# The City of Cape Town has commended a firefighter Michael Samuels for saving a five-year-old baby boy in Mitchells Plain. Mayoral committee member for Safety And Security, JP Smith says in the early hours of Thursday morning, Samuels was on duty in the Watch Room, when a resident alerted him to a baby in […]
# Saftu is calling on the South African government to respond decisively on expulsion of South Africa’s Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool by summoning the US ambassador to South Africa to account for this hostile action. Saftu spokesperson Newton Masuku says government must reassess South Africa’s trade and diplomatic relations with the US, particularly in light of […]
# Gauteng police have launched a manhunt for group of suspects after they bombed an ATM at Jubilee Mall Hammanskraal this morning. The mall is temporary closed due to the ongoing police investigation. Police were alerted to a group of approximately 20 unidentified suspects who entered the premises and bombed the FNB ATMs located within […]
# The Activists and Citizen Forum says the only people that are celebrating the expulsion of South Africa’s ambassador to the USA, Ibrahim Rasool, are the right-wing groupings AfriForum and Solidarity. Forum spokesperson, Dennis Bloem says in their view, their destructive visit to the US president Donald Trump’s administration to spread lies about South Africa, […]
# A police multi-disciplinary team successfully rescued a kidnapped Portuguese businessman in Westdene, Johannesburg. One suspect, a 26-year-old Zimbabwean national, has been arrested. Police spokesperson, Amanda van Wyk says the businessman was kidnapped on Tuesday, shortly after dropping off an employee in Rewlatch. She says a ransom was later demanded for his release:
# International Relations and Cooperation minister Ronald Lamola says government believes that the relationship between South Africa and America remains strategic. US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio declared South Africa’s ambassador Ebrahim Rasool persona non grata on social media. Rasool was given 72 hours to leave the country. This stems from his speech to the […]
# Sport, Arts and Culture minister, Gayton McKenzie, officially launched the Bicentenary Celebration of the Iziko South African Museum in Cape Town marking 200 years of heritage preservation and transformation. The minister highlighted the museum’s evolution from its colonial origins in 1825 to becoming a transformed institution that reflects South Africa’s rich and diverse heritage. McKenzie […]
# The GOOD Party says Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool’s speech to the Mapungubwe Institute that sparked his dismissal was an extraordinary lapse of diplomatic judgement. US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio declared on social media that South Africa’s Ambassador is no longer welcome in the US and persona non grata. The GOOD Party secretary-general, Brett Herron, says […]
# Save South Africa Civic Movement says the South African government must not take the expulsion of South Africa Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool lightly, but it must be a wake-up call. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio declared Rasool persona non grata and no longer welcome in US following comments made by Rasool at a panel discusssion, calling […]
