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Israel says it ‘will not cooperate’ with probeinto Shireen Abu Akleh’s murder

INTERNATIONAL The family of Shireen Abu Akleh, the veteran Palestinian-American reporter who was killed by Israeli forces during a military raid in Jenin in May, have welcomed a US decision to open a probe into her death. "This is an important step," a statement from her family on Tuesday said, adding that US authorities have a responsibility to investigate "when a US citizen is killed abroad, especially when they were killed, like Shireen, by a foreign military". […]

15 November 2022

Local

High court orders Hillary Gardee kidnapping and murder probe to be prioritised

The Pretoria high court has ordered that investigations into the kidnapping and murder of Hillary Gardee be prioritised. It ordered that a multidisciplinary team comprising of SAPS, crime intelligence and Hawks officers be appointed to investigate, inspect, search and collect evidence. The team is to keep the Gardee family informed of developments every two weeks. The family brought an urgent application to compel the police and minister of police Bheki […]

29 July 2022

Local

SAHPRA conducting study of 28 people who died after receiving COVID-19 shots

The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) says it is conducting a study on 28 people who have died after receiving either the Pfizer or Johnson and Johnson vaccines in South Africa. According SAHPRA, 28 people died after being vaccinated in South Africa as of the seventh of July. The authority says, however, there is no evidence at this stage that the individuals had died as a direct result […]

22 July 2021

International News

Greek PM demands swift probe into journalist’s murder

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has demanded the “swift resolution” of an investigation into a crime journalist’s murder that has already been condemned by leading European Union officials, political parties and media unions. Giorgos Karaivaz, who worked for private TV station Star and also ran the news blog bloko.gr, was shot several times on Friday as he exited his car outside his house in the southern Athens district of Alimos […]

10 April 2021

Local

De Lille’s executive director accessed ‘confidential forensic reports’: City manager

Craig Kesson, the executive director in Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille’s office, got hold of around 1 000 confidential forensic reports, which contained details of probes into councillors and other officials, without proper permission. City manager Achmat Ebrahim made this claim in response to allegations levelled against him by Kesson. Ebrahim also claimed that Kesson gave an instruction that five years’ worth of forensic reports be seized so that […]

22 November 2017

probe

Israel says it ‘will not cooperate’ with probeinto Shireen Abu Akleh’s murder

High court orders Hillary Gardee kidnapping and murder probe to be prioritised

SAHPRA conducting study of 28 people who died after receiving COVID-19 shots

Greek PM demands swift probe into journalist’s murder

De Lille’s executive director accessed ‘confidential forensic reports’: City manager

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