By Aneeqa du Plessis After more than 53 years, the Haron family are now one-step closer to hearing the truth in their father’s death. This comes as closing arguments in Imam Abdullah Haron’s reopened inquest were wrapped up in the Cape High Court yesterday. The anti-apartheid activist was detained for[…]
LOCAL A forensic pathologist has told an inquest into the death of struggle cleric, Imam Abdullah Haron, that she’s identified several procedural irregularities in Haron’s post-mortem report in 1970. The reopened inquest is continuing at the High Court in Cape Town. Dr Itumeleng Molefe says the chronology of events leading up to Haron’s[…]
LOCAL A year ago, KwaZulu-Natal was plunged into chaos by riots that spread to Gauteng, leaving about 354 people dead – a shocking 237 of them murdered during the unprecedented post-apartheid unrest. KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 199 of those murders, with 38 reported in Gauteng. The protests followed the imprisonment of[…]
Residents of Delft (north of Cape Town) say they are being failed by the police and criminal justice system. The police’s third Quarter Crime Stats indicate that Delft is one of the areas with the highest number of sexual offences cases in the country. The Ministry of Justice and Constitutional[…]
The African Climate Alliance is planning protests on Friday in Cape Town alongside similar marches planned elsewhere in the world to demand urgent action to tackle the climate crisis. In a statement on Tuesday organisers said as an alternative to in-person protests, which will be muted this year due to[…]
More than 120,000 people have signed an online petition to demand justice for 16-year-old Nathaniel Julius, who was allegedly shot and killed by police in Eldorado Park on Wednesday last week. Julius had Down syndrome. Hazel Waydene, who started the petition last Thursday, wrote that Julius was “shot for no[…]
Police Minister Bheki Cele has warned any person who contravenes the regulations of the nationwide lockdown from midnight on Thursday will be guilty of a criminal offence and will be liable to a fine or imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months, or both. During a briefing on Wednesday,[…]
Former post office worker Luyanda Botha will serve life in prison for the rape and murder of Uyinene Mrwetyana, in terms of a plea and sentencing agreement heard in the Western Cape High Court. The court heard on Friday that Botha pleaded guilty to raping and killing UCT student Mrwetyana[…]
A former charity manager in the Gaza Strip accused of funding Hamas has attended court for the 129th time in what has become the longest trial of its kind in Israel’s history, dragging on as witnesses are blocked from testifying. The 41-year-old aid worker, Muhammed al-Halabi, was arrested in June[…]
Social justice movement group, Moms Move for Justice is expected to march to parliament in Cape Town tomorrow on Thursday in commemoration of all the victims of crime and senseless violence in local communities. Ordinary community members, religious leaders, community organisations and non-profit organisations are expected to attend. The march[…]
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