CoCT stops use of paintballs on baboons with no transition or alternative plan
14 May 2021 5:40 PM
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Baboon Matters founder Jenni Trethowan says it feels like the City is stamping its foot, saying see what happens next.
NCC marshalls Kataza the baboon in Tokai on 17 October 2020. Picture: Lizell Persens/EWN
Many lobbyists have argued for a long time for more humane practices in helping manage baboons living alongside humans on the urban edges of the Cape Peninsula and have called for the stopping of the use of paintball guns.
The paintball markers are used to move the troops out of the urban areas. They are meant to be fired near the baboons and at most on their rump or rear. No mothers with babies may be shot at.
I see the Japanese donât want Olympics to go ahead â Chad le Clos
11 May 2021 4:31 PM
Share This: Itâs going to be a very different experience, says Olympic swimming star Chad le Clos. London was the craziest atmosphere!
Almost 60% of Japanese want the Tokyo Olympics cancelled, a survey found less than three months before it is due to start.
The state of emergency in Tokyo has been extended until the end of the month as authorities struggle to contain a rising number of new infections and health services in some areas come under increasing strain.
The Olympics is scheduled to start on 23 July, after being delayed by a year.
Judge Zondo the logical choice to replace Mogoeng Mogoeng as Chief Justice
11 May 2021 5:08 PM
Share This: The logical choice would be Judge Zondo, says public law expert Pierre de Vos. But the politics might be tricky.
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has taken long leave from the Constitutional Court.
He is five months away from retiring and unless he cuts his leave short, he has effectively vacated his position as Chief Justice.
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN
Mogoeng might not be available to Chair the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) meeting that is set to decide the fate of Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe who has been found guilty of gross misconduct.
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