Gender-based violence expert slams Omotoso defence over questioning: A gender-based violence expert has criticised some of the questions put to Cheryl Zondi, who has accused Pastor Timothy Omotoso of raping her. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
AfriForum lines up more meetings Down Under to discuss farm attacks, land reform: Its members are visiting Australia to discuss the prevalence of attacks and land expropriation without compensation. ……
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Sanef launches probe into ‘Sunday Times’ scandal: The weekly admitted this week that articles on the so-called Cato Manor death squad were part of a tainted scoops series in 2011 and have turned out to be largely false. ……
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PHA activists slam City over Maiden’s Cove development about-turn: Activists fighting for the protection of the Philippi Horticultural Area (PHA) for more than six years believe the DA-led City’s about-turn in opposing residents’ protests against a major Maiden’s Cove development was taken to not offend its voting constituency in Clifton. The City’s decision announced at the weekend has come under question with activists saying the City still continues to seemingly give the green light to other developments that have elicited a public outcry. The City…
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‘Be a man, admit what you did’ – judge tells convicted murderer: Durban – “It is time you man up, admit that what you did was wrong, and show your children and your family that you’re a man.” This was the advice of Judge Shyam Gyanda before he sentenced businessman Rajiv Sewnarain to life imprisonment – again – for the murder of his wife, Shanaaz. The mother of two was shot dead and her body found on the outskirts of Folweni (near Isipingo) in 2010. Sewnarain was previously sentenced to life imprisonment for Shanaaz’s murder and had spent eight years in prison when he decided earlier this year that he was not in his proper senses when he made a guilty plea before a…
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Eight-year jail sentence for lesbian’s killer slated: Gender rights organisations and the family of murdered lesbian Noxolo Xakeka, 23, have been left puzzled and disappointed by the eight-year sentence imposed on her killer, Bongile Joni. Joni pleaded guilty to the murder of the young mother in the Strand Magistrate’s Court last week. Magistrate Franselien Mouton sentenced Joni to 12 years in prison, with four years suspended, effectively resulting in an eight-year sentence instead of the minimum of 15 years for murder. Xakeka was stabbed by the 26-year-old man during New…
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Ramaphosa ignores calls for moratorium on farm evictions: Activists say a moratorium is necessary to secure the tenure rights of all farm dwellers. ……
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Mthethwa: I was being accountable with Cato Manor ‘death squad’ probe: Former Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa says he would have found himself in hot water had he not called for an investigation into the so-called Cato Manor death squad back in 2011. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Police investigating death of man at Cape Town Harbour: The man died while working on the ship on Tuesday afternoon and paramedics say a metal object fell on his head. ……
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Floyd Shivambu: My brother is prepared to pay back VBS Bank money: Shivambu was mentioned in the Reserve Bank’s investigation report as having received R16 million in gratuitous payments from the institution which was placed under curatorship. ……
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