An old dagga bust doesn’t have to stay on your record: Johannesburg – Now that the ownership of dagga is legal, many offenders already found guilty of possession are wondering if and how their criminal records can be scrapped. Earlier this year the Western Cape High Court ruled that marijuana should be legalised for personal use, but the State appealed the decision. The matter was taken to the…
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Protests, ‘absence of presence’ made 2018 a tough year for Supra Mahumapelo: Rustenburg – Violent protests to push former premier Supra Mahumapelo out of office swept through the North West province this year. The protests started in Montshioa near Mahikeng on April 18. Angry residents blocked roads with burning objects and torched a bus, calling for Mahumapelo to resign. The mayhem spread to other villages surrounding the capital, Mahikeng, which was locked down for three days. The unrest spilled over to other parts of the province but was most intense in the Klerksdorp and…
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City of CT reminds security firm of role in wake of Clifton Beach incident: The African National Congress (ANC) in the province cried foul after one of its members was told to leave Clifton 4th Beach. ……
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Over 100 prison officials fired this year for smuggling, collusion with inmates: Deputy Correctional Services Minister Thabang Makwetla revealed the figures on Thursday during a surprise prison raid at the Leeuwkop Correctional Centre in Bryanston. ……
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[WATCH] Operation Vala targets Leeuwkop prison in surprise raid: Deputy Correctional Services Minister Thabang Makwetla conducted a surprise raid at the Leeuwkop prison facility as part of the department’s Operation Vala. ……
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Umalusi to release 2018 matric exam quality assurance results: The body is expected to brief the media in Pretoria later on Friday and announce whether it approves the national examination results. ……
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Police expect more arrests in Valhalla Park, Bonteheuwel shootings: Two young children were among those killed in suspected gang violence over the week of Christmas. ……
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Protest to ‘reclaim’ Clifton Beach with ancestral cleansing ceremony: Lobby group Black People’s National Crisis Committee will slaughter a sheep and thereafter hold a cleansing ceremony calling for the end of the exclusion of black people at the beach. ……
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Taking on mighty Goliaths in court – and winning: Pretoria – This was once again a year in which the law spoke the last word on issues that had a severe impact on people’s lives. It was also a year where many Davids took on the Goliaths and emerged as the victor. One such case, which has an immense effect on all rural communities who were bullied by rich mining conglomerates, was the recent victory by the Xolobeni community, who have for decades lived on the rolling green fields and golden sands of the Wild Coast. The sand is rich with titanium and Australian mining conglomerate Transworld Energy and Minerals was set on mining there. It attempted to get a mining right to conduct open-cast mining on about 900hectares….
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Residents at their wits’ end over gang terror: Cape Town – Fed-up residents picketed outside the Bishop Lavis police station yesterday following the killing of two young children and a family man in two separate drive-by shootings in Valhalla Park and Bonteheuwel on Christmas Eve. Seven other residents were injured in the attacks. In the Valhalla Park incident, a six-year-old girl and four-year-old boy were killed and five others injured. Following Anti-Gang Unit (AGU) police operations, three suspects were arrested, and 12 have been taken in for questioning. The Bonteheuwel incident, which residents say took place mere minutes after the Valhalla Park…
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