Four people gunned down at Cape Flats taxi rank

FILE: Firearm and ammunition 1 minute Four people have been killed and three others wounded in a shooting incident at the Mfuleni Taxi Rank near Khayelitsha on the Cape Flats. Western Cape Police Spokesperson Novela Potelwa says the incident happened this morning. Potelwa also says details are still sketchy, but authorities are on their way…

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It was all politics and electioneering: Morero

Johannesburg Executive Mayor Dada Morero. Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero maintains he always knew he would retain the mayoral chain despite a motion of no confidence against him. The DA tabled the motion against Morero, arguing that he had failed in his duties resulting in the City deteriorating. The opposition party also raised concerns with the…

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Deputy Police Minister questions move to disband PKTT

A police officer wears a bullet-proof vest. Deputy Police Minister Cassel Mathale says he does not understand the rationale behind the disbandment of the Political Killings Task Team. Mathale has been testifying at the Ad Hoc Committee investigating allegations of criminal infiltration, corruption and political interference in the justice system. The allegations were made by…

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Women on Farms demand better conditions and pay

Women on Farms Project in the streets marching to the offices of Philagro in Somerset West. Philagro is the registration holder of Dormex, a pesticide used on table and wine grapes on commercial farms in the Western Cape, South Africa. 1 minute Members of the advocacy group Women on Farms have called for improved working…

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Pathisa Nyathi burial today

Pathisa Nyathi HISTORIAN Pathisa Nyathi, who died last week, will be laid to rest at Lady Stanley Cemetery in Bulawayo today, a cemetery reserved for the city’s luminaries. Nyathi passed away at a private hospital in Bulawayo on Saturday due to a yet-to-be-disclosed illness, but recurring condition. He was 73. He had been in and…

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