Police in Ferguson, Missouri, routinely engaged in racial bias and stereotyping, the U.S. Justice Department is said to have concluded following an investigation sparked by the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen. A report expected to be released as early as Wednesday details a sweeping pattern of discrimination not[…]
The OR Tambo community hall in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, has been torched, the City of Cape Town said on Sunday. “Yesterday [Saturday] the city’s sport, recreation and amenities department hosted a youth games event at the OR Tambo Hall in Khayelitsha,” said mayoral committee member for community services Belinda Walker[…]
Disclosure of Nkandla security structures, sought by architect Minenhle Makhanya, could put President Jacob Zuma in danger, according to papers before the High Court in Pietermaritzburg on Wednesday. Such disclosure would reveal “highly sensitive measures which would put the lives of president Zuma and his family in jeopardy”, director general[…]
The DA will bring a court challenge against legislation allowing for the arrest or removal of people who create a disturbance in the National Assembly, it said on Wednesday. The DA filed papers in the Western Cape High Court following last week’s removal of Economic Freedom Fighters MPs from the[…]
At least 22 officers were killed when a group of Taliban militants stormed a police compound Tuesday in eastern Afghanistan, officials said. The attack occurred in Pul-e-Alam, the capital of Logar province. Provincial spokesman Din Mohammad Darwish said four insurgents attacked the compound. “The first attacker blew himself up at[…]
Security personnel who forcefully removed the EFF from Parliament on Thursday had used pictures of the party’s MPs to practice their tactics, City Press reported on Sunday. Pictures of Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema, his deputy Floyd Shivambu and MPs Godrich Gardee and Reneilwe Mashabela were used during practice[…]
The EFF claims police plan to “manhandle” its MPs during President Jacob Zuma’s state-of-the-nation address in Parliament on Thursday evening. “[We] have it on good authority that Parliament and the ANC police have planned to manhandle and arrest EFF MPs for things they will say inside Parliament during the state-of-the-nation[…]
Czech fugitive and murder accused Radovan Krejcir was allegedly involved in a raft of crimes and substantial evidence has been collected against him, national police said on Monday. “Indeed we unearthed alot of evidence that we will be able to place before the court which will indicate that Krejcir and[…]
The body of a missing five-year-old girl Kaden Williams was found in bushes in Bredasdorp on Monday afternoon, Western Cape police said. “The death of a five-year-old girl is being investigated after her body was found this afternoon in a bushy area in Bredasdorp,” said Lt-Col Andrè Traut. The girl[…]
Western Cape police have condemned vigilantism, after a Phillipi necklacing attack against gang members and criminals in the township areas. They appeal to members of the community not to take the law into their own hands as they will be arrested. “We are making an appeal to members of the[…]
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