# Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the vast majority of illegal firearm cases in the metro never make it to trial due to the broken criminal justice system. A SAPS media release claims conviction rates of 80-to-90-percent in illegal firearm court cases. Hill-Lewis says over four years, only five-percent of convictions were secured of […]
# The Special Investigating Unit has secured a preservation order from the Special Tribunal to freeze the immovable property located at Midstream Estate, Gauteng. This is part of ongoing civil proceedings into the alleged misuse of funds allocated by the National Lotteries Commission. The SIU’s investigation revealed that 3.7-million-rand in funds intended for community projects, […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het sy hartseer uitgespreek na die dood van die bekende fotograaf, kulturele aktivis en jazz-promotor, Rashid Lombard. Die 74-jarige Lombard is gister in Kaapstad dood. Hy het in 1997 ʼn maatskappy gestig wat geleenthede bestuur en in 2000 gelei het tot die ikoniese Kaapstad Internasionale Jazz-fees. Lombard het in 2014 die […]
# Police say the human remains that were found in Rust De Winter, Limpopo, last month have been positively identified through DNA analysis as Pretoria-based journalist Sibusiso Aserie Ndlovu and his partner Zodwa Mdhluli. The couple went missing on February 18 in KwaMhlanga, Mpumalanga. National Police spokesperson, Athlenda Mathe, says seven suspects have been arrested […]
# Die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Hoër Onderwys het studente van die Walter Sisulu-universiteit gewaarsku ‘n meningsverskil oor ‘n hofuitspraak regverdig nie misdadige optrede wat openbare veiligheid ondermyn nie. Drie studente is gister in hegtenis geneem na nog ‘n betoging. Dit volg nadat die koshuisbestuurder, Manelisi Mampane, wat beskuldig word van die moord op ‘n student, […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed sadness at the passing of renowned photographer, cultural activist, and jazz promoter Rashid Lombard. The 74-year-old died in Cape Town on Wednesday. He founded an events management company in 1997, which gave birth to the iconic Cape Town International Jazz Festival in 2000. In 2014, Lombard was awarded the […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Higher Education has cautioned Walter Sisulu University students that disagreement with a court ruling does not justify actions that undermine the rule of law and public safety. Three students were arrested on Wednesday following another protest action. This comes after the residence manager, Manelisi Mampane, accused of killing student Sisonke […]
# Die Regsentrum vir Vroue veroordeel die doodsdreigement wat die sekretaresse, Andiswa Mengo, na bewering ontvang het, nadat sy die Oos-Kaapse Regterpresident, Selby Mbenenge, beskuldig het van seksuele teistering. eNCA berig ‘n handgeskrewe nota wat lees “a bullet is waiting for you” is verlede Vrydag op haar lessenaar gevind. Mengo se saak dien nou voor […]
# The Women’s Legal Centre has condemned a death threat allegedly made against Judges’ Secretary Andiswa Mengo, who accused Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge of sexual harassment. According to eNCA, a handwritten note reading “a bullet is waiting for you” was found on her desk last Friday. Mengo’s case, now before a Judicial Conduct […]
