A man has been arrested for the murder of an Eastern Cape woman. Eastern Cape police managed to arrest a man following a manhunt after a woman was brutally murdered on a street in Kwanonzame, Middelburg, at around 01:00 on Sunday.READ | NPA is serious about gender-based violence, says De KockAccording to police spokesperson Captain Lariane…
The Hawks have made an arrest. PHOTO: Felix Dlangamandla, Gallo Images, Netwerk24 The Hawks arrested a senior Nelson Mandela Bay metro official and a businesswoman for fraud in early morning operations on Friday.Hawks spokesperson Lwando Zenzile said the official allegedly accepted a bribe of R900 000 from the contractor in exchange for a housing tender.The…
Sibongile Mani and her lawyer failed to appear in court on Friday without an explanation.NPA said the theft accused has been warned to appear in court on 25 August and failure will result in an arrest.She faces theft charges after she allegedly failed to report an erroneous credit of R14m into her student account in…
The Hawks have three people for alleged fraud and money laundering. Felix Dlangamandla, Gallo Images, Netwerk24 Sedibeng District Municipal manager and former social development HOD Stanley Khanyile is accused of authorising two questionable payments.Khanyile, appeared in court alongside Umhlanga businessman and chartered accountant Poovandaren Chetty and advocate Vuyokazi Sangoni.The trio has been granted bail.Former Eastern…
Tsitsi Dangarembga. Jemal Countess/WireImage/Getty Images A prize-winning Zimbabwean novelist and filmmaker arrested at recent protests accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government on Tuesday of holding its people in a repressive "chokehold" as they endured an economic emergency.Tsitsi Dangarembga, whose latest book This Mournable Body has been nominated for a Booker Prize, was bundled into a police truck…
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Here in Washington, we’ve been hearing about tensions between the White House and one of its most controversial — but, at least in some circles, most popular — figures: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Polling of likely voters indicates that the Health and Human Services secretary can be an asset to Republicans when he’s talking about improving the nation’s food supply or labeling ultraprocessed foods. But when he’s talking about removing recommendations for routine childhood vaccinations, he can be a detriment. So, when I
Several states have joined President Donald Trump’s deportation efforts and are taking federal reporting requirements to immigration authorities a step further — by using their public health agencies as arms of enforcement. North Carolina, in late April, became the latest member of a growing group of Republican-led states to require their public health agencies to