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CPT mayor slams Police minister over ‘shoot to kill’ rhetoric

LOCAL Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has rejected police minister Bheki Cele's order to police members to shoot to kill. Addressing the Western Capes Safer Festive Season campaign this week, Hill-Lewis says Cele’s remarks are an incitement to break the law. He says the Criminal Procedure Act provides very clear guidelines on the appropriate and proportionate use of force by police members: "Minister Cele’s remarks can only be interpreted as […]

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Grabouw mother arrested after bodies of boys, aged 3 and 5, retrieved from burning shack

LOCAL TRIGGER WARNING A Grabouw mother is expected to appear in court after allegedly burning her minor sons to death. According to police, officials reported to the Waterworks informal settlement in the early hours of Friday morning and retrieved the bodies of two boys, aged three and five, from a shack on fire. Spokesperson Brigadier Novela Potelwa says witness statements led to the woman’s arrest. The 35-year-old has been remanded […]

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WC gov offers support to parents with disabled children

LOCAL Tershia Louw, mother to 7-year old Diondré, who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy when she was an infant, says she is still learning how to care for her special girl. Louw sees herself as a strong individual, raising three other children – one of whom is an orphan – but she says she has learned to accept help. “I thought I didn’t need help. Then we heard about Iris […]

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Cele concerned about the retirement of experienced police officers

LOCAL Police Minister Bheki Cele has expressed concern about the vast experience in SAPS being lost through senior officers who are retiring. At a recent Police committee meeting of Parliament, Cele told MPs that he signs off nearly 300 retirements every month, leaving him concerned over the experience that is leaving SAPS in short succession. For the past four years, nearly 10 000 officers with more than 30 years of […]

today18 November 2022

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Eskom implements Stage 4 rolling blackouts until further notice

LOCAL Eskom says Stage 4 rolling blackouts were implemented at 05:26 on Friday morning until further notice. The power utility says breakdowns amounting to 17 056MW of generation capacity, low pumped storage dam levels and lack of diesel are the reasons for the increase in the power cuts.   Three days ago, the power utility implemented stage 2 blackouts. Source: SABC news Photo: Pixabay

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Istanbul bombing: Syrians in Turkey fear more animosity after attack

INTERNATIONAL As Istanbul's central shopping district of Taksim recovers from the weekend attack that killed six people and wounded dozens more, Turkey's Syrian community finds itself in the spotlight, fearing a backlash. Turkish authorities have arrested Ahlam Albashir, a Syrian national the police say confessed to being trained by the armed wing of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). A further 46 people have been arrested over Sunday's attack. The PKK on Monday denied responsibility for the […]

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Bahrain’s laws prevented tens of thousands from voting, report reveals

INTERNATIONAL Bahraini laws prevented tens of thousands of citizens from casting their votes in the 12 November general election, according to a report presented to the UK parliament. The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (Bird) human rights group detailed in "The Entire Political Process is Fraudulent" report the complex laws that the Bahraini government has enforced to bar dissidents, civil society activists and people with minor offences from voting or running in […]

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Israel’s Netanyahu and Ben-Gvir agree to legalise controversial evacuated settlement

INTERNATIONAL Israel's Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed with far-right leader Itamar Ben-Gvir to enable Jewish settlers to return permanently to the evacuated illegal outpost of Homesh, in the north of the occupied West Bank. Homesh was first evacuated in 2005 as part of an Israeli disengagement plan that pulled forces and settlers from the Gaza Strip and some West Bank settlements. Currently, settlers visit the area and operate the […]

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Iranians use sanitary pads to fight surveillance of women

INTERNATIONAL After security forces opened fire on commuters at a Tehran metro station, Iranians have responded with a new tool to stop authorities from monitoring them and enforcing dress codes on women: sanitary pads. Several images have emerged on social media showing layered sanitary pads stuck on CCTV cameras in metro stations and trains, obstructing their views. Social media users are hailing the move as a statement against the control and surveillance of women, […]

today18 November 2022

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