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MK Party Proposes Sweeping Spaza Shop Law: Ownership Reserved for South Africans Only

The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party has fired the latest salvo in South Africa’s heated debate over foreign-owned spaza shops, submitting a Private Member’s Bill to Parliament that would reserve ownership of these small food outlets strictly for South African citizens. The bill, tabled by MK Party Member of Parliament Thamsanqa Khumalo on Monday, seeks to…

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New Witness to Testify in Senzo Meyiwa Murder Trial in Pretoria High Court

 The heavy wooden doors of the High Court in Pretoria’s central district have swung open for many dramatic trials over the decades—political assassinations, state capture magnates, corruption scandals that shook the nation. But few have gripped South Africa’s collective heart like the murder trial of Senzo Meyiwa, the beloved Bafana Bafana captain whose death in…

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No-Go Zones: Media Under Siege: South African National Editors Forum Says Reporters Can’t Safely Cover Cape Flats Crime

The shot was not aimed at anyone in particular. That was the point. As Cape Times photographer Brenton Geach raised his camera to capture the aftermath of a gang-related shooting in Hanover Park last month, a single bullet cracked past his left ear and embedded itself in a concrete wall behind him. No warning. No…

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“War on Crime” or Desperation? ANC Backs SANDF Deployment Across Provinces

The armored vehicles rolled through the darkened streets of Manenberg at 3 a.m., their green-and-khaki silhouettes a startling sight in a neighborhood more accustomed to the blue lights of police vans. Inside, young soldiers gripped R4 rifles, their eyes scanning the zinc-roofed shacks and gang-scarred walls. Operation “Phakama” — “Rise Up” — had begun. Days…

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