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Parliament must fasttrack laws criminalising racism and hate speech so punishment can be meted out to people such as Western Cape Premier Helen Zille, who caused a stir when she posted a tweet saying the legacy of colonialism was not all bad, the

Durban resident, Dawie Kriel, has been slapped with a fine of R6,000 or twelve months in jail for making inflammatory remarks on social media.Kriel's sentence was however suspended for five years.Magistrate Themba Sishi handed down the sentence

CAPE TOWN, March 27 (ANA) – President Jacob Zuma’s decision to bid Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan home from an investor roadshow in London was met with condemnation on Monday, as the rand weakened amid renewed speculation that the

A juvenile gangster who brazenly shot dead a rival teenage gangster, in a display of fearless macho, was effectively jailed for 12 years on Monday.The 15-year-old, who may not be named, appeared in the Parow Regional Court, before magistrate

The Hawks in KZN said that six officials from the Department of Home Affairs appeared in court Monday on corruption charges. The six, aged between 30 and 63, were arrested in the Eastern Cape, Free State and Kwazulu Natal between 23 and 26

The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation says the condition of the 87-year-old struggle stalwart deteriorated in the last 24 hours.In a statement Monday the Foundation said that Kathrada was hospitalised in Johannesburg earlier this month for surgery related

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and finance director general Lungisa Fuzile would return to South Africa on Monday, National Treasury said on Monday, after President Jacob Zuma took the extraordinary step of ordering that they cut short a trip to

South Africans must prepare to fork out more for beef, or go without it.That's the word from Agri Eastern Cape analyst and national vice-chairperson of the Red Meat Producers Organisation, Dr Pieter Prinsloo, who said slaughter figures have

The Department of Basic Education said the SAPS must do their job and vigorously investigate the tens of thousands of statutory rape and sexual assault case involving schoolgirls reported between 2014 and 2016.In a written reply to a parliamentary