At least 20 people were injured in a crash involving three MyCiti buses at Cape Town’s busy Civic Centre terminus on Tuesday morning. Within minutes paramedics were on the scene to assess shocked passengers for back and leg pain. A woman sat crying with a bandaged hand and man was[…]
#FeesMustFall leader and former Wits University SRC president, Mcebo Dlamini is expected to apply for bail in the High Court sitting at the Palm Ridge magistrate’s court on Tuesday morning. He was denied bail last month by the Johannesburg Magistrates Court. Dlamini was arrested at the University’s residence in Parktown.[…]
Western Cape Local Government Minister, Anton Bredell says he is pleased with the province’s preparations for the Disaster Management seasaon. Role players from the Disaster Risk Management and the National Sea Rescue Institute have presented their summer readiness plans in Cape Town. Bredell has urged the public to play their[…]
Former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela has refused to comment about the alleged leaking of an audio recording. Madonsela was one of the recipients of the Mahatma Gandhi’s Satyagraha Award in an event held in Durban on Monday night. The audio recording carried recordings of her meeting with the President when[…]
The City of Cape Town announced that they will engage with National Government with a formal request to ban the sale of fireworks The Guy Fawkes festivities which took place on Saturday within the city resulted in the highest numbers of injuries. Just under 30 000 residents visited the safety[…]
“One of the highlights when Eskom released its integrated results for the six months ended 30 September, this week, was the significant progress on the new build programme with Ingula’s units 4, 2, and 1 having been in commercial operation since 10 June, 22 August, and 30 August respectively, adding[…]
The African National Congress (ANC) will hold its regular National Working Committee (NWC) meeting Monday morning with the Public Protector’s State of Capture report set to feature high in the discussions. The report details how the wealthy Gupta family allegedly used its proximity with President Jacob Zuma to influence the[…]
The Council for the Advancement of South African Constitution instituted legal proceedings against President Jacob Zuma at the Constitutional Court on Friday over his failure to sign the Financial Intelligence Centre Amendment (Fica) Bill. The Fica Bill was passed by Parliament in May 2016 and submitted for Zuma’s to sign[…]
SACP general secretary Blade Nzimande has labelled the politically connected Gupta family as “parasites”, and has called for their influence to be defeated. “Parasites like the Guptas are not alternative to monopoly capital. Instead their parasitic acts can only serve to weaken the capacity of our state and struggle to[…]
Cosatu president Sdumo Dlamini has warned the ANC to stop abusing the labour federation’s loyalty or risk the failure of both institutions. “We need to take each other seriously. If we don’t, we create a situation where we all shall fall, and I don’t think any of us want that,”[…]
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