Innholdsfortegnelse for 2025-08-07 i Daily Voice

You’ll also need to bring the following: ONE doesn’t have to look far on social media to come across a post of a parent (usually a highly- frustrated mother) having a go at the father of her children for not paying papgeld. In a perfect world, this wouldn’t be happening, as every parent, mother and father, would honour their duty when it comes to the wellbeing and legal maintenance of their children. But we don’t live in a perfect world. We live in a world where innocent children are exposed to, and made a part of, the anger, hate and public disagreements of their parents, often resulting in the non-payment of child maintenance. According to the Western Cape Government website, parents have a legal duty to provide financial support for…

Computer “We then met with the school, and they told us they would like the computer lab upgraded to make it blind-friendly. “The skills you learn here can be taken with you when you seek employment. We decided to donate 15 computers and software upgrades, and we will also provide the accessories needed.” Grade 11 learner Gift Bafo gave an emotional thank you on behalf of his fellow learners. Gift said: “You have contributed towards our lives by not making us feel marginalised. “Thank you for ensuring that we are part of this community. “We have great devices that have the potential to move us from the sighted, but the Gift of the Givers has shown us that we are not moving away; we are getting closer. “By giving us…

PATRIOTIC Alliance leader Gayton McKenzie is ready to take legal action against a popular podcast for claiming coloureds sleep with their family members. McKenzie has called on his party’s legal team to draft a plan of action against a group of podcasters who made disparaging comments against the coloured community. In a clip of the conversation which has gone viral, the Open Chats Podcast hosts make a number of racist comments at the community, claiming that not only do coloured families have sexual relationships with each other, but they also suffer mental issues. The award-winning YouTube podcast is run by Kama and Donald. One of the hosts says: “Apparently coloureds chow each, chief.” The other responds: “Siblings?”. The first says: “You don't know?” Then a third says: “I believe you,…

THE circumstances surrounding a viral video where an e-hailing driver was stabbed and robbed on Tuesday morning are under investigation. The vicious act was caught on camera and has since made the rounds on social media with police on the hunt for the perpetrators. A video clip has been released and shows the e-hailing driver with two men, one in the passenger seat and another one seated in the back seat, driving around 7.40am on Tuesday morning along Bottelary Road. Driving The e-hailing driver can be seen driving to an undisclosed location with the map route on his phone and conversing with the men. The man seated in the passenger seat is seen checking his phone then proceeds to lean forward with his head in his hand and unexpectedly pulls…

Records Court records show that Winlite was paid R467 131.11 by Good Hope Construction, with a 10 percent retention applied in line with common building industry practice. However, Winlite failed to complete the work and was subsequently liquidated. The DPW later omitted the advance payment from the final statement of account. In 2015, Good Hope Construction approached the High Court to compel the DPW to include the advance in the final account. The court granted the order by agreement, and the DPW paid the outstanding amount. Following a Special Investigating Unit (SIU) probe under Presidential Proclamation R54 of 2014, criminal charges were brought against Rajah and his company. The State alleged that Rajah misrepresented facts in the affidavit submitted during the civil application and that the second payment constituted theft.…

Investigating Police spokesperson Sergeant Wesley Twigg gave details on both incidents and said that cops are investigating. He said: “The circumstances surrounding a shooting incident on Tuesday night, 5 August, at about 9.45pm, in Shire Street, Hillbrow, Mfuleni, where an unknown man was shot and fatally wounded and two others (23 and 31) shot and wounded are under investigation. “Mfuleni police responded to a complaint of a shooting and upon arrival on the scene they found the victims with gunshot wounds to their bodies.” The wounded were taken to a nearby medical facility for treatment. Another shooting incident that occurred an hour later in Tsikazi Street around 10.43pm saw the dead bodies of an ou and vrou in their twenties found.…