Parly will not implement Mkhwebane’s Bankorp report: Parliament is taking the Public Protector’s report on judicial review, saying her remedial action effectively usurps the powers of the institution. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Health Dept to probe claims unqualified staff conducting postmortems: Forensic assistants who aren’t qualified to conduct pathologist work have been on strike since early this month. ……
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Zuma: Using secret ballot to get majority is not fair: Jacob Zuma told the National Assembly on Thursday that he is not convinced by arguments in favour of parliamentarians voting in secret. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
No court date set in Siphamandla Choma assault case: The principal allegedly assaulted the boy last year leaving him wheel chair bound after he apparently stole R150. ……
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Family celebrates murdered woman’s birthday in court protest: Popi Qwabe, one of two women who was shot dead in Soweto after being kidnapped and robbed, would have celebrated her 25th birthday on the day of the bail hearing of the two men charged with her murder. ……
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German rape accused denied bail: Cape Town – A German national accused of rape, who faces eight sexually related charges, has been denied bail in the Blue Downs Magistrate’s Court. This as the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) prepares to appeal a “shockingly inappropriate” sentencing of a Durbanville man found guilty of more than 2 000 charges related to making and possessing child pornography. The German, Andreas Wolf, stands accused of rape, sexual assault, sexual exploitation and exposing children to pornography. Magistrate Vincent Ketye on…
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Metered, e-hailing taxi drivers wage fiery war: Johannesburg – The dispute over operations between metered and e-hailing taxi drivers has escalated from fist fights, breaking car windscreens and damaging car tyres to burnt vehicles and shots being fired. Two people were seriously injured on Wednesday, one a metered-taxi driver who was shot while waiting to…
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Malema’s lawyer to appear in court over farm shooting: Johannesburg – EFF leader Julius Malema’s lawyer, advocate Tumi Mokoena, was on Thursday night negotiating his release from prison after being arrested for allegedly shooting and injuring four people at a Limpopo farm. The shooting happened on Thursday at Zebediela Citrus Farm outside Polokwane, which Mokoena had gone to visit in order to represent five workers who had salary disputes with management. In what seemed an ironic twist, however, a group of workers armed with stones and sticks allegedly…
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South Africa: Tshwane Mayor Wants Wall to Separate Clashing Communities: [News24Wire] Tshwane Mayor Solly Msimanga wants to build a wall to separate two communities, after battles erupted between Mamelodi home owners and residents of a neighbouring informal settlement. ……
Source: WN.com – Southafrica News
Mixed reactions to ConCourt’s ruling on Zuma vote of no confidence: The ANC Women’s League has welcomed the ruling that Speaker Baleka Mbete has the power to decide on allowing MPs to vote by secret ballot, but Save South Africa says it emphasises that MPs must put their country first. ……
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