The Australian mining company seeking the right to mine in Xolobeni in the Eastern Cape, has been lashed for its treatment of a community in the Western Cape where it has been accused of breaching its legal obligations.
In the small community of the Matzikama Local Municipality, along the West Coast and some 300km away from Cape Town, resentment still lingers against the Australian company, Mineral Commodities Resources (MCR).
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If farm attacks really existed , we would know about them. I watch the news every day, but I don’t hear of stories of farm attacks’, General K. Sithole.
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A parliamentary official has been exposed for wasting millions on some rather ridiculous travel costs. Now, he will have to account for himself.
Parliamentary chief Gengezi Mgidlana is in very hot water over a finding that shows him spending R4m of taxpayers’ money on transport. On Friday, the Cape Town High Court dismissed his bid to stop Parliament carrying out a disciplinary hearing.
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In this video by Willem Petzer the crisis pertaining to farm murders and farm attacks are looked at.
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The Kaizer Chiefs, One of the most supported clubs in South Africa, were knocked out of the Nedbank Cup on Saturday, going down to a 2-0 defeat to the Free State Stars.
When the final whistle blew at the end of the game, the teams’ fans left their seats and invaded the pitch at the Moses Mabhida Stadium, smashing equipment, plastic chairs, cameras and attacking security staff.
Footage of the violent riot went viral, including clips showing a group of fans assaulting a security guard, who was seriously injured in the incident.
The woman is seen lying on the ground, being brutally beaten with plastic chairs and later kicked twice in the head by a man. The outrageous scene sparked a public o
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King Goodwill Zwelithini will have an honorary doctorate conferred on him by the University of Zululand next month.
In a statement‚ the university said it would be bestowing a doctorate in social work on him to acknowledge his leadership and his contribution to combating social ills.
“We are beyond delighted to be recognising his Royal Highness for his humanitarian endeavours‚” said the university’s vice-chancellor‚ Professor Xoliswa Mtose.
As part of his social revitalisation projects‚ the king chairs the Ingonyama Trust‚ a corporate entity established to administer the land traditionally owned by the king for the benefit‚ material welfare and social well-being of the Zulu nation.
“As the custodian of Zulu traditions and customs‚ King Zwelithini has revived cultural functions such as the Umhlanga‚ the colourful and symbolic reed dance ceremony which‚ amongst other things‚ promotes moral awareness and AIDS education among Zulu wo
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Police have confirmed the criminals involved in Friday afternoon’s shooting at the East Rand Mall are suspected murderers.
One person was shot dead and one of the suspects was wounded when officers confronted the five-member gang inside the shopping centre.
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Pieter Howes is an EFF supporter, because it is “where you should be if you want to be pro-black”, he says.
If you don’t know Howes, check out his Twitter profile.
It consists of pro-black sentiment, a few liberal diatribes, defence against
-isms. All as a means of him atoning for his ignorance, he says.
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A 24-year-old woman purported to be Jacob Zuma’s bride-to-be delivered a baby boy in the Busamed Hillcrest Private Hospital on Thursday April 12, the same day the former president turned 76.
Doctors delivered the baby of Nonkanyiso Conco, of the plush Hilltop private estate at Zimbali, KwaZulu-Natal, by caesarean section on Thursday.
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Former president Jacob Zuma is set to tie the knot with a 26-year-old young woman from KwaZulu-Natal.
Nonkanyiso Conco confirmed to TimesLive that she would be marrying Zuma. Although Zuma has been married six times before, he currently has four wives, which will make her wife number 5.
Former Randburg magistrate Johannes Kgomo has been sentenced to 15 years in jail for two charges of corruption by Magistrate Albertus Roux.
He was found guilty in November of corruption under the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act after taking a bribe to influence another magistrate to stop the extradition of Botswana fugitive Paul Mthabela.
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Parties failed to reach a wage agreement during a two-day meeting with the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA).
Workers initially demanded a 12% increase and employers offered 7%. The workers have since rejected an offer of 8% for the first year, and 8.5% in the second year, instead proposing a 9.5% increase in the first year and 9% for the second.
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“Bring it on bloody racists, you don’t scare me at all. I’m born ready! No white man will decide my destiny, the poor masses of our people will…”
So tweeted Economic Freedom Fighter leader, Julius Malema, after Advocate Gerrie Nel revealed he was preparing to privately prosecute Malema on charges of fraud and tender corruption.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has taken his own call to “lend a hand” and “send me” by convening an urgent meeting on Friday over protests in Mahikeng.
On Thursday evening, he announced he was cutting his visit to the UK short to intervene, bringing to mind the Hugh Masekela song he quoted during his inaugural State of the Nation Address earlier this year.
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Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini’s gift of four cows to honour the late Winnie Madikizela-Mandela did not sit well with some of his subjects.
Some, like Makhosi Ndokweni of Cumberwood in Durban, writing in Isolezwe, Independent Media’s Zulu newspaper called on the King to instead help uplift the poor people of KwaZulu-Natal and not just “prominent” people.
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