Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has launched a veiled attack on white South Africans. He’s also broken his silence on his wife’s alleged assault of a Johannesburg model by lamenting the behaviour of young people. The South African government granted Grace Mugabe diplomatic immunity following the alleged attack and allowed her[…]
Police Minister Fikile Mbalula is embroiled in a war against rogue police spies who have threatened his life, as well as the lives of his family. City Press is in possession of a report of a registered undercover operation called Project Wonder, which involves rogue agents and officers from the[…]
President Jacob Zuma has lauded efforts by counterpart Filipe Jacinto Nyusi to engage the leadership of the Renamo opposition movement to curb the resurgence of political violence in the restive southern African state. The former guerrilla movement has launched a series of attacks in some northern and central parts of[…]
The two Cape Town paramedics who got caught in an attack on their police escort in Gugulethu this week, previously had guns pointed at them, an EMS spokesperson said on Friday. “They are not military trained, they are not security personnel, they are just medical health professionals,” Emergency Medical Services[…]
Ashleigh Furlong, GroundUp Three years after the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry completed its work, the Western Cape Government says “steady progress” is being made in the implementation of its recommendations, but the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) is less optimistic. The Office of Premier Helen Zille said in a statement this[…]
For Muslim pilgrims in Qatar who hoped to perform one of the pillars of Islam, the annual Hajj that began this week is out of reach. This is because Saudi Arabia – which oversees and manages Islam’s two holiest sites in Mecca and Medina – has made it impossible for[…]
Somali forces supported by U.S. troops shot dead 10 Somalis, including three children, in a village near the capital Mogadishu on Friday, a witness and local officials told Reuters. The involvement of U.S. troops was confirmed by U.S. Africa Command, which said it was investigating reports of civilian casualties. The[…]
The US imposed sweeping financial sanctions on Venezuela on Friday, which were angrily denounced by Caracas and dramatically ratcheted up tensions between the two countries. The sanctions, which US President Donald Trump signed by executive order, prohibit American financial institutions from providing new money to the government or the state[…]
The Western Cape Department of Social Development (DSD) will assist the police in their investigation of a neonaticide (intentional killing of a baby within first 28 days of life), after the body of a newborn baby was found in a plastic bag and left on the streets in Goodwood on[…]
The South African government is planning to crack down on dubious marriage proposals, warning that couples could face 15 years in prison if they are involved in a fraudulent marriage. There are a rising number of South African women who are selling their hands in marriage to foreigners seeking residents’[…]
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