The Chairperson of Parliament’s Police Portfolio Committee, Francois Beukma, says they will seek legal advice this week following suspended National Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega’s decision to challenge the findings of the Claasen report. According to the report, Phiyega is unfit to hold office. She was suspended in 2015. The move[…]
“Disgraceful”, “a travesty”, “racist”. These were some of the words used to describe a measure signed off by US President Donald Trump that suspends immigration from several Muslim-majority countries, and indefinitely bans Syrians – including refugees – from entering the United States. Closing off his first week in office, Trump[…]
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order suspending the US refugee programme for 120 days, specifically barring Syrian refugees until further notice. Trump signed the order at the Pentagon, saying the moves would help protect Americans from “terrorist” attacks. “I’m establishing new vetting measures to keep radical Islamic terrorists[…]
Mitchells Plain cluster community policing forum (CPF) chairperson Hanif Loonat is being ousted from his position for allegedly being manipulative and threatening to tap the phones of other members. A letter, signed by members of eight Cape Flats community police forums, was written to Loonat on Wednesday calling for his[…]
A pedestrian has died after crossing the N2 near the Mew Way exit near Khayelitsha. City traffic spokesperson, Maxine Bezuidenhout, says the deceased is believed to be about 35 years old. The right hand lane of the N2 outbound was closed for some time to give officials an opportunity to[…]
Eleven people have been arrested for drug possession in Manenberg and Hanover Park on the Cape Flats. The arrest was a joint operation between SAPS Operation Combat and Metro Police’s Gang and Drug Task Team. Mayco member for Safety and Security, JP Smith, says officers were acting on intelligence after[…]
The MJC Halaal Trust (MJCHT) has cautioned Muslim consumers from falling for a hoax message doing its rounds on social media claiming that the MJC and other ḥalal authorities had withdrawn the ḥalal certificate from SASKO and Albany white Bread. The hoax message as seen below: “The Halaal Trust hereby[…]
By Thakira Desai The community of Hanover Park on the Cape Flats recently voiced concerns about the Health Department’s decision to relocate the Hanover Park Day Hospital amid concerns that healthcare services would be inaccessible to the community. The department insists the relocation is for the residents own well-being amid[…]
By Thakira Desai As Capetonians feel the effects of the drought that has severely impacted the northern parts of the country in recent months, many have heeded the call and have begun actively conserving water. Over the past weeks, residents have shared interesting methods to reducing the amounts of water[…]
Families facing eviction from their Woodstock homes say they will be left unemployed and their children without schools, should they be relocated to Wolwerivier. “We went to Wolwerivier last year and there is no life there. Most of us work night shift at places in the area, so if we[…]
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