Uproar after woman spots pork products at ‘strictly halaal’ store: Cape Town – A local Food Lover’s Market has been slammed by a customer for selling pork despite their brochures stating that the store is “strictly halaal”. The Muslim Judicial Council’s Halaal Trust (MJCHT) has now suspended the halaal certificate of Fresher’s Butcher at Food Lover’s Market in Access Park. It comes after messages by an upset Muslim customer who spotted pork products in-store was…
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#TheTotalShutdown: ‘Gender-based violence cannot be normalised’: Cape Town – Feminists and gender activists are expected to take to the streets across South Africa to protest against gender-based violence. “We just decided that this has to be stopped and that this cannot be normalised,” said #TheTotalShutdown spokesperson Lucy Nomhle Bowles. Bowles said women had been subjected to heinous crimes for years, and it was time to hold the government to account….
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DA, OUTA gear up for mass protests against rising fuel prices: DA leader Mmusi Maimane and Ben Theron of the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse are preparing for a mass fuel protest in Pretoria ……
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Report: Ben Ngubane sought to blacklist newspapers critical of Eskom: According to the ‘Business Day’, the claim is contained in an explosive draft report into allegations of looting at Eskom and Transnet. ……
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Untu’s Gautrain workers set to continue strike: Discussions between Gautrain management and the union deadlocked on Monday afternoon. ……
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Neilson: CT’s water-saving efforts paying off: Deputy mayor Ian Neilson says that given the warm and dry weather experienced over the past two weeks, the pressure management initiatives and water-saving efforts remain critical. ……
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Eskom to revisit issue of bonus payments with unions: The Eskom board and management will meet with unions on Friday for more wage related talks. ……
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WCED appeals to parents to ensure private learner transports are legal: A seven-year-old boy was killed in a minibus taxi accident on Monday. ……
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What happens now that #GraceMugabe has lost her diplomatic immunity?: Johannesburg – Former Zimbabwe first lady Grace Mugabe can be prosecuted for assault following a South Gauteng High Court order, which set aside the decision to grant her diplomatic immunity. Mugabe was granted immunity by former international relations and co-operation minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane last year, after Joburg model Gabriella Engels opened a case of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm against her. This enabled Mugabe to return to Harare, Zimbabwe, and escape prosecution. Engels was allegedly assaulted with an extension cord in a Sandton hotel…
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Cardiologist Bongani Mayosi a great unifier even in death: Even in death, renowned South African cardiologist Professor Bongani Mayosi had the ability to unite black, white, old, young, established scholars, activists, and those beginning to realise higher education dreams. On Monday at UCT’s health sciences faculty in Observatory, hundreds including Anglican priest and social justice activist Father Michael Lapsley, St George’s Cathedral Dean Michael Weeder, former vice- chancellor Max Price, countless names in the medical fraternity and even campus security mourned Mayosi’s death. The family of the UCT health sciences dean said in a…
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