where she died. Lipman is[…]
Government has approved a trial period for the introduction of a mixed funding scheme for the “missing middle” student income group in 2017. A pilot project would be implemented at various universities and one Technical and Vocational Education and Training college in 2017 to test certain aspects of the model,[…]
Heavy rain in Cape Town on Friday morning has resulted in localised flooding and traffic delays. The unseasonal rain started falling in the early hours of the morning. The City of Cape Town tweeted that there was flooding on the N2 outbound at Liesbeeck, causing delays. There was also a[…]
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