Justice Department to Review Case after Protests over Verdict in Trayvon Martin Death

On 26 February 2013, 29 year-old George Zimmerman shot and killed unarmed 17 year-old Trayvon Martin in the USA. Zimmerman was coordinating a neighbourhood watch service in Sanford, Florida when he came across Martin who was walking home from a nearby store. The pair got into an altercation during which Zimmerman shot Martin in the chest at close range. Later that day, Zimmerman was released after it was alleged that Martin had been aggressive towards Zimmerman. The shooting ... Read more »
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By Ntokozo Sindane On Sunday, July 14th, 2013

Young Girls Walk from Soweto to Pretoria to Visit Mandela in Hospital

Sinenhlanhla Mazibuko and her friend Mandisa Miya chose an interesting way to pay tribute to ailing former President Nelson Mandela as he spent his 36th day at the Pretoria Medi-Clinic Heart Hospital. Madiba wa... Read more »
By Ntokozo Sindane On Wednesday, July 10th, 2013

Capetonians Protest after Blind Musician Was Harassed by Police

Lately, when the police are caught on camera, it is seldom a happy occasion. And with the avalanche of technology that has invaded social interactions, one would expect members of the force to be exemplary when... Read more »
By Ntokozo Sindane On Wednesday, July 10th, 2013

Tokyo Sexwale Axed as President Zuma Reshuffles Cabinet Yet Again

Without giving any reasons to the journalists at the press conference at the Union Buildings on Tuesday, President Jacob Zuma reshuffled the cabinet for the fourth time in as many years. A tense Zuma went throu... Read more »
By Staff Writer On Tuesday, July 9th, 2013

King Dalindyebo Cannot Strip Mandla Mandela of Chieftaincy

Last week it was reported that the Abathembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo would be removing Mandla Mandela as chief of Mvezo after he conducted himself inappropriately during a family feud over the burial site o... Read more »
By Staff Writer On Tuesday, July 9th, 2013

Faeces Dumper Insults Magistrate After Being Denied Bail

Suspended ANC Youth League member Andile Lili, the man responsible for dumping faeces at the Cape Town International Airport two weeks ago, insulted Magistrate Jannie Kotze after being denied bail at the Bellv... Read more »
By Staff Writer On Monday, July 8th, 2013

Mandla Mandela No Longer Needed in the Madiba Clan

Nelson Mandela’s grandson, Mandla Mandela, has been widely lambasted for exhuming the bones of his grandfather’s children from Qunu and burying them in Mvezo without the consent Mandela family, resu... Read more »
By Ntokozo Sindane On Sunday, July 7th, 2013

King Dalindyebo Strips Mandla Mandela of Chieftaincy

According to media reports on Sunday, the vocal grandson of former President Nelson Mandela is no longer the chief of the Mvezo Traditional Council. Mandla Mandela is the freedom icon’s favorite grandchild. F... Read more »
By PAW On Saturday, July 6th, 2013

‘Nkandlagate’ Landscaping Budget Noted as R 14.3 million

The ‘Nkandlagate’ plot thickens. On Friday, the Mail and Guardian took a bold decision and published documents which tell the ‘behind-the-scenes’ version of events leading up to the scandal now known as... Read more »
By Ntokozo Sindane On Friday, July 5th, 2013

Is Former President Nelson Mandela in a “Permanent Vegetative State”?

The latest media reports say that the former President of South Africa may have no hope of recovery. For weeks, the presidency has told South Africans and, through the media, the international community that fo... Read more »