Constantia man accused of wife’s murder back in court: Constantia resident Rob Packham is due back in the dock in Cape Town in connection with allegations that he murdered his wife Gill. ……
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Ramaphosa due in National Assembly to answer questions: Aside from questions relating to the police’s Crime Intelligence unit, much of the focus is expected to be on the economy when President Cyril Ramaphosa gets behind the podium in the National Assembly to answer questions. ……
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Land committee receives 140 000 submissions, faces ‘nightmare’ planning for hearings: The parliamentary joint committee on constitutional review has so far received 140 000 written submissions about possible changes to land ownership rights and will request the National Assembly to extend the deadline to report back by August 30, according to co-chairperson Vincent Smith. The written submissions and request for oral submissions opened on April 13 and will close on May 31 while the committee is left with the massive task of sifting through the genuine submissions and automated responses that some organisations encouraged their members to send repeatedly. “Clearly someone is just clicking the send button,” Smith said in a telephonic interview with Fin24 on Monday. Smith is…
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Ramaphosa set to answer questions in Parliament: When President Cyril Ramaphosa stands behind the podium and answers questions in the National Assembly on Tuesday, most of the focus is expected to be on the economy. However, he will also have to address the subject of the police’s Crime Intelligence unit because Cope MP Deidre Carter is expected to ask: “Whether, in the interests of transparency, accountability,…
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Eight in family die in fire after ‘threats’: A survivor of the shack fire that claimed the lives of eight members of a Khayelitsha family, including five children, says they had received threats their home would be torched. Yesterday, residents of Taiwan informal settlement in Site C, Khayelitsha, were awoken by screams from the Bangani family, whose home was allegedly set alight just after 1am. They tried in vain to rescue Nonkululeko, 60, Dumile, 44, Wanda, 28, Sisipho, 14, Abongile, 9, Endinako, 7, Athenkosi, 7, and Mvano, 2, all trapped inside one of the three shacks…
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Woman’s stroll with friends in Delft field ends in murder: Police were following up on positive leads following the discovery of a woman’s body in an open field in Delft early yesterday morning. “Circumstances surrounding the death of an unidentified woman whose body was found at about 6.45am (yesterday) in an open field on the corner of Leiden and Delft Main Road are under investigation. A murder case…
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Students upset attempted murder case has stalled: Two Stellenbosch University students say the institution and police have stalled on an attempted murder case after they were involved in a drive-by shooting, allegedly by a security company providing service to the university. They say their…
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#BusStrike: ‘Accepting wage proposal won’t end strike’: Employees in the bus industry are set to announce their decision on the new proposed wage increase tomorrow. However, even if the workers accept the proposed offer by the bargaining council and the CCMA, this would not signal the end to the nationwide bus strike, according to…
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Parliament to crack the whip as crisis engulfs water department: Parliament is forging ahead with plans to get to the bottom of the crisis engulfing the Department of…
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Icebergs a way to water the Cape: The doomsday scenario of Cape Town’s taps running dry has been averted for 2018. Its 4-million residents have slashed their water consumption and supply…
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