Residents in the Lenasia neighborhood, previously an Indian neighborhood, are busy protesting. The protest stems from the growing number of squatters who set up their huts in the south of Lenasia. They regard this illegal land occupation as a risk to their safety and that it affects the value of properties. The neighborhood is now..
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Syndicate, corrupt officials and even police officers work together in illegal land grabs
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Cyril says he condemns farm murders just like other murders, but why doesn’t he take action?
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Cyril Ramaphosa responded to dr. Pieter Groenewald’s question to him in parliament by answering that he condemned farm murders just like the murder of any other South African, but believes that ethnicity must be overlooked because every life has equal value. He points out that in November 2018, in response to a parliamentary question, he..
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SAPS Operator of 10111 Emergency Number drops phone call while terrified woman pleads for help as she suspected a burglar was in her house
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A 23-year-old Cape Town woman, living right across the Table View police station, phoned the police’s 10111 emergency number at 06:17 on Wednesday morning, and pleaded for help as she suspected a burglar was in her house. Until her bitter shock, the operator dropped the phone call after 25 seconds, without giving any assistance. According..
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Angry students disrupt lectures and blockaded the main entrance to the Westville campus by burning furniture and debris over registrations
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The student representatives council (SCR) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) is expected to meet the institution’s vice-chancellor on Friday.
This follows disruptions at the university’s Westville campus on Wednesday. Angry students disrupted lectures and blockaded the main entrance to the university by burning furniture and debris.
The executive director for corporate relations at UKZN, Ashton Bodrick, confirmed that the university remained open and that academic programmes would continue as scheduled, despite further protests by students on Thursday.
“Some students on the Westville campus continued with their protest action this morning. We have received reports that some lectures were disrupted. The executive management committee (EMC) has given due consideration to the matters raised by the students and is engaging the SRC leadership on a way forward.”
UKZN SRC president Sanele Hlongwa told TimesLIVE that calm had been restored at the university
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Continuous service protests by barbaric protesters in SA threaten people’s safety
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The incident near Uniondale in the Southern Cape where a farmer, according to media reports, shot at protesters who were reportedly participating in a violent protest action and blocking roads serves as proof that these service delivery protests can lead to the loss of life as members of the public may feel that their safety..
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SANDF cannot prevent illegal immigration due to lack of finance, nor is it trained to combat urban civilian violence on Cape Flats
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Head of the South African National Defense Force (SANDF), General Solly Shoke, as well as Defense Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, admitted during the parliamentary session that SANDF has financial difficulties. It is also said that the deployment of the military to counter gang violence on the Cape Flats is not feasible because the army is not trained to combat urban civilian violence. SANDF troops have been in Cape Town for a week, but have not yet left the barracks because they are waiting for intelligence reports and still waiting on a withdrawal strategy.
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Five arrested after gruesome Boshof farm murder where couple were tied up, brutally beaten, shot
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On 12 July 2019, at about 17:30, Mr van den Berg left to take a worker back to town, leaving his wife at home. On the way back to the farm, he stopped to open his farm gate when he was allegedly overpowered by six suspects. He was then taken back to his house where..
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Former President Zuma and the three monkeys – hear nothing, see nothing and say nothing!
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The statues of the three monkeys materialized as the Zondo commission dragged on. The one monkey closes his ears, the other his eyes and the other his mouth. Now Zuma comes and says, “I can’t remember, I can’t say anything, I wasn’t there” This is Jacob Zuma’s answer to his questions. He now attempts to..
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Water and Sanitation Ministry run under a cloud of large-scale financial mismanagement by ANC cadres who knowingly robbed the department of much needed funds
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Lindiwe Sisulu, the new Minister of Water and Sanitation, acknowledged during her budget debate in parliament that her department is living under a cloud and that “major financial mismanagement” has occurred by top officials. She apparently undertook to reverse the situation as soon as possible. She can’t understand that so much money has been lost,..
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IT firm shaken after shady transactions came into light – R1,2bn was paid out for work not done
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The IT firm EOH has been shaken by findings around R1,2bn worth of shady transactions. The head of EOH, Stephen van Coller, has blamed eight people in the company for the scandal that hit the software company recently. The statement by Van Coller comes merely one day after the resignation of Pumenza Bam, Zunaid Mayet..
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Zuma testifies to Zondo commission and says he is a victim of international organizations that have targeted him for years and made him appear to be corrupt
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The announcement that Jacob Zuma testified before the Zondo commission gave him a round of applause, but intellectuals believe that the man is going to “duck and dive” without making any significant confession. Although there were seats for about 200 people and special arrangements were made to accommodate the former ANC president, over 5,000 supporters..
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SURVEY – SAPS CONSIDERED MOST CORRUPT INSTITUTION IN SA
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Of the 47,000 citizens surveyed in 35 African countries, more than half believed corruption was getting worse in their country. The Global Corruption Barometer (GCB) Africa on Thursday revealed that the South African Police Service (SAPS) is considered the most corrupt institution in the country. The GCB is the largest, most detailed survey of citizens’..
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ANC uses army to act against gangs, but silent on the slaughter of farmers – 60 farm murders and 217 farm attacks in firs half of 2019
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With every passing day that the ANC’s wishes to deny that farm attacks and murders are a reality, farmers will continue to be murdered. The murder of Sakkie and Ina van der Berg on their farm in the Boshoff, Dealesville district this past weekend has been proven that farm murders in South Africa are out..
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Over 500,000 people have been murdered in SA since 1994 – country currently has one of the highest murder rates in the world at 36 per 100,000 people
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The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNDOC) has released a new report focusing on the countries with the highest murder rates. The study seeks to shed light on gender-related killings, lethal gang violence and other challenges, with the aim of bringing homicide rates around the world. The data shows that the overall number..
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SAPD acknowledge that they are losing the fight against crime – now need SANW’s help to assist in their duties with gang violence in Cape Town – Yet cruel murders of whites are being overlooked during farm attacks?
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With the deployment of the SA Army in Cape Town’s crime areas, the SAP effectively acknowledged that they had lost the fight against crime and criminals. A SANDF battalion will now be deployed to assist the police in their duties. The deployment will apparently last for at least three months. A battalion can consist of..
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