The husband of murdered teacher Jayde Panayiotou will be applying for bail on Thursday. Christopher Panayiotou’s attorney, Alwyn Grievenow, confirmed on Monday that he would be bringing a bail application on behalf of his client. National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson, Velekhaya Mgobhozi, said the NPA will be opposing the bail application.[…]
Culpable homicide convict Oscar Pistorius could be free from jail in as little as three months’ time and is keen to work with children upon his release. According to his lawyer, Rohan Kruger, Pistorius spends about 23 hours of his day in an isolation wing and spends most of his[…]
A Cape Town man, charged with killing a woman and raping two others he met while cycling, has to look for another lawyer after his withdrew from the case on Monday. Likhaya Makana, representing Johan Lewis, applied to the Western Cape High Court to withdraw because of a “conflict of[…]
The White House version of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden was false, and senior Pakistani military officials were in fact aware of the mission, according to an article published on Sunday. “The White House’s story might have been written by Lewis Carroll,” Seymour Hersh wrote of the official[…]
Yemen’s Houthi fighters and Saudi Arabian forces have traded heavy artillery and rocket fire in border areas, residents say, a day before a proposed ceasefire. The Houthis said they fired Katyusha rockets and mortars on the Saudi cities of Jizan and Najran on Monday, after the Saudis hit Saada and[…]
More than 36,000 newborn Syrian babies in Lebanon are stateless, with no identification documents, the UN refugee agency has told Al Jazeera. The registration data of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees indicates that, as of the end of March 2015, nearly 51,000 Syrian children were born in Lebanon[…]
AwqafSA in partnership with the Boland Islamic Council Waqf hosted their first session of Waqf training on Saturday 9th May 2015. The event was hosted in Kromboom Road and presenters included Awqaf SA members, Mikaeel Collier, Madina Institute’s Dr Salie Abrahams, Former Awqaf SA CEO Raaghieb Najaar and CA Zeinoul[…]
Thousands celebrated the Cape’s slave heritage by participating in the 5th Jive Slave Route Challenge 2015 on Sunday. The challenge involves the running of 4 races which include a half marathon, 10km run, 5km run and 10km big walk. The race caters to people from all walks of life. “This[…]
The Democratic Alliances (DA) says the public should not base its support for the new DA leader Musi Maimane on his race but on the issues the party will tackle under his leadership. Maimane made history this weekend as the first black leader to be elected as head of the[…]
Clive Derby-Lewis has been in hospital since last year where he is being treated for cancer, but the Department of Correctional Services cannot reveal where he’s being treated. Correctional Services spokesperson Logan Maistry said on Sunday that Derby-Lewis was receiving treatment in accordance with the department’s policies. The cost of[…]
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