Innholdsfortegnelse for 2025-07-08 i Daily Voice

IT’S the digital age’s most telling breakup sign: the Instagram wipe. And when it comes to celebrities, fans are watching every move. In the latest wave of online speculation, Cardi B and Stefon Diggs are making headlines not for nog ’n public display of affection, but for what’s no longer on Cardi’s page. Just weeks after going Instagram official with the NFL star, Cardi B has deleted all traces of their romance from her profile. No yacht cuddles, no Paris castle fairytale, no hot tub twerking videos. Nothing. The social media purge has fans convinced the summer fling may have already flamed out. One fan commented, while another quipped: “Bro didn’t renew the 30-day trial.” Are we too obsessed with “Instagram official”? While we’re all here sipping the tea, there’s…

THE United Mission Church in Leonsdale is appealing to the public for any information that will help them get all their stolen music equipment. The church on the corner of 12th Avenue and 18 Street in Elsies River was burglarised by godelose skelms between Wednesday and Thursday last week. And according to Pastor Henry Tarentaal, there are no signs of forced entry. Pastor Henry said they had biduur at the church on Tuesday evening and when they locked up the kerk, everything was still there. But when the worship team arrived at the church on Thursday evening for practice, they discovered all the music equipment was stolen. The pastoor explained: “When the worship team arrived at the church on Thursday evening they saw that the door was open, but the…

“THE baby is not seen as a person, but as a solution – something to fill a psychological void.” This is the weigh-in of TEARS general manager of operations, Celeste Louw, as recent headlines centred around the kidnapping of nine-day-old baby Mogamat Imaad Sharmar in Cape Town last week. And while the baba was returned to his mother unharmed two days later, the subsequent court case has the Cape community captivated. Sameemah Jacobs of Tafelsig, Mitchells Plain made her first appearance at the Bellville Magistrates Court last Thursday where she is facing charges of kidnapping and defeating administrative justice and is expected back in court on 10 July for bail information. In two recent cases at Gauteng hospitals, newborns were abducted and in both cases the babies were safely recovered…

PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa says claims made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi against Police Minister Senzo Mchunu are a serious national security concern. This comes after Mkhwanazi dropped a bombshell during a Sunday press briefing accusing Mchunu of interfering in criminal investigations, specifically in the disbandment of the task team probing political killings in the province. Mkhwanazi said 121 case dockets were removed from the team in March 2025 under instructions from Deputy National Commissioner Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya, allegedly acting on Mchunu’s orders. Priority In response, Ramaphosa said: “This is a matter of grave national security concern that is receiving the highest priority attention. “It is vital that the integrity of the country’s security services is safeguarded and that the rule of law is affirmed. All parties to this…