EFF Deputy President Floyd Shivambu is the latest of the party’s MPs to be facing assault charges. It’s been almost two years since a scuffle between Shivambu and a Netwerk24 photojournalist was captured on camera in the Parliamentary precinct. Shivambu made his first court appearance related to the incident on Thursday. READ: Shivambu manhandles journalist: Parliament still[…]
Gauteng MEC for Public Transport and Roads Infrastructure Jacob Mamabolo said that since taking office, he has established that some taxi associations have their own hitmen. Mamabolo was testifying before the commission of inquiry into taxi violence on Thursday in Parktown, Johannesburg. The commission is chaired by Judge Jeremiah Shongwe[…]
South Africa needs to adopt stronger measures to fight emboldened and brazen criminals, similar to the Italian government in its fight against the Sicilian Mafia many years ago when the Italian criminal justice system was compromised. The latest attack on officers of the court and the criminal justice system could[…]
In August 2019, three suspects were arrested for being in illegal possession of a lion cub that was dubbed Simba. The little lion was found in a house in Athlone, on the Cape Flats, and Sulaiman Effendi, Shurud Jacobs and Moegamat Simons were charged with the illegal possession of an[…]
Although the increased focus on violence against women and children by government and civil society is laudable, it is insufficient if there is to be any hope of changing South Africa’s social environment. Lucy Jamieson, a senior researcher at UCT’s Children’s Institute, said there’s a problematic societal acceptance of violence[…]
The Hoyana family – who tragically lost their son and brother, Anele, after he was bludgeoned to death in a farmhouse in East London over the weekend – says his killer was not a stranger but a neighbour of 15 years. “Fritz [Joubert] was not a stranger to us as[…]
The Clareinch Post Office that currently serves as a grim reminder of the terrible things that happened to University of Cape Town student Uyinene Mrwetyana could soon be renovated into a wellness centre in memory of the beautiful woman who was brutally raped and murdered there. According to Eyewitness News (EWN),[…]
With two attacks by assailants using rocks as obstructions and weapons having occurred on the Cape Town N1 in the last week, urgent action is needed to ensure the safety of motorists and the prosecution of criminals endangering the lives of road users. The City of Cape Town is now[…]
Cape Town police say they’re following up on all leads to solve the murder of a lawyer in Mitchells Plain. Defence advocate Vernon Jantjies died in a hail of bullets at a petrol station in Lentegeur on Sunday night, in front of his daughter and onlookers. Jantjies was known for[…]
Two months after a UCT student was stabbed and three others were injured in a suspected robbery, yet another teen, this time a 16-year-old boy, has been stabbed to death in Clifton. The Western Cape police are investigating the murder that took place on Saturday night. Spokesperson Sergeant Noloyiso Rwexana[…]
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