The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) must not be used for self-enrichment, ANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa warned delegates at the elective congress on Friday. “It is not an ANCYL that is on sale to anybody,” he told delegates at the 25th national congress in Midrand, Johannesburg. “Tendencies creeping[…]
Suspended Gauteng Hawks head Major-General Shadrack Sibiya has been fired, Hawks spokesperson Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi has confirmed. This was in line with the recommendations of a disciplinary inquiry into his role in the illegal deportation of five Zimbabweans. ”We do not know whether he is going to challenge the decision[…]
The Department of Basic Education has given the assurance this year’s Annual National Assessments (ANAs) will go ahead, despite a call for teachers to boycott the tests. “As far as we are concerned the ANAs are going to happen as planned,” spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga told News24. The assessments are expected[…]
The Economist magazine said the ANC is turning its back on human rights and freedom by siding with some of the world’s ”nastier” regimes. In an article headed “Clueless and Immoral” on the majority party’s documents for its National General Council, it referred to opinions in the discussion document which[…]
Africa loses more than R50bn every year as a result of the illicit flow of funds, former president Thabo Mbeki has said. “Africa faces the great challenge of large volumes of capital leaving the continent illicitly – money that our continent needs to address the challenges of development,” Mbeki told[…]
President Jacob Zuma has met with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to “strengthen relations” between the two countries. In a statement, the Presidency said Zuma and Bashir met on the margins of the 70th Anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese Peoples’ War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World[…]
National Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega has told President Jacob Zuma she needs more time to respond to his letter warning her of a possible suspension. The Presidency said in a statement on Thursday – the day the deadline expired for her to respond to him – that she had informed[…]
Police have launched a manhunt for a third suspected robber involved in a cigarette van heist at the BP garage at the Cape Town International Airport. One robber was shot dead and another injured in a shoot-out with security guards on Wednesday. Witnesses told News24 the trio had pulled up[…]
Four people were arrested for possession and distribution of child pornography in Pretoria and Cape Town, police said on Wednesday. The arrests followed an investigation by specialised detectives from the family violence, child protection and sexual offences unit from Gauteng, Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo said. Three people were arrested in Hercules[…]
Domestic worker Colleen Arends never thought she’d end up giving birth to her baby girl on the floor of her employer’s Sunningdale home. The 36-year-old Kraaifontein resident had visited the bathroom a few times on Monday morning before she spotted blood. “I was not expecting to go into labour. I[…]
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