KwaSizabantu mission leaders stage walk out at CRL commission

The mission has drawn widespread attention after abuse allegations emerged in a series of stories by News24. A screenshot of the CRL Commission’s hearings into the KwaSizabantu mission on Wednesday, 7 October 2020. Picture: Nkosikhona Duma/EWN DURBAN – Leaders of the KwaSizabantu mission in KwaZulu-Natal have staged a walkout at the CRL Commission which is […]

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Cele calls for swift arrest after state property vandalised during protest in FS

Over 1,000 protesters on Tuesday stormed the Senekal Magistrates Court over the murder of farm manager Brendin Horner whose body was found tied to a pole in Senekal last week. Violent demonstration by a group of farmers outside the Senekal Magistrates Court in the Free State on 6 October 2020. Picture: @crimeairnetwork/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – Police […]

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Madikizela visits Ceres, Paarl taxi ranks following violent clashes

His aim is to create awareness about the importance of transport in the economy and to encourage participation in the provincial taxi lekgotla scheduled to take place in Worcester and Cape Town next week. Western Cape Transport MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela in Paarl at the Drakenstein Municipality on Wednesday 7 October 2020. Picture: @MadikizelaBongz/Twitter CAPE TOWN […]

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Suspect (52) arrested in connection with farm murder protest at Senekal court

The protesters stormed the court cells where two suspects were being held for the murder of farm manager Brendin Horner. A police vehicle set alight by angry farmers outside the Senekal Magistrate’s Court on 6 October 2020. Picture: @crimeairnetwork/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – A suspect has been arrested in connection with violence at the Senekal Magistrates Court […]

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Nxesi urges labour unions to continue talking to govt about workers’ issues

Workers marched through the Pretoria CBD most of the day to register their discontent with the current state of the economy, lack of an efficient public transport system and non-payment of public sector wage increases, among other issues. Workers affiliated to different trade unions marched in Pretoria from Burgerspark to the Treasury in Pretoria on […]

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Nyanga police still searching for gunmen who killed brother of CPF chair

Bongani Makasi was shot and killed in Zwelitsha last weekend. FILE: Picture: SAPS. CAPE TOWN – Police are still hunting down the gunmen who killed a Nyanga man. Bongani Makasi was shot and killed in Zwelitsha last weekend. Makasi was shot seven times. He was with a group of people sitting in a shack, yet […]

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Former VBS CFO Phillip Truter turns state witness

Phillip Truter appeared in the Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Crimes court on Wednesday where he pleaded guilty to fraud, corruption, money laundering and racketeering. Former VBS Bank chief financial officer Phillip Truter in the Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on 7 October 2020. Picture: NPA. JOHANNESBURG – The NPA said former VBS Bank chief […]

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Mthembu: Cabinet’s lekgotla will focus on post-COVID economy recovery plan

From Wednesday afternoon, Cabinet will be holding a virtual lekgotla, with economic recovery top of the agenda. FILE: Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu. Picture: GCIS JOHANNESBURG – Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu said Cabinet’s two-day lekgotla would focus on how to rebuild the country’s economy following the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

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MPs want De Lille to be charged for Beitbridge border fence saga

That’s the view of MPs serving on the public works oversight committee which has inspected the controversial infrastructure. Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Hon Patricia De Lille tabling her department budget vote in Parliament on 10 July 2019. Picture: @DepPublicWorks/Twitter CAPE TOWN – Lawmakers say Public Works Minister Patricia de Lille must be charged […]

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Cricket star Vernon Philander’s brother fatally shot in Ravensmead

Cricket star Vernon Philander’s brother fatally shot in Ravensmead The shooting took place on the corner of 7th Avenue and Webner Street earlier on Wednesday and the shooter is still at large. Proteas bowler Vernon Philander. Picture: AFP CAPE TOWN – The Ravensmead Community Policing Forum has confirmed cricket star Vernon Philander’s brother has been […]

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