School on the Cape Flats, where recent taxi violence has left learners and teachers feeling unsafe and at times, unable to attend school. The Western Cape Education Department has raised concerns following the recent taxi-related shootings. At least six people have been killed in Philippi East, Khayelitsha and Macassar in the past two days. Provincial…
FILE | Windows shot out on a taxi The Western Cape Government has strongly condemned a spike in taxi-related shootings. This after at least six people were shot dead in Philippi East, Khayelitsha and Macassar over the past two days. Western Cape Mobility Minister Isaac Sileku says those who are responsible for the violence…
Northern Cape Mental Health Hospital. Following the release of the Health Ombudsman’s report detailing the poor state of care at Kimberley Mental Hospital in the Northern Cape, some families have asked the health department to take responsibility for the sub-standard healthcare their family members received. One family alleges their parent, who was a psychiatric patient,…
[FILE IMAGE]: IEC staff at work. IEC Chief Electoral Officer, Sy Mamabolo, has confirmed that 34 new political parties have registered since last year’s national and provincial elections, bringing the total to a staggering 472. Yet only 18 parties currently hold seats in Parliament. Mamabolo says the numbers reflect a growing appetite for political participation,…
South Africa’s leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) Mangosuthu Buthelezi. The KwaZulu-Natal provincial government will launch the resting place of the late Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi as a provincial heritage site tomorrow in Ulundi. KZN Premier, Thami Ntuli, will preside over the event. Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, who was the founder the Inkatha Freedom Party(IFP) in 1975,…
A protester raises a board with an anti-racism mesage. District officials from the Western Cape Department of Education say they will respond to allegations of racism at York High School in George. This comes after a learner was captured in a video using an American racial slur to refer to a black pupil. The incident…
[FILE IMAGE]: Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, visiting New Brighton Magistrate’s Court in Gqeberha. Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mamoloko Kubayi, has suspended the Deputy Director-General responsible for ICT, Jabu Hlatshwayo, pending a full investigation and a disciplinary process. Kubayi says this is related to, among others, the delay in the…
Arrested foreign nationals in the back of a police van. A tense afternoon unfolded in Bruma, east of Johannesburg, where several undocumented individuals were arrested during a major raid conducted by the City’s Public Safety Department. The operation which targets spaza shops mostly owned by foreign nationals. This is part of an ongoing citywide effort…
Arrested foreign nationals in the back of a police van. A tense afternoon unfolded in Bruma, east of Johannesburg, where several undocumented individuals were arrested during a major raid conducted by the City’s Public Safety Department. The operation which targets spaza shops mostly owned by foreign nationals. This is part of an ongoing citywide effort…
Scholars in KwaZulu Natal board a bus to go home. KwaZulu-Natal Finance MEC Francois Rodgers has given the assurance that current scholar transport will not be affected by his decision to halt the awarding of a new tender. Speaking at a DA event last week, Rodgers said he had received information about alleged irregularities in…
