23 April 2021 - 07:00 Former KZN club rugby player Lindani Myeni, from eSikhawini, was shot dead by police in Hawaii last week. Image: Lindsay Myeni/Facebook
repatriate Lindani Myeni s remains from Hawaii to SA are ongoing.
The 29-year-old former rugby player from KZN was shot dead by Hawaii police in an altercation last week.
His death has again put the spotlight on the conduct of white police towards black people.
Here are five must-read stories on Myeni s death:
What happened
Myeni was shot dead by officers from the Honolulu police department after they responded to an alleged “burglary in progress” at a home in Nuuanu.
Rotorua parking wardens assaulted and abused nearly 20 times within past five years
23 Apr, 2021 06:00 AM
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Around $1.8 million was generated from parking fines across five years in Rotorua. Photo / Stephen Parker
Around $1.8 million was generated from parking fines across five years in Rotorua. Photo / Stephen Parker
One person was so irate at a Rotorua parking warden they tried to run them down, and another person was arrested after assaulting a warden. Both incidents took place between the start of 2015 and the end of 2020, data released by Rotorua Lakes Council under the Official Information Act showed.
The person who drove at the warden missed and the event was classed as a near miss but police later arrested the person who assaulted a warden by shoving them.
More than five million people displaced in DR Congo
More than five million people displaced in DR Congo
23 de abril de 2021, 9:31Kinshasa, Apr 23 (Prensa Latina) The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) records more than five million people internally displaced by the action of armed groups, violence against civil society and intercommunity conflicts, Radio Okapi reported on Friday. The magnitude of forced movements in the country is considered among the largest one globally, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi assessed, quoted by the local radio station.
Grandi enters this Friday the fourth and last day of a working mission to the DRC, which will include the city of Goma, the media report highlighted.
Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta talks up NZ s role in Five Eyes amid waves of criticism
22 Apr, 2021 05:06 AM
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Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne receives a hongi from Minister of Foreign Affairs Nanaia Mahuta during a mihi whakatau, or welcome speech, at Parliament. Photo / Getty Images
Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne receives a hongi from Minister of Foreign Affairs Nanaia Mahuta during a mihi whakatau, or welcome speech, at Parliament. Photo / Getty Images
Jason Walls is a political reporter for the New Zealand Heraldjason.walls@nzme.co.nz@Jasonwalls92
Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta went to lengths to point out New Zealand s value in the Five Eyes partnership during a significant bilateral press conference this afternoon.
Five rescued in early morning water callout after boat hits Manukau Bar
21 Apr, 2021 10:52 PM
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The Manukau Bar is a dangerous spot and just last month four people were rescued from a sinking boat in the same area. Photo / File
The Manukau Bar is a dangerous spot and just last month four people were rescued from a sinking boat in the same area. Photo / File
NZ Herald
By: Nikki Preston
A group of five boaties sparked an early morning water rescue after their vessel hit the notoriously dangerous Manukau Bar and water started pouring onboard.
Police Maritime, the Eagle and Auckland Westpac Rescue helicopters and Coastguard responded to the vessel s distress call at about 3.30am on Wednesday, a police media spokesperson said.