Last week saw a series of shootings in Cape Town and this weekend three people were murdered in Mbekweni in Paarl. Cosatu claims that crime is spiralling out of control. Last week saw a series of shootings in Cape Town and this weekend three people were murdered in Mbekweni in Paarl. Cosatu staged a protest […]
Lawyers representing the commissioner of correctional services whic granted Zuma parole on medical grounds also made submissions defending the decision. Former statesman Jacob Zuma was back before court on Monday to appeal an earlier high court judgement that found his parole unlawful. Lawyers representing the commissioner of correctional services who granted Zuma parole on medical […]
The exact circumstances surrounding the assault are unclear at this stage but in the video, shared widely on social media, a police officer can be seen pinning a man down on the ground while another continuously hits him with his baton. Independent Police Investigaive Directorate (Ipid) is probing a case of assault following a video […]
A roundtable discussion reflecting on the 10 years since the Marikana Massacre. It has been 10 years since the Marikana Massacre in North West shook South Africa’s young democracy. Thirty-four miners were brutally killed by the South African Police Service on 16 August 2012 following a strike at the Lonmin platinum mine. The massacre was […]
The former MEC secured an overwhelming victory after over 300 delegates voted his entire slate into the top five at the ninth provincial conference. Newly-elected African National Congress (ANC) North West chairperson, Nono Maloyi, said that stability and unity were part of his priority list as he assumed office. The former MEC secured an overwhelming […]
Several suspects, including a 13-year-old boy, have been arrested in the Western Cape on charges of rape, attempted rape, and sexual assault. Five of the suspects, aged between 13 and 42, were arrested in different cases in George and Knysna at the weekend. They’re scheduled to make their first appearance in their respective magistrate’s courts […]