Police officers and lawmen from across Gauteng are bracing for another day of civil unrest in Tshwane after reports of widespread violence overnight. This follows days of protests in Atteridgeville, Soshanguve, Mamelodi, Hammanskraal and Mabopane after the announcement of Thoko Didiza as the ANC’s mayoral candidate for the sprawling metro.[…]
Family and friends of former SABC chief executive Solly Mokoetle are reeling with shock following his mysterious disappearance from his luxury Umhlanga estate on Friday. The 59-year-old father of four was last seen leaving his home in the plush Mount Edgecombe golf estate on Friday night and had not been[…]
The City of Cape Town will soon begin looking for a private sector partner to begin work on its landmark incomplete bridge in the city centre, a project which must be aimed at easing traffic congestion and providing affordable housing. This was told by City Mayor Patricia de Lille who[…]
A bitter row is raging between local residents and the Athlone School for the Blind over the demolition of a 60-year-old manor house to make way for a social housing development. Residents are concerned about the impact on pupils of the development which will see over 900 flats being built[…]
The SABC says it is not doing viewers a disservice by electing not to broadcast images of destruction by protesters in Tshwane. The public broadcaster has been flayed on social media over its coverage of the protests which saw at least 20 buses torched on Monday night and the violence[…]
An alleged serial rapist, believed to be behind the attacks on two UCT students and a hiker, will remain behind bars as the Director of Public Prosecutions decides in which court his trial will be heard. Patrick Hlomane, 35, appeared in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday on charges of[…]
Bus driver Themba Mukhari had a close shave with death after protesters surrounded his bus at 6am, ordering him and his passengers to get out. “They threw wood inside the bus, poured petrol into it, then torched it,” he said. In another section of the township, about 200 people started[…]
The man accused of raping at least one woman at the University of Cape Town will appear in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. The 35-year-old was arrested near the Rhodes Memorial on March 12, days after UCT offered a R100 000 reward for information about the attacks on several[…]
The Independent Communications Authority of SA has given the SABC a two-day reprieve to respond to allegations of censorship levelled against it by lobby group Media Monitoring Africa. The lobby group wrote to Icasa in an attempt to force the public broadcaster to reverse its decision not to show footage[…]
The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) has lodged a grievance with national police management after the demotion of two seasoned Cape crimefighters. Major-General Jeremy Vearey and Major-General Peter Jacobs were informed by the national police head office last week about the change, without consultation. Vearey, the former deputy[…]
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