SAPS and Army Raid Jeppestown Hostels, Arresting 11

Eleven people were arrested in Jeppestown for various offences when the police, with the assistance of the national army, raided the hostels in this volatile area in Johannesburg Central, the police reported on Wednesday. Presenting his department’s report, the South African Police Services national spokesperson, Solomon Makgale, said the eleven persons that were arrested were all men and the arrests varied from being found in possession of drugs to being found with sto... Read more »
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By Oliver Ngwenya On Tuesday, April 21st, 2015

Emmanuel Sithole Killers to Stay in Jail

As the four men accused of killing the Mozambican national Emmanuel Sithole in Johannesburg’s Alexandra township on Saturday appeared in court on Tuesday, there was heavy police presence as there has been... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Sunday, April 19th, 2015

Zuma Cancels Trip to Indonesia to Address Xenophobic Attacks in Durban

President Jacob Zuma had to scrap his scheduled trip to Indonesia to attend the Africa-Asia Summit in order to deal with the anti-foreigner attacks back home. The South African President was due to leave on Sat... Read more »
By Chelsea-Summer Lodewyk On Friday, April 17th, 2015

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 a... Read more »
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 »