Innholdsfortegnelse for 2025-06-30 i Daily Voice

POLICE in Cape Town are investigating a mass shooting which claimed the lives of seven people on Saturday. The incident took place at approximately 3.30am, in Gugulethu. The provincial police spokesperson, Colonel Andrè Traut, confirmed the incident which took place at a residence in the Kanana informal settlement. Traut reported: “At approximately 3.30am, SAPS members on patrol were alerted to the shooting. Upon arrival at the scene, officers discovered the bodies of seven men, all with gunshot wounds. “Preliminary information suggests the victims were socialising in the kitchen when they were ambushed by unknown assailants. “Three other men who were asleep elsewhere in the house at the time of the attack escaped unharmed.” He met with detectives from the Serious and Violent Crimes Unit on the scene on Saturday, where…

DEMOCRATIC Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen has announced his party’s immediate withdrawal from the Government of National Unity’s (GNU) National Dialogue, after accusing President Cyril Ramaphosa of shielding corruption-accused African National Congress (ANC) Ministers. Speaking at a press briefing on Saturday afternoon, Steenhuisen criticised the president for allegedly breaching the GNU’s founding Statement of Intent and for what he called a pattern of “arrogance, disrespect and double standards” by the African National Congress (ANC) in its handling of coalition politics. Steenhuisen said: “Until [President Ramaphosa] replaces words with action against corruption within his own ranks, the DA sees no further point in wasting our breath in endless talk shops with the ANC. “Effective immediately, the DA will have no further part in this process.” The DA joined the GNU following…

THE saying goes that rugby unites a nation and in the true South African spirit of ubuntu, the match between the Springboks against the Barbarians at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday did just that. The event turned out to be a dream come true for a homeless man named Luigi, who got to watch his heroes in action at the stadium. All of this is thanks to a lifelong rugby fan Johan Kotze from Riebeek West, who got two complimentary tickets to watch the Boks in action. Kotze, though, could not find a plus one. He tried calling around, but everyone was either already going or unavailable. So, he decided to go alone. In the words of his daughter Stephanie, “the story doesn’t end there”. When Kotze arrived at the…