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DIRCO hands tied as mom of SA woman incarcerated in Georgia fights to prove her innocence
DIRCO hands tied as mom of SA woman incarcerated in Georgia fights to prove her innocence
Capetonian Sandra Uys is determined to prove her daughter Genevieve’s innocence. The 32-year-old faces eight to 15 years imprisonment in…
Storm Simpson
Mar 16, 2023
Bulelani Qolani: Man dragged naked from home sues City for R1.4m [PICS]
Bulelani Qolani: Man dragged naked from home sues City for R1.4m [P...
After two years of settlement negotiations with the City of Cape Town, which eventually were unsuccessful, Bulelani Qolani, 30, has decided…
Storm Simpson
Feb 8, 2023
Imam Haron Inquest: Sustained assault the root cause of ‘Imam’s demise’ — court hears
Imam Haron Inquest: Sustained assault the root cause of ‘Imam’s dem...
Imam Abdullah Haron spent 123 days in detention and at the time of his death, he had over 500cm2 of bruising. The apartheid government…
Storm Simpson
Nov 11, 2022
WATCH: Expert says Imam Haron’s injuries couldn’t have been caused by a fall
WATCH: Expert says Imam Haron’s injuries couldn’t have been caused ...
An aeronautical engineer whose firm, TMI Dynamatics, has been called in to work on a number of notorious deaths of individuals while in the…
Storm Simpson
Nov 8, 2022
Zandile Mafe’s defence concedes there may be issues with his mental health
Zandile Mafe’s defence concedes there may be issues with his mental...
Zandile Christmas Mafe will turn 50 years old in Pollsmoor Prison on 24 December 2022. He was remanded in custody at his third pre-trial…
Storm Simpson
Nov 4, 2022
Photos: Hundreds march to Parliament over climate crisis
Photos: Hundreds march to Parliament over climate crisis
Hundreds of climate change, environmental and youth activists marched to Parliament in Cape Town on Heritage Day, 24 September, to demand…
Storm Simpson
Sep 26, 2022
Zandile Mafe no-show in court after requests for a kettle and TV were denied
Zandile Mafe no-show in court after requests for a kettle and TV we...
Zandile Mafe — the man accused of burning Parliament — was due in the Cape Town High Court for his second pre-trial conference on Friday…
Storm Simpson
Sep 2, 2022
National Shutdown: ‘A day that will never be forgotten’ in Cape Town [in pictures]
National Shutdown: ‘A day that will never be forgotten’ in Cape Tow...
The National Shutdown on Wednesday, 24 August, was described as a day that will never be forgotten, in terms of unification, by South…
Storm Simpson
Aug 24, 2022
Mafe to take bail application to Supreme Court of Appeal soon
Mafe to take bail application to Supreme Court of Appeal soon
Zandile Mafe’s first pre-trial conference in the Cape Town High Court took place in his absence on Friday, 12 August, despite the fact that…
Storm Simpson
Aug 12, 2022
‘All dead bodies come from Cape Flats’: Cele says provincial SAPS is reallocating resources
‘All dead bodies come from Cape Flats’: Cele says provincial SAPS i...
The third and final stop on COSATU in the Western Cape’s march against crime and the high price of petrol and other fuels was at Parliament…
Storm Simpson
Aug 4, 2022
Stellenbosch postpones exams as students march against racism, GBV
Stellenbosch postpones exams as students march against racism, GBV
Hundreds of Stellenbosch University students ended a tumultuous week with an amalgamated march against systemic problems at the tertiary…
Storm Simpson
May 20, 2022
Operation Dudula makes demands on Home Affairs, police at Cape Town launch
Operation Dudula makes demands on Home Affairs, police at Cape Town...
Operation Dudula announced itself in Cape Town with a circuitous march through the city’s streets on Saturday, 14 May. Supporters of the…
Storm Simpson
May 16, 2022
Zandile Mafe made ‘confession’ after paranoid schizophrenia diagnosis, court hears
Zandile Mafe made ‘confession’ after paranoid schizophrenia diagnos...
Alleged parliament arsonist Zandile Mafe’s legal team appealed the denial of his bail in the Western Cape High Court on Monday, 25 April.
Storm Simpson
Apr 26, 2022
‘It’s a matter of life and death’: DIRCO accused of failing South Africans stuck in zero-COVID…
‘It’s a matter of life and death’: DIRCO accused of failing South A...
A South African woman living in Shanghai claims the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) and the South African…
Storm Simpson
Apr 22, 2022
South African teacher in Shanghai details life in a COVID-19 camp
South African teacher in Shanghai details life in a COVID-19 camp
Demi Brodie*, a South African woman living in Shanghai, recently had to endure life in a centralised quarantine facility after she tested…
Storm Simpson
Apr 22, 2022
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