Innholdsfortegnelse for 2025-09-29 i Daily Voice

PATRIOTIC Alliance (PA) leader Gayton McKenzie hou dik that he will resign as Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture tomorrow unless Kenny Kunene gets his Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) post back. McKenzie removed his PA deputy Kunene as MMC for Roads and Transport in Johannesburg two months ago, after the former ZAR club owner was found at murder-accused Katiso “KT” Molefe’s house during a police bust. McKenzie said the PA voluntarily withdrew Kunene “to spare the coalition the agony of answering questions about someone who is not from their party.” Last week, McKenzie announced that Kunene was cleared in an independent probe by law firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyer. But after Kunene was made a councillor again on Friday, McKenzie told reporters at a weekend event at Robben Island…

Sanctions Niehaus said: “And especially with the people of Gaza, who are suffering so much because of the genocide that Apartheid Israel is committing. We call for the immediate removal of the Israeli embassy from South Africa, full financial and economic sanctions against Apartheid Israel, and for the genocide to be brought to an end.” EFF member Nazier Paulsen highlighted growing global awareness of the Palestinian cause. He said: “Despite attempts by right-wingers to deny it, there is a genocide. This genocide started in 1948, systematically seeking to eliminate all Palestinians from their homeland. South Africans must hold to our legacy, isolate the apartheid state of Israel diplomatically, and impose economic sanctions so that a free Palestine can become a reality. In this place, Jews, Muslims, and Christians can live…

Criminal But criminal lawyer Bruce Hendricks cautioned that cellphone jamming could be a mistake. He explained: “The jamming of cellphones is regulated by the Electronic and Communications Transactions Act. Under normal circumstances, jamming of devices will be illegal as it poses a risk to public safety and emergency calls.” Hendricks further warned that prison staff themselves would suffer. He added: “The jamming will also affect emergency calls like 10111, and wardens won’t be able to receive calls from schools or family members in case of an emergency. It will also complicate prisoner visits, as families rely on communication for bookings.” Instead, Hendricks argued that corruption and lax searches are the real culprits. The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has acknowledged the depth of the crisis. Between January 2024 and January…

Violence “Despite the increased policing visibility and attention that Mitchells Plain is receiving – we do see officers from other police stations patrolling in Mitchells Plain – we still see the gun violence, but I think there is a slight reduction in the level of incidents. “However, the shootings are ongoing. So what it says is that we haven’t been able to successfully quell the gun violence... the community need to be vigilant.” Police spokesperson Sergeant Wesley Twigg confirmed the shooting, saying: “Mitchells Plain police registered an attempted murder case for investigation following a shooting incident on Friday morning, 26 September 2025, in Tennis Street, Beacon Valley, in which a three year boy was wounded. “The victim was sleeping in the Wendy house when gunshots went off outside.” Anyone with…

Vasgevat Meanwhile, another suspect who ran away from his crimes of robbery and murder was vasgevat. Police spokesperson Brigadier Jayce Naidoo reported: “It is alleged that he and a friend were busy robbing a delivery vehicle when they were caught redhanded [on 22 September.] A patrolling police vehicle noticed suspicious behaviour when approaching the delivery vehicle standing alongside the road.” He added that police officials stopped got out of their vehicle and apprehended the two ouens while they were robbing the delivery man of his goods. One of the boewe, a 24-year-old male, gave cops a false name, but was uitgevang when detectives interviewed them, and identified him as a suspect in a murder. The man appeared in the Athlone Magistrate’s Court on 25 September.…

PARENTAL aggression has pushed already‑stretched teachers past their limits, forcing many to leave the profession, and in some cases, the country. Experts warn that schools are becoming battlegrounds, where parents lash out at staff, use verbal and physical abuse, and send threatening calls or emails. Sometimes they even confront pupils directly. Thirona Moodley of the teachers’ union National Professional Teachers’ Organisation of South Africa (Naptosa) says the situation is out of hand. She said: “Parents are stepping out of their lanes and engaging with the school on issues that are out of their mandate. They come in like bulldozers…” Many parents, she says, are bypassing formal channels. Rather than lodging complaints with principals or school governing bodies, they evade security and go straight into classrooms, leaving teachers fearful and occasionally…