News from abroad… Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has indicated that he will not testify at his murder trial for the death of George Floyd. Chauvin told Judge Peter Cahill that he would invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and would not take the witness stand. Chauvin is facing murder and manslaughter charges for Floyd’s death in May last year.

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While the African National Congress in the Western Cape has welcomed the suspension of Transport MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela, the GOOD party said the move did not go far enough. Madikizela is being forced to stay at home amid questions over his academic qualifications. The Democratic Alliance provincial leader listed a BCom degree on his CV but has acknowledged he never actually completed it.
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The Western Cape Department of Health has released a detailed plan for Phase 2 of its Covid-19 vaccine roll-out programme, which will see over 26 600 residents being vaccinated daily between May and October. Speaking during the province’s weekly digicon, Head of Health doctor Keith Cloete revealed that the province expects to receive just over 6 million vaccines during this period.

LOOK: City unveils vision to complete Cape Town’s unfinished Foreshore highways

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  Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has unveiled plans to transform the city’s iconic unfinished Foreshore highways into a new link bridge, tunnel, promenade and...

Transnet land occupiers lose their appeal against eviction, ‘drug tunnels’ discovered

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 Occupiers of Transnet land in Woodstock and Salt River have failed in their bid to appeal an eviction order, with the Western Cape High...

Three seafarers dead, two missing after incident off Mossel Bay coast

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 Three seafarers have died, and two remain missing after a rescue boat that was launched from the AMSOL (African Marine Solutions Group) tugboat Umkhuseli...