168 left homeless after fire razes Plastic View settlement

Shacks destroyed by a fire in Limpopo. About 168 people have been temporarily accommodated at a local community after their shacks burnt down at Plastic View informal settlement in Hoedspruit, Limpopo. Volunteers have been providing families with groceries, school uniforms and other basic necessities.  There were no injuries in the fire. The Mayor of Maruleng…

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Rights group disappointed as Khampepe Commission adjourns

Justice Sisi Khampepe The Foundation for Human Rights has expressed disappointment in what it says is a lack of seriousness on the part of the parties involved in the Khampepe Commission in Johannesburg that is probing the failure to prosecute TRC cases. Inquiry Chairperson Justice Sisi Khampepe adjourned proceedings to the 26th of November after…

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EMPD’s Mkhwanazi assisted in cleaning murder scene: Spies

Ekurhuleni’s Deputy Metro Police Chief, Julius Mkhwanazi. The Madlanga Commission in Pretoria has heard how Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) Police Chief Julius Mkhwanazi was called to assist in cleaning a murder scene in Brakpan, Ekurhuleni. This is according to retired EMPD Deputy Chief Police Officer Revo Spies’ testimony. The said incident is said to…

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