#ZumaQandA: 'Cabinet working on deploying army to crime hotspots'
Parliament - A cabinet cluster of police ministers is working on a plan to deploy the army to crime hotspots in South Africa, President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday. "They are working on that so we can...
View ArticleCape braces for busy Guy Fawkes Day
Cape Town - The City of Cape Town’s Safety and Security Directorate has finalised its deployment plan for Guy Fawkes on Sunday 5 November 2017. All enforcement agencies as well as the Fire and Rescue...
View ArticleZuma 'will establish' state capture inquiry after ruling on review bid
Parliament - President Jacob Zuma on Thursday, told Parliament he would establish a judicial commission of inquiry into allegations of state capture as soon as a ruling has been handed down on his...
View Article#UniteBehind activists to appear in court
Cape Town - Eight United Democratic Front Veterans and Unite Behind activists are set to appear in the Cape Town Magistrate's Court on Thursday morning on charges of trespassing. The activists were...
View ArticleSeven business premises affected by Killarney Gardens fire
CAPE TOWN - Seven business premises at Killarney Gardens were affected by a fire that erupted on Wednesday night.The City of Cape Town's Fire and Rescue Services responded to two fires in Monza Street...
View Article‘Lesbian tried to cut off lover’s head’
Cape Town - The young woman accused of murdering her girlfriend in an apparent satanic ritual claims she killed her in self-defence. Murder accused Corrine Jackson, 20, of Woodlands, claims she only...
View Article'Drive-by shooting' actor never meant to cause panic
Cape Town - The Elsies River man who fooled the whole country with a staged drive-by shooting which went viral social media, says he never meant to cause widespread panic. On Wednesday Michael Papier,...
View ArticleVan Breda shows court how intruder attacked him with axe
Cape Town - Western Cape High Court Judge Siraj Desai on Thursday questioned why Henri van Breda felt no anger after watching his brother and father being viciously attacked by an axe-wielding...
View ArticleAnti-Zuma #UniteBehind activists released on bail
Cape Town - Eight activists who had been arrested after they occupied the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) offices in Cape Town were released on bail by the Cape Town Magistrate's Court on...
View ArticleCabinet has no plans to ban old SA flag
Cape Town - Cabinet has condemned the displaying of South Africa's apartheid-era national flag during mass protests by farmers on Monday. "Cabinet has condemned the blocking of public roads, displaying...
View ArticleNuclear deal still on the cards, says Zuma
Parliament - A nuclear deal for South Africa is still on the table, President Jacob Zuma told MPs on Thursday, despite Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba in his medium-term budget policy statement (MTBPS)...
View ArticleWATCH: Arrests made after students try to shut down UCT
Cape Town - Several protesting UCT students were arrested during clashes with the police on Thursday. There have been clashes since Wednesday when a meeting was held on Jameson Plaza, to which...
View ArticleThree SANDF members 'nabbed in stolen police vehicle'
Three SANDF members have been arrested with a vehicle police presumed was stolen in Mfuleni on Thursday, police said. “On Thursday, 2 November, 2017 at approximately 12:00, the SAPS National...
View ArticleOld Mutual probe into subsidiary's 'institutionalised racism'
African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), a subsidiary of Old Mutual, has been accused of racism, intolerance and prejudice towards its female employees of colour. Four women, who asked to...
View ArticleCity approves 12 sites for use of fireworks
The City of Cape Town’s Safety and Security Directorate has approved 12 sites for using fireworks during this year’s Guy Fawkes and New Year’s Eve celebrations. With Guy Fawkes traditionally...
View ArticleUCT campus vandalised after rejection of demands
Violent protests spread to UCT as chaos erupted after a group of students blocked entrances, slashed the tyres of buses and flung human faeces in a lecture hall. Protests followed the angry reaction...
View ArticleDog would not bark at strange sounds - #VanBreda
Cape Town - Sasha, the family's pet dog, would not have barked at intruders, the Western Cape High Court heard in the trial of 23-year-old triple murder accused Henri van Breda, on Thursday. During...
View ArticleWATCH: Parents of girl, 7, killed in drive-by shooting
Cape Town - A 7-year-old Mitchells Plain girl has been left wounded and orphaned after her parents were killed in a drive-by shooting. The couple, Yusuf Saboodien and Nazeema Lewis, were driving with...
View ArticleWATCH: Girl, 9, dies in Bonteheuwel shack fire
Cape Town - A nine-year-old girl died after a fire destroyed her family's informal dwelling in Bonteheuwel, Cape Town on Thursday night. Three informal structures were destroyed, and two formal...
View ArticleMbalula accuses woman of making 'funny sexual overtures'
Cape Town - The police minister may need to hire extra cops after he revealed he is being “stalked” on social media. Minister Fikile Mbalula says he was forced to block a Manenberg woman on WhatsApp...
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