#SiqaloProtest: R175m of budget not used as settlement pleads in vain: The tension between the residents of Siqalo informal settlement and Mitchells Plain could have been avoided if the DA had been responsive to the basic needs of the Siqalo community and introduced programmes aimed at fostering racial harmony in the province, according to the ANC. “ANC condemns the violent protests that erupted in Mitchells Plain between its residents and those of the nearby informal settlement Siqalo,” said ANC provincial secretary Faiez Jacobs. “We are also disheartened by the racial character of the protests. These protests show how racial…
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Taxify driver brutally killed: Johannesburg – Two bullet wounds, brutal assault and a burnt car ditched in an open veld. This was the gruesome manner in which Taxify driver Moipolai “Heavy” Sekati was found on Thursday after he went missing while working on Wednesday night. The alarm was raised by his cousin Donald Senwelo on Thursday morning when Sekati hadn’t come home from work. “He always slept at home and when I woke up and saw the car wasn’t there, I called him but his phone was off,” said Senwelo, who lives nearby in Diepkloof, Soweto. He went two houses away to inform the family who employed him. They spent Thursday looking for the 44-year-old Taxify driver in hospitals, police…
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De Lille: DA tactics meant to protect JP Smith at all costs: Cape Town – Mayor Patricia de Lille says the DA’s refusal to provide documents and other evidence that informed the Steenhuisen Report on which findings were made against her shows that senior party members Mmusi Maimane, James Selfe and John Steenhuisen were protecting JP Smith at all costs. This after De Lille’s case challenging the findings in the Steenhuisen Report was postponed due to the DA’s refusal to provide the documentary and other evidence, according to De Lille. De Lille said she had demanded that the DA provide her with two documents needed for the case to proceed. Read: De Lille accuses DA of…
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NW EFF to re-enrol no confidence motion in Mahumapelo: The EFF’s Betty Diale says they want the motion debated and voted on whether it is by secret ballot or not. ……
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Operations continue to rescue trapped Driefontein miners: Rescue operations continued overnight at Sibanye-Stillwater’s Driefontein mine where a group of miners are trapped underground. ……
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[WATCH] Sandile Mantsoe gets 32 years for killing Karabo Mokoena: Sandile Montsoe was sentenced to an effective 32 years for murdering Karabo Mokoena. The judge described him as someone who gives men a bad name and that the remorse the showed was just for himself because he had been caught. ……
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1 killed, 5 missing after earthquake hits Johannesburg gold mine: A miner has been killed and five others are still missing underground after an earthquake hit the Masakhane gold mine west of Johannesburg, the Sibanye-Stillwater company has said. ……
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The history of Siqalo informal settlement and hopes for a new beginning: Residents of Siqalo informal settlement near Mitchells Plain will have to wait a while to see if they will be given a new beginning, as the land they are on is privately owned and apparently prone to flooding. ……
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Women urged to be vigilant as police probe taxi commuter abduction: Police have confirmed a probe is under way after a Cape Peninsula University of Technology student was allegedly abducted after boarding a taxi early this week. Police spokesperson Noloyiso Rwexana said a further case of rape will be investigated by the Family Violence and Sexual…
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Gauteng council to review deals with KPMG and SAP: The executive council of the Gauteng provincial government will at its next meeting later in May receive a final report on an investigation into the administration’s ties with embattled auditors KPMG, among others. Gauteng Premier David Makhura announced in December the provincial government would review its connections with KPMG and multinational software company SAP. Makhura also referred to…
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