The Hawks, the police’s special investigative unit, have accused the SA Communist Party of “peddling information” to undermine its controversial boss. Hawks spokesman Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi, was reacting to an SACP statement on Wednesday in support of Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan. The statement accused Hawks boss Lieutenant-General Berning Ntlemeza of[…]
An alleged serial rapist, at this stage facing 23 rape charges, abandoned his intended bail application when he made his second appearance in court on Wednesday. The man, aged 33, may not be identified until he pleads to the charges. He was arrested on May 10, and made his first[…]
As the world speeds towards digitisation, across every sphere, the modernisation of Home Affairs has been a welcomed changed for a department often associated with long queues and frustrating waiting period. The Minister of Home Affairs Malusi Gigaba however, affirmed that the DHA is looking to expand the roll-out of[…]
Scientists are planning a major study of an experimental HIV vaccine in South Africa later this year. The shots are based on the only attempted HIV vaccine ever to show even marginal effectiveness, in Thailand in 2009. The US National Institutes of Health said Wednesday its study in South Africa[…]
A case of damage to property has been opened at the Cape Town police station by Parliament after a glass entrance door to parliament was shattered‚ furniture damaged and clothes torn following a brawl in the National Assembly when President Jacob Zuma was in attendance. In a statement‚ Parliament said[…]
There may be a ray of hope for over 100 pensioners who have been conducting a sit-in on Parliament’s pavement for weeks in protest over their claims of missing pensions and Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) money. Their representative Michael Matshaye said they may soon receive UIF payments after their names[…]
The National Assembly on Wednesday voted to approve the Presidency budget. The budget was presented by President Jacob Zuma in Parliament on May 4. It was approved when 212 MPs voted in its favour, with 64 against and two abstentions. In a declaration before the vote, the DA said the lack of[…]
The African National Congress (ANC) in the Western Cape on Wednesday opened a docket for criminal investigation into the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) Dan Plato and whom the ANC called Plato’s “dubious sources”. “What he is doing is immoral. He has put lives in danger and he is smearing the ANC’s[…]
The chaos besieging Parliament is a critical constitutional matter that could be resolved only through dialogue, or as a last resort, by the highest court in the land. This was the view of constitutional and political analysts following yet another day of mayhem in Parliament when EFF MPs were forcefully[…]
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan says reports of his alleged imminent arrest have been extremely distressing for him and his family. He said in a statement on Tuesday that he was not aware of any charges or further investigations until the reports surfaced over the weekend. The Sunday Times reported at[…]
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