Aneeqa Du Plessis, Author at Voice of the Cape

Parly to seek legal advice in Phiyega’s challenge

The Chairperson of Parliament's Police Portfolio Committee, Francois Beukma, says they will seek legal advice this week following suspended National Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega's decision to challenge the findings of the Claasen report. According to the report, Phiyega is unfit to hold office. She was suspended in 2015. The move followed her actions during the Marikana tragedy in 2012 in which 34 mineworkers were killed during a protracted strike at […]

29 January 2017

International News

Trump’s Muslim ban sparks outrage and fear

"Disgraceful", "a travesty", "racist". These were some of the words used to describe a measure signed off by US President Donald Trump that suspends immigration from several Muslim-majority countries, and indefinitely bans Syrians - including refugees - from entering the United States. Closing off his first week in office, Trump signed the order on Friday at the Pentagon, saying the move would help protect Americans from "terrorist" attacks. "Trump's latest […]

28 January 2017

International News

Trump signs executive order banning Syrian refugees

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order suspending the US refugee programme for 120 days, specifically barring Syrian refugees until further notice. Trump signed the order at the Pentagon, saying the moves would help protect Americans from "terrorist" attacks. "I'm establishing new vetting measures to keep radical Islamic terrorists out of the United States of America. Don't want them here," Trump said earlier on Friday. "We only want to […]

28 January 2017

Local

CPF head in CT being ousted from position

Mitchells Plain cluster community policing forum (CPF) chairperson Hanif Loonat is being ousted from his position for allegedly being manipulative and threatening to tap the phones of other members. A letter, signed by members of eight Cape Flats community police forums, was written to Loonat on Wednesday calling for his immediate resignation. The Mitchells Plain area is notorious for gang shootings. Loonat is now considering his next step. The decision […]

28 January 2017

Local

2 die on WCape roads

A pedestrian has died after crossing the N2 near the Mew Way exit near Khayelitsha. City traffic spokesperson, Maxine Bezuidenhout, says the deceased is believed to be about 35 years old. The right hand lane of the N2 outbound was closed for some time to give officials an opportunity to clear the scene. It has since been reopened. She says the driver was tested for alcohol and it was found […]

28 January 2017

Local

Eleven nabbed for drug possession on the Cape Flats

Eleven people have been arrested for drug possession in Manenberg and Hanover Park on the Cape Flats. The arrest was a joint operation between SAPS Operation Combat and Metro Police's Gang and Drug Task Team. Mayco member for Safety and Security, JP Smith, says officers were acting on intelligence after a spike in violence and conducted a raid on Friday night at hotspots. Smith says drugs such as Tik were […]

28 January 2017

News

Halal certificate withdrawal a hoax: MJC

The MJC Halaal Trust (MJCHT) has cautioned Muslim consumers from falling for a hoax message doing its rounds on social media claiming that the MJC and other ḥalal authorities had withdrawn the ḥalal certificate from SASKO and Albany white Bread. The hoax message as seen below: “The Halaal Trust hereby unequivocally dispels these malicious and deceitful social messages as untruths and fabrications. Such messages must be unambiguously dismissed as false,” […]

27 January 2017

Local

Bromwell Street tenants fear relocation to outskirts of city

Families facing eviction from their Woodstock homes say they will be left unemployed and their children without schools, should they be relocated to Wolwerivier. “We went to Wolwerivier last year and there is no life there. Most of us work night shift at places in the area, so if we have to move far away, we’ll lose our jobs,” said tenant Charnell Commando. In 2013, a company called The Woodstock […]

27 January 2017

Local

Simon’s Town Naval Base thief jailed for 6 years

A man who stole military equipment, including assault rifles and hand grenades, from the Simon’s Town Naval Base has been sentenced to six years behind bars, the Hawks said on Thursday. Duncan Gouvias, 22, was convicted and sentenced last week after pleading guilty in the Wynberg Regional Court to charges of burglary and contravening the Firearms Control Act. His two co-accused - Dilian Sewkumar, 18, and Karabo Ramokgopa, 19 - […]

27 January 2017

Aneeqa Du Plessis

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