14 year old among those arrested on Cape Flats
Anti-Gang Unit acted on information about a firearm at a premises in Woodlands.
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eThekwini Municipality has warned residents of disruptive rainfall
Motorists have also been cautioned to drive with extreme care on wet roads.
News24 | WATCH | From rural classrooms to Union Buildings: the quiet rise of SA’s former deputy president
Few would have predicted that one of the pupils in the dusty classrooms of Mdzimba Primary School would one day occupy the Union Buildings as South Africa’s deputy president.
News24 | IEC puts the brakes on new Sharia law party after 233 objections
The Electoral Commission of South Africa has rejected controversial Durban businessman Farhad Hoomer’s application to have a new political party, the Islamic State of Africa, registered, citing a flood of objections and other reasons.
News24 | WATCH | Government expects 3 000 mourners at Mabuza’s funeral
The government has made provision for about 3 000 mourners to attend former deputy president David Mabuza’s funeral in Mbombela on Saturday.
GRAPHIC CONTENT: 87-year-old hacked to death to be laid to rest
The accused and son of the deceased, Lesiba Ledwaba, has been remanded in custody.
News24 | Life beYondr cellphones: Eastern Cape schools create phone-free zones
Pupils and teachers at two schools in the Eastern Cape are reaping the rewards of a unique initiative that has transformed their campuses into phone-free zones.
News24 | ‘Keep the suspect until tomorrow’: Residents claim Maitland SAPS shuts up shop at 17:00
Maitland residents and private security services claim their local police station locks its doors after hours, but Western Cape police have disputed this.
News24 | E-hailing driver retaliation claims emerge as Cape Town teens shot in wave of violence
At least 10 pupils have been shot in separate incidents in Philippi and Lower Crossroads over the past three months.
News24 | DERAILED | Prasa’s R7.5bn train fix blunder – lawyers warn against cancelling contracts
Top jurists have warned the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa it cannot terminate controversial contracts under which the entity has already spent a staggering R2.5 billion refurbishing trains that remain unused and discarded.
News24 | ‘It was not deliberate’: Mbalula apologises to Mabuza’s family for death communication
ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has apologised to the family of late former deputy president David Mabuza for any potential missteps in relaying the news of his passing to the public.
News24 | WATCH | ANC top brass to deliberate on Mkhwanazi allegations on Monday
ANC bosses will deliberate on explosive allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi at their weekly meeting on Monday, which secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has confirmed.
Public Protector commends correction of botched house handover in FS
A house was given to Lucia Ntsaku instead of Sarah Burgess’s heir as she has since passed
News24 | Truth, trust, tough talks: National Dialogue will talk criminal justice, Mkhwanazi’s claims
Gift of the Givers founder Dr Imtiaz Sooliman says it took him a “minute” to see that KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi knew what he was talking about.
News24 | Hiring Kupelo without qualifications would have needed Zondo-like commission, court hears
If seasoned Eastern Cape communicator Sizwe Kupelo was appointed as a communications officer without matric and tertiary qualifications, the decision would have needed an inquiry equivalent to the Zondo Commission.
Two more charges could be added to ‘Cat’ Matlala, co-accused
Matlala along with his wife and two co-accused appeared in the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court
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