By Loushe Jordaan The life of a 16 year old learner from Beacon Hill High School was cut short last night when he was shot while playing soccer with friends. At about 19:00 on Thursday evening, Mitchell’s Plain police received a complaint of a shooting in Ferrari Street, Beacon Valley[…]
Residents of Uitsig have called for increased manpower to combat the scourge of violence within their community. Earlier this week police arrested two suspects in connection with the murder of a four-year-old girl in Uitsig on the Cape Flats. This after Thea Lewis was fatally shot as a result of[…]
In a move that has disappointed pilgrims wanting to experience iconic sites in Islam’s history, Saudi Arabia has barred access to the Cave of Hira, the place where the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) received the first revelation of the Qur’an. Secretary of the South African Muslim Travel Association and a local[…]
Official statistics on how many women and children have been victims of sexual violence and rape in various “hot” wars around the world are extremely difficult to come by. The high number of under reported cases makes it almost impossible to form a definitive number to the scourge. What can[…]
After more than two decades of democracy and countless cases of domestic and sexual abuse of children, rights groups have welcomed a soon to be implemented bill on the establishment of body mandated to protect the rights of the child. Premier Helen Zille Children’s recently announced the finalization of a[…]
By Loushe Jordaan The situation at Mitchell’s Plain bus station remained the same if not worse than Wednesday, as workers affiliated to bus unions embarked on a second day of strike action. Some 1500 commuters were queuing since the early hours of this morning in hopes of getting to work[…]
The South African Police Service’s directorate for priority crime investigation, the Hawks, has confirmed that a Cape Town DJ and a former employee of the South African Broadcasting Commission have been arrested. In a statement released on Wednesday, Hawks spokesperson captain Philani Nkwalase said the Hawks’ South African Narcotics Enforcement[…]
Palestine solidarity movements are hoping to reignite the epic Gaza demonstration in 2014 with a mass protest action on the 15th May, known as Nakba day. Nakba Day marks the expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their home land, which lead to the creation of the Zionist state[…]
Commuters on the Cape Flats are bearing the brunt of the nationwide bus strike, with thousands of people still waiting for transport to the CBD and other areas. A nationwide strike by bus drivers has inconvenienced an estimated 1.4 million commuters who are struggling to find other modes of transport to[…]
By Wardah Wilkinson Activists working towards restitution in District Six are in the process of launching an application to the land claims court to obtain a declaratory order and structural interdict to compel the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform to finish building the houses in District Six within a[…]
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