Innholdsfortegnelse for 2025-07-04 i Daily Voice

MUSIC dik ding Sean “Diddy” Combs was found onskuldig of racketeering and sex trafficking, but convicted of prostitution after a high-profile trial in New York. Combs was denied bail after the jury found him guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, each of which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. But the 55-year-old hip-hop pioneer was acquitted of a major racketeering charge and two sex trafficking charges that could have sent him to prison for life. Pumping Combs bowed his head, quietly pumping his fists in his lap and bringing his hands together in prayer as the verdict was read out. At one point, he stared at the ceiling, appearing to express deep relief. He shook hands with one of his lawyers and mouthed…

Black Jacobs stepped into the dock dressed in a black salaah top and covered her face with a mask. Via her Legal Aid lawyer, Jacobs said she feared for the safety of her children who all attended school in Mitchells Plain. Magistrate Marx asked whether there was any evidence of this, and granted the media’s application, stating that criminal proceedings were held in an open court unless there were exceptional circumstances alluding to sexual offences or domestic violence cases. State prosecutor, Salaahuddeen Simon, said the State was opposing bail. Simon said they would have to determine what type of schedule it will be, and that they required bail information. This is set to determine whether Jacobs has any previous criminal records. “The State is opposing the accused's bail,” said Simon.…

THE first weekend of July is off to a good start as dance lovers are invited to the Red Bull Dance Your Style Cape Town Qualifier taking center stage at the V&A Waterfront Amphitheatre this Sunday. Dancers from across the Cape will battle it out this weekend and put forward their best foot for the audience votes in hopes of repping the country at the world final. The Red Bull Dance Your Style is a global all style 1vs1 dance competition which was first held in 2018. The DJ plays any well-known song of his or her choice and dancers then need to battle it out round for round and show their best moves to the song that is playing. Twist The twist to this is you, the audience, who…

CORRECTIONAL Services Minister Pieter Groenewald has put forward the suggestion of corporal punishment to be reintroduced as part of the national debate on crime and justice reform in South Africa. Speaking during his budget vote debate in Parliament, Groenewald laid bare the depth of the crisis facing the Department of Correctional Services (DCS), pointing to overcrowded prisons, deteriorating infrastructure, and a strained parole system. Groenewald turned to a controversial but deliberate proposal: the reinstatement of corporal punishment. He said: “We must start a debate to say, shouldn’t we bring back corporal punishment?” Groenewald’s proposal comes despite corporal punishment having been outlawed in South African schools since 1996, with subsequent legal rulings extending the ban to the home. Groenewald tied this call to broader concerns about the effectiveness of the criminal…

A MASSIVE drug bust near the popular Wembley Roadhouse in Athlone left mense geskok after police caught five suspects with a vrag mandrax pille and a sak vol kroon. The operation went down on Wednesday, when members of the Maitland Flying Squad followed up on a tip-off about possible drug dealing in the area. Police spokesperson Captain FC van Wyk explained: “Upon [the Flying Squad’s] arrival at the mentioned address, they found three vehicles including a white Mercedes Benz, a white Renault and a white Hyundai in the parking area. “The members observed the occupants and noticed that the one suspect took a black bag out of the one vehicle [and then] putting it into his vehicle. “They immediately approached the vehicles and two of the suspects attempted to walk…