State refuses to fund Hlophe’s high court bid to avert impeachment

Read More The office of the state attorney has rejected a request by embattled Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe for state legal funding for his high court bid to stave off impeachment, solicitor-general Fhedzisani Pandelani said on Friday. Hlophe’s attorney of record, Barnabus Xulu on 1 September sent an email to the Western Cape […]

Covid may collapse climate talks

Read More This year’s key climate negotiations, the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), happen at the end of this month in Scotland. Since Brexit, the United Kingdom is desperate for a showpiece to prove that there is such a thing as “Global Britain”. The stakes are high. Research by the UN showed last month […]

Survey shows public trust in police is at record low

Read More More than half of South Africans believe the country’s police officials are corrupt. This is according to the findings of an Afrobarometer survey, released on Friday, which also found that trust in the police has hit historic lows. The survey results come in the wake of media reports that national police commissioner Khehla […]