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29 foreign-owned shops targeted
A 37 year old Somali, Ahimenet Jamel was shot in his shop in Masiphumelele last Friday in an attempted robbery, bringing to at least 29 the number of attacks on foreign-owned shops in the Western Cape in the last three weeks.
Zintle Tia Swana
News | 31 July 2014
One-legged weightlifter aims for Paralympics
Half of Ntsikelelo Mdladlana's leg was destroyed in a shack fire in 2007.
Siyabonga Kalipa
News | 31 July 2014
Evicted resident breaks down at Lwandle inquiry
Xoliswa Masakala broke into tears at the ministerial inquiry into the Lwandle evictions today as she was asked to comment on two pictures of herself which were published in the media. In one of the pictures, she is seen with her breasts and upper body completely exposed and the rest of her clothes appear torn.
Barbara Maregele
News | 29 July 2014
Robertson Abattoir was “hell”
The case of 39 Robertson Abattoir workers who say they were dismissed for complaining about 18-hour days was back in court today after a 20 month delay.
Daneel Knoetze
News | 29 July 2014
“Homophobic police attack” to be investigated
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) this morning confirmed that it is investigating claims of police officers dragging a gay Congolese man to a back room of Claremont police station and beating him with metal poles.
Daneel Knoetze
News | 28 July 2014
Dismissed security guards strike over unpaid salaries
More than 60 former Iriss Security Solutions’ workers who say they haven’t been paid in full for the past two months protested outside the company’s offices in Mandalay yesterday.
Barbara Maregele
News | 25 July 2014
Minister promises to expand child support grant, but no tangible progress yet
Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini announced plans in June to expand child support grant eligibility from age 18 to 23.
Michelle Korte
News | 25 July 2014
Magistrate says charges stand against sanitation activists
The trial of 21 Social Justice Coalition (SJC) members continued in the Cape Town Magistrates' Court today. The group are charged with unlawfully attending and convening a protest in September last year.
Daneel Knoetze
News | 24 July 2014