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[…]
A huge civil suit involving staggering claims about the involvement of President Jacob Zuma, State Security Minister David Mahlobo and government intelligence agents in the formation of a new labour union aimed at destabilising anti-ANC labour union the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) is due to be heard[…]
A new overtime policy introduced by the national Department of Health could see some doctors in the public sector facing a pay cut as high as 30% in January. Several KwaZulu-Natal doctors speaking to News24 on condition of anonymity have warned of a mass exodus of specialists from the public[…]
Judgment is expected to be handed down in the Western Cape High Court on Friday in the matter involving Marius Fransman and the ANC’s integrity committee. The respondents in the matter are ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe and commission deputy chairperson Frene Ginwala. Fransman has been the subject of disciplinary[…]
Four men accused of murdering teenager Franziska Blöchliger are due to appear at the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. The group is facing charges of murder, rape and robbery with aggravating circumstances. A post-mortem found that Franziska, 16, was strangled and suffocated and had sustained blunt-force trauma when she was[…]
Bishops and senior Anglican clergy in the Western Cape have rejected President Jacob Zuma’s suggestion that religious leaders “stay out of politics and rather pray for South Africa”. In a statement released on Thursday evening, clergy from Cape Town, False Bay and Saldanha Bay said they were “alarmed” by Zuma’s[…]
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