If you’re lucky enough to have travelled abroad you’ll know there’s nothing quite like being a South African. It’s easy to get homesick. Now imagine the joy you feel when you randomly bump into someone from home whilst travelling in a different country.
Liam Jacobs is addressing accusations that he is a “flip-flopper” after dumping the Patriotic Alliance after just a year and returning to the DA. In a lengthy statement released on Tuesday, Jacobs admits that he should never have left the DA in the first place, saying PA leader Gayton McKenzie misled him. “I believed Gayton. I believed the PA promises. I personally saw that I was misled by lies. I admit, I made
The Nyanga Community Police Forum (CPF) is appealing to the taxi industry to resolve all ongoing conflict to restore peace in the area. This comes after four people were gunned down and two others were critically injured in a mass shooting earlier this morning. The CPF secretary, Dumisani Qweba, says while there has been calm in the area in recent weeks, there are concerns that the latest shooting would result in further
Western Cape Mobility MEC Isaac Sileku has welcomed the launch of Congress of Democratic Taxi Associations’ (CODETA) new cashless payment system, describing it as a significant milestone in the modernisation of the minibus taxi industry. Sileku attended the official launch in Khayelitsha as the pilot project got underway on Monday, 1 June. The initiative is currently operating on two routes: Site C in Khayelitsha to Killarney, and Mfuleni to Killarney. Under
Patriotic Alliance leader and Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie says the party anticipated Liam Jacobs’s departure long before he announced his return to the Democratic Alliance. Speaking during a Facebook Live broadcast on Monday night, McKenzie said PA leaders had identified months ago that Jacobs was unhappy within the party and had struggled to adapt to its culture and grassroots-focused style of politics. McKenzie revealed that he had held a
