Judge President Hlophe to appear before Judicial Conduct Tribunal: Western Cape High Court Judge President John Hlophe will face a Judicial Conduct Tribunal for allegedly attempting to influence Constitutional Court judges in a case involving former president Jacob Zuma. ……
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Wildlife park lions poisoned, butchered: Pretoria – The poisoning of six lions at the Mystic Monkeys & Feathers Wildlife Park north of Pretoria has been described as cruel, inhumane and devastating. Four of the animals were butchered, their heads decapitated and some paws cut off. Of the lions killed, two were white males, another two brown lions – a male and female around the age of 3 and 4 – and two still very young, at just 6 months old. A manhunt is under way for the culprits and the private security company Hi-Risk Unit said it was hot on their trail. “We are still gathering information, but we have received a lot of…
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Teenage girl’s murder suspect known to family: Angry farming activists in the Drakenstein area will oppose bail being granted to a suspect arrested in connection with the murder of 16-year-old Deoline Demas. Demas’s body was found at a dumpsite in Wellington on June 15 after she was reported missing on June 7. The 21-year-old suspect expected to appear in the Wellington Magistrate’s Court today, was arrested on June 18. It is understood the suspect handed himself over…
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ConCourt confirms rights of wives in polygamous Muslim marriages: Cape Town – The Women’s Legal Centre (WLC) has welcomed the Constitutional Court’s judgment in the case involving the rights of wives in polygamous Muslim marriages. The country’s apex court had confirmed a Western Cape High Court decision that it is unconstitutional not to recognise the rights of a spouse in a polygamous Muslim marriage to the benefits of her deceased husband’s will. The case involved the late Osman Harneker, who had married Amina Harneker and Farieda Harneker under the tenets of Islamic law. The…
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#Floods: Informal settlements hit hardest, cars abandoned: Cape Town – While the much-needed rain was widely welcomed in water-scarce Cape Town, residents in the city’s informal settlements were the hardest hit as thousands of homes were flooded. Flooding was reported in informal settlements in Khayelitsha, Macassar, Philippi, Gugulethu, Kraaifontein, Atlantis and Maitland. Areas such as Parow, Goodwood, Ravensmead, Uitsig, Somerset West, Woodstock, Elsies River and Hanover Park, including the N1 City shopping mall, were also affected, according to the City. The heavy rains and windy conditions also caused havoc for motorists, with some forced to abandon their vehicles as roads were flooded. The Huguenot Tunnel was reopened only to light vehicles in…
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Tough times: Citizens warned to expect further price hikes: Consumers will be paying more for electricity, water and sanitation services and can expect a petrol price hike of between 23 and 26 cents per litre from Wednesday. ……
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Still no word on Masutha after collapsing at funeral: Minister Michael Masutha was airlifted to a medical facility at the weekend after he collapsed at the funeral of Limpopo MEC for Agriculture Joyce Mashamba. ……
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ANC labels VBS Bank saga ‘a sorry state of affairs’: It’s reported money was looted from the bank and used to shower the Venda King with gifts worth R12 million while executives flew in helicopters and drove expensive cars. ……
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Land: The people speak – Expropriation debate moves to Free State, Mpumalanga: With the Northern Cape and Limpopo done and dusted, the Constitutional Review Committee will now set its sights on the Free State and Mpumalanga for public hearings on land expropriation without compensation. ……
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Racist Facebook rant case heads to the Equality Court: The man who allegedly called for whites to be subjected to what “Hitler did to the Jews” will appear in the Equality Court in Johannesburg. ……
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