The University of Cape Town has denied claims by former employee Professor Athol Williams that the institution’s ombudsman offered him hush money to stop ’raising concerns about their dealings with state capture companies’.
The party's newly elected spokesperson, Advocate Shameemah Salie, will be running alongside Hendricks and has been designated the party’s deputy mayor.
Cape Town manâs criminal record to be âdelinkedâ
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A 28-year-old Table View resident says he is excited for the future after confirmation from authorities that his identity will be âdelinkedâ from an alleged criminal record associated with his name which he has been fighting to correct for more than a year.
Shane Alexander van Schalkwyk said he first came to know of the criminal record when a recruiting company he applied to last year informed him when they did a background check on him.
âIn February of 2020 I applied for a job, and with my permission they conducted a background check, then it came back with a âgeneral theftâ charge. I know for a fact I have a clear record and have never been charged with a crime in my life.
Racial favouritism claims behind Samwuâs march against City
By Okuhle Hlati
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Cape Town - A senior City of Cape Town traffic officer was allegedly told by his bosses that the junior officer who apparently swore at him and threatened to âf him upâ cannot be charged or sanctioned as he had a new car and house.
The incident allegedly happened in front of the officerâs colleagues. Instead of facing disciplinary action, the junior officer was allegedly transferred to work in Bellville.
This was one of many complaints of alleged biased disciplinary procedures, victimisation and favouritism towards white staff, the South African Municipal Workersâ Union (Samwu) said it has received.
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Before he turned ten, a typical Friday would find Vuyane Mhlomi on one of many trains making his way back home from school.
His journey typically did not end at home. He would only stop there to pick up a change of clothes for his father who was very often hospitalised due to his poorly controlled diabetes.
Coupled with his mother’s cardiac condition, Vuyane spent a lot of his time in hospital queues waiting for any one of his parents to be attended to.
He tells me that the doctors worked hard. There were just too many people who needed help and not many doctors wanted to move to Khayelitsha, his hometown, due to the high crime rate.