The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation on Friday condemned a Lenasia schoolteacher who allegedly called a Muslim pupil a “terrorist”. “If the allegations against the teacher are found to be true, it raises serious concerns about ongoing incidents of racism in SA schools,” the foundation’s director, Neeshan Balton, said in a statement.[…]
A proposed figure for a minimum wage will be published on Sunday following a Nedlac meeting, Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says. “We are to receive a report from the panel of advisers I have appointed to advise the social partners on the issue of the minimum wage,” he told journalists[…]
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has denied that it is captured by the Guptas. The union was reacting to a story aired on eNCA on Thursday night wherein it’s general-secretary David Sipunzi said the Guptas funded it’s Central Executive Committee conference in June this year to the tune of[…]
Crimes are being committed in South Africa’s prisons with impunity, a researcher said at a Judicial Inspectorate of Correctional Services’ (JICS) seminar on prison assault and torture on Thursday. “What is the Department of Correctional Services doing about it?” asked a frustrated Gwen Dereymaeker of the University of the Western[…]
Chairperson of the House Committee at the residence at Wits University, Nkululeko Tsekane, says the university drags its feet on issues of sexual violence and does not take them seriously. This comes after a student was raped at Wits Junction residence three weeks ago. The media was barred from a[…]
The pre-trial hearing of Henri van Breda, accused of killing his parents and older brother, has been postponed to February 3, 2017. The State has requested a postponement in order to provide all the particulars of their case to the defence. The State has until November 30 to give particulars[…]
Firefighters are working to extinguish a fire on Devil’s Peak in Cape Town which began in the early hours of Thursday morning. City of Cape Town’s fire and rescue services spokesperson Theo Layne said they were alerted to the fire at around 06:30 and teams were currently on the scene[…]
Save South Africa member and ANC stalwart, Sipho Pityana, has called on the public to pray for the downfall of President Jacob Zuma. Pityana, a staunch critic of Zuma received a thunderous applause from the packed audience at Nongoza Jebe Hall in New Brighton, Port Elizabeth on Wednesday night. The[…]
Days after claiming to know student leader Mcebo Dlamini “very well”, State Security Minister David Mahlobo has done an about-turn on the extent of their relationship. Mahlobo was answering questions in the National Assembly on Wednesday when he was asked to clarify his relationship with Dlamini. This follows reports in[…]
Victor Mlotshwa, the man who was beaten and placed into a coffin by two men in Middelburg, said he feared for his life during the ordeal. “They beat me up, tied me and put me into a coffin,” Mlotshwa said outside the Middelburg Magistrate’s Court, where the two alleged culprits[…]
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