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Marikana Massacre Police Were Not in Danger, Report

Marikana Massacre Police Were Not in Danger, Report

The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) has published a new report into the killing of 34 striking miners on the 16 August 2012.The South African thinktank has found that the police officers responsible were not under threat when they fired at the miners. The research’ published under the title Sound of Gunfire, includes photographs’ witness […]

South Africa Liberation Icon Veronica Sobukwe Dies

South Africa Liberation Icon Veronica Sobukwe Dies

Zondeni Veronica Sobukwe, the widow of PAC founder Robert Sobukwe, has died, it emerged on Wednesday. She was 90. PAC leader Narius Moloto confirmed to News24 on Wednesday that Sobukwe had died in hospital overnight. “We are saddened but at same time we celebrate her life, a life well lived, and a principled woman. She […]

Authors of Book Claiming That Magnus Malan Was a Paedophile Feared for Their Lives

Authors of Book Claiming That Magnus Malan Was a Paedophile Feared for Their Lives

The co-authors of The Lost Boys of Bird Island, which alleges that former apartheid minister Magnus Malan was part of a paedophile network, had been living in fear for their lives since the book’s release two weeks ago. According to well-placed sources, Mark Minnie, who was found dead in Port Elizabeth on Monday, and Chris […]

‘Khama Billiat is the best player in SA‚’ says Kaizer Chiefs coach Giovanni Solinas

‘Khama Billiat is the best player in SA‚’ says Kaizer Chiefs coach Giovanni Solinas

Khama Billiat at his optimum is the best player in South Africa‚ Kaizer Chiefs coach Giovanni Solinas has said. Billiat showed more signs of his class with a strong second-half performance in Chiefs’ 3-0 MTN8 quarterfinal win against Free State Stars at FNB Stadium on Saturday night. Chiefs’ new signing again combined for a goal […]

African National Congress obsession with the cookie jar

African National Congress obsession with the cookie jar

There are two interesting developments that should worry those who have been monitoring government’s ability to manage public funds properly in the last few years. These developments include the reported appetite by government to rescue the embattled VBS Bank recently embroiled in a massive looting scandal by the executives. The second is the reports that […]

Ministers Admit Corruption As SA Claims Stolen Cars Driven Openly in Maputo

Ministers Admit Corruption As SA Claims Stolen Cars Driven Openly in Maputo

South African Police Minister Bheki Cele visited Mozambique recently and witnessed numerous stolen luxury vehicles with Gauteng registration numbers being driven around Maputo. “They do not even change the number plates there … A lot of the stolen Gauteng cars are being driven freely in the streets of Maputo with no problem.” (Lusa 3 Aug) […]

Ramaphosa’s Plan to Cut 30 000 Civil Servant Jobs – Report

Ramaphosa’s Plan to Cut 30 000 Civil Servant Jobs – Report

The government reportedly plans cut the jobs of 30 000 public servants in the next three years as part of the President Cyril Ramaphosa’s planned restructuring to reduce the the administration’s salary bill by R20-billion. The Mail and Guardian reports that the move is “likely to put Ramaphosa on a collision cause with labour federation Cosatu, […]

Notice to suspend Khensani Maseko’s alleged rapist issued

Notice to suspend Khensani Maseko’s alleged rapist issued

Rhodes University says a notice to suspend the alleged rapist of Khensani Maseko has been issued. The university says investigations leading up to Maseko’s death will continue. It’s understood she committed suicide after she was raped in May this year. She was a third year BA student at the institution. Tributes and messages of condolence […]

Land Claims in South Africa – It’s About the Meaning of the Land, Not Just Money

Land Claims in South Africa – It’s About the Meaning of the Land, Not Just Money

Land distribution and people’s access to land have always been high on the political agenda in South Africa. Colonisation and land dispossession have been a strong feature of the country’s history, even more so during apartheid when land ownership became firmly concentrated in the hands of the white minority. After the first democratic elections in […]

Battle for Cape Town Drug Turf – 9 Killed in 3 Weeks of ‘Urban Terror’

Battle for Cape Town Drug Turf – 9 Killed in 3 Weeks of ‘Urban Terror’

A fight between rival gangs over parks from where they want to control and sell drugs has resulted in nine murders in less than a month and 10 people being wounded in a Cape Town suburb at the heart of the intense gun battles. Rival gangsters, according to sources, have been fighting to control parks […]

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