Western Cape Police Commissioner Lamoer in Hot Water Following Allegations of Corruption

Western Cape Police Commissioner, Arno Lamoer and five others had their day in court today. The province’s top cop handed himself over to authorities at the Goodwood Police Station this morning. The six appeared in the Goodwood magistrate’s court on charges of  corruption following an extensive investigation by crime intelligence operatives and the Hawks into allegations of corruption and racketeering. Last year he admitted to having a personal relationship with... Read more »
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By Brent On Thursday, April 16th, 2015

Did King Zwelithini’s Controversial Comments Lead to Increased Xenophobic Attacks?

Following the controversial comments by King Goodwill Zwelithini about foreigners in South Africa, we have seen a massive increase in xenophobic violence in some parts of the country. The Zulu King was reported... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Monday, April 13th, 2015

Mazibuko Not Taking Over From Helen Zille

After the sudden announcement by the current leader of the official opposition in South African politics, the Democratic Alliance, Helen Zille, on Sunday that she will not be standing for re-election when the p... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Sunday, April 12th, 2015

National Heritage Council Calls for the Fast Tracking of Policies on National Statues

The National Heritage Council has called for the fast tracking of the proposals to deal with the issue of statues of former leaders in the apartheid era in order to help protect them from the vandalism that see... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Friday, April 10th, 2015

Zuma and Gigaba Condemn KZN Xenophobic Attacks

Following unrests in which foreign nationals were attacked and assaulted by local people in the current spate of xenophobic attacks in KwaZulu-Natal, some government officials have condemned these attacks and c... Read more »
By Chelsea-Summer Lodewyk On Friday, April 10th, 2015

President Zuma Declares Chris Hani’s Grave a Heritage Site

President Jacob Zuma is to honour the late struggle icon Chris Hani today in Boksburg, Ekurhuleni, by declaring his grave as a heritage site. The presidency has also announced that they will unveil the Chris H... Read more »
By Nonzuzo Dlamini On Thursday, April 9th, 2015

Rhodes Will Fall

Cape Town – After weeks of protests and debates at the University of Cape Town (UCT), Rhodes will fall. The “Rhodes Must Fall” debate began when students threw human waste on the statue of British Col... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Wednesday, April 8th, 2015

Mugabe in South Africa for First Official Visit in 20 Years

The Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe is in South Africa on a state visit that is expected to last a number of days, the South African foreign affairs department reported. This is Mr Mugabe’s first offi... Read more »
By Chelsea-Summer Lodewyk On Wednesday, April 8th, 2015

CCL Takes Media and Government to Court to Protect Zephany Nurse’s Identity

The Centre for Child Law (CCL) along with 4 other organisations is taking 14 media houses and government institutions to court. They have launched an urgent application to the courts, to temporarily prevent the... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Tuesday, April 7th, 2015

South African Girl Nabbed Before She Joins the Islamic State

The South African government has announced that it had to stop a fifteen year old girl from travelling in a plane to join the militant Islamist group, The Islamic State. This was reported on Tuesday by the spok... Read more »