After indicating that he would abandon his bid for bail and plead guilty, the man accused of murdering Bay physiotherapist Marolien Schmidt did an about-turn on Tuesday.
Women’s Day is a commemoration of the women who marched to the Union Buildings in 1956 to protest against draconian apartheid legislation that sought to control black women in urban areas, and subject them to cruel forms of surveillance.
ANC national executive member Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has warned the party’s Eastern Cape leadership to fix water and roads or risk losing support in the 2024 general election.
As the 31-year-old man accused of stabbing a much-loved Gqeberha physiotherapist to death in her Richmond Hill home took to the dock on Monday, it emerged that he has previous convictions for murder and robbery.
The Royal Peace Foundation has issued an ultimatum to the national department of public works to remove drug dealers and secure an abandoned property in the CBD, which it says has been used as a drug den for many years. The Dispatch has seen correspondence between the Mthatha-based NGO’s CEO, Dr Fezile Potwana, and the department requesting to be made caretakers of the property.