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Exorcism murder of 2 girls (9), pastor and relatives remanded in custody

Exorcism murder of 2 girls (9), pastor and relatives remanded in...

On 2 June 2020, the accused Makhosonke Sibisi (31), Nkosingiphile Sithole (35) and Nompumelelo Langa (25) briefly appeared at the Nkandla Magistrates’ Court facing...
Private prosecution unit demands Dwarskersbos officer be suspended. Photo: AfriForum

Private prosecution unit demands Dwarskersbos officer be suspended

AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit demanded in a letter to the mayor of Dwarskersbos on 1 June 2020, that Jerome Pedro, a traffic officer in...
Neighbourhood and farm watches allowed to operate again

Neighbourhood and farm watches allowed to operate again

Albert Fritz, Minster of Community Safety in the Western Cape, announced on 1 June 2020, that the National Secretary of the SAPS had indicated...
15 Farm attacks and 4 farm murders in South Africa - May 2020

15 Farm attacks and 4 farm murders in South Africa –...

During May 2020, in South Africa, there were fifteen farm attacks and four farm murders, whilst only one farm attack was averted. During April...
Farm murder: Tulbagh doctor, Roelof Botha attacked and brutally slain. Photo: Facebook

Farm murder: Tulbagh doctor, Roelof Botha attacked and brutally slain

On 1 June 2020, at about 18:30 a local doctor, Dr. Roelof Botha, from Tulbagh in the Western Cape province of South Africa was...
Two Morningside Armed Robbers Arrested

Two Morningside Armed Robbers Arrested

Two suspects were successfully apprehended and serious crime averted because of quick responses by an alert cleaner and Berea SAPS on Monday morning in...
Twitter post - White people - 'Can’t we kill them for real' - FF Plus reacts. Photo: Pixabay

Twitter post – White people – ‘Can’t we kill them for...

The FF Plus lodged a complaint with the South African Human Rights Commission (HRC) on 1 June 2020, against a Twitter profile named @BLudidi...
Ramaphosa's vague plan to grow the failed racist 'BEE and AA' economy

Ramaphosa’s vague plan to grow the failed racist ‘BEE and AA’...

President Cyril Ramaphosa's ideas to get the economy up and running again will remain mere plans if they are not combined with practical, feasible...
Covid-19: The epidemic reveals the cracks in our health and welfare systems

Covid-19: The epidemic reveals the cracks in our health and welfare...

The author explains how Covid-19 and the subsequent lockdown have provided an opportunity to rethink health systems in her area. The afternoon sun cast a...
Spotlight on children’s rights in South Africa

Spotlight on children’s rights in South Africa

The Minister of Social Development, Lindiwe Zulu, will today host a virtual meeting aimed at giving children a voice in the midst of the...
Spotlight on children’s rights in South Africa

COVID-19 cases climb to 34 357

A total of 22 new COVID-19 related deaths have been recorded, this as the total number of cases climb to 34 357 on Monday. All 22...
Scientology Volunteer Ministers: Helping the Department of Health help others

Scientology Volunteer Ministers: Helping the Department of Health help others

Over the past 10 weeks, 266 clinics and hospitals in Gauteng have been sanitized, a contribution from the Scientology Volunteer Ministers who decided to...