BREAKING | Fraud case against Cape Town DA councillor, Nora Grose, withdrawn
Former ActionSA Gauteng chairperson Bongani Baloyi has announced his new political party, Xiluva.This comes just a few weeks after he left ActionSA.
Grose was granted R10 000 bail by the Atlantis Magistrate's Court after being accused of misappropriating City of Cape Town funds.Mangaung council sitting to elect mayor called off amid threats to ANC councillorsMunicipality spokesperson Qondile Khedama said the newly elected Speaker Maryke Davies had cancelled the meeting.
The majority ANC-led council saw power slip out of its hands as Davies was elected Speaker, notwithstanding that her party only has 26 seats compared to the ANC's 51 in the 101-seat council.The ANC in the province is said to be targeting councillors who have been expressing displeasure over the outcomes of the ANC's Free State conference held in January.
Sekhokho is a central figure in an alleged extraction scheme first discovered and reported by Babita Deokaran three weeks before she was murdered in August 2021. G4S manages the Mangaung Correctional Centre from which GroundUp reported Bester escaped in May last year, after faking his own suicide. She took study leave, and then annual leave in 2022 before submitting a sick note claiming she was ill and hospitalised."Investigations reveal that reasons provided for her leave were false, including supporting documents from the institution of higher learning, as well as the medical certificates she provided as proof," said NPA regional spokesperson Henry Mamothame.Democratic Alliance councillor Cilliers Brink has been elected as the mayor of Tshwane.
The meeting has been adjourned until 11:45 when more than 200 members will vote in a secret ballot to elect the new mayor. He will also be assessed for his capacity to stand trial for terrorism and arson. Erasmus ordered that a report be delivered to himself before 8 May and the case was postponed until then.
Daniel Smit made a brief appearance in the Klawer Magistrate's Court on Monday morning, but the matter was once again postponed until 27 April for the availability of a place at Valkenberg Psychiatric Hospital. Natasha Kara, National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson, said the postponement would allow them to"investigate the new developments and ascertain how the trial will proceed".Cape Town fire leaves 60 homes destroyed and 200 people displaced
Emer-G-Med spokesperson Kyle van Reenen said when they arrived on the scene, the man was found with fatal gunshot wounds and was declared dead on arrival of paramedics. "Such information should be provided to the nearest police station or a correctional services facility," said the department statement.He used the social media platform to lure women with claims that international modelling scouts were interested in them. He would then rape them and rob them using a knife.24 March 06:52A Free State man was expected in court soon after he was arrested with 16 refuse bags filled with abalone.
Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has removed Malusi Booi from the Mayoral Committee after police raided his offices last week. A 22-year-old truck driver accused of causing a multi-vehicle accident in Durban over two weeks ago says he plans to plead not guilty. Free State police spokesperson, Brigadier Motantsi Makhele, refused to comment on the matter, saying investigations were under way.One person died, and two others were injured after a truck lost control on the R80 Mabopane highway on Wednesday morning.
Tshwane council Speaker Mncedi Ndzwanana adjourned proceedings saying he was seeking legal advice on the presence of Cope member Thabang Sefanyetso.The DA and ActionSA coalition have accused the ANC and the EFF of using concerns about the Cope member to delay the election of a new mayor because the numbers did not support an ANC/EFF alliance.
The Hawks have requested assistance in locating the man, who they believe can assist with the investigation. Paramedics say advanced life support intervention was needed to stabilise her, and due to her extensive injuries, she went into a state of cardiac arrest. "I am happy that the majority of South Africans did not heed the call, but they exercised their right as South Africans," said Ramaphosa.Section of M5 highway closed after collapsed sewer causes road damage
The pipe initially appeared to be an overflowing sewer, but it was later established that the sewer had collapsed and caused structural damage to the road. "The power cuts have affected the north and south parts of the city. We are currently trying to get the details of the cause of the power outage. We've noted the allegation about the explosion, but we are busy trying to get information," he said.The provincial Department of Health said generators immediately kicked in to save lives at affected public facilities.
Cope's second candidate, Thabang Sefanyetso, was found to possess two ID documents and was found to have a criminal record. "Police are now investigating two counts of murder," Sello said. The circumstances that led to the incident are unknown at this stage.Two alleged poachers arrested for selling elephant tusks in LimpopoHawks spokesperson Warrant Officer Lethunya Mmuroa said the team received information about individuals who were selling elephant tusks in the area.
Once charged, the teenage boy will appear in the Bellville Magistrate court on a charge of murder, police said.The body of a 16-year-old girl was found in Kwazakhele street, Mfuleni on Saturday. EMPD and other law-enforcement agencies have received several complaints regarding spikes being strategically placed on roads, in order to rob innocent motorists of their belongings.
Tshwane councillors were unable to elect a mayor on Friday after the DA and its coalition partners abandoned the council sitting in protest.
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