Innholdsfortegnelse for 2025-11-10 i Daily Voice

UNITED States President Donald Trump has announced that no US government officials will attend the upcoming G20 summit in Johannesburg later this month. This follows a social media post accusing South Africa of “human rights abuses” and claiming that white Afrikaners are being “killed and slaughtered”. Trump wrote on his Truth Social account: “It is a total disgrace that the G20 will be held in South Africa. Afrikaners, people who are descended from Dutch, and also French, and German settlers, are being killed and slaughtered, and their land and farms are being illegally confiscated. “No US government official will attend as long as these human rights abuses continue. I look forward to hosting the 2026 G20 in Miami, Florida!” The remarks, which have drawn global attention, follow months of tension…

A TOTAL of 211 people including children are left homeless after the white marquee tent, situated opposite the Maitland cemetery in Voortrekker Road which housed refugees, went up in flames on Thursday. The tent was home to foreign nationals who lived there after they were evicted from the Cape Town CBD during the Covid-19 pandemic. Spokesperson for the Fire and Rescue Services, Jermaine Carelse, said that at around 5pm on Thursday, 6 November, the Fire and Rescue Service received several emergency calls of informal structures. He confirmed that the white marquee tent and several other structures have been destroyed but thankfully no injuries or fatalities have been reported. The Animal Welfare Society, meanwhile, confirmed that hoenders kept by the residents also died in the fire. Resident Faraja Augustine, originally from…

THE man accused of shooting his two sisters in broad daylight while they were fetching his children from school is expected to appear in the Mitchells Plain Magistrate’s Court today. The victims, identified as Gouwa Smith-Newman and Zainab Jacobs, were gunned down on Thursday afternoon while waiting outside Portlands Primary School in Mitchells Plain. The shocking incident also left a 12-year-old boy injured. According to police spokesperson Sergeant Wesley Twigg, the women, aged 26 and 30, were approached by a relative who opened fire on them at around 3pm on Wespoort Drive. Twigg said: “Medical personnel declared the younger victim dead at the scene, while the older woman died shortly after arriving at a nearby medical facility.” The child, a Grade 6 learner, was caught in the crossfire and sustained…

Corrupted Vukubi said the three were also further declared unfit to possess a firearm. He said: “During 2016, information was received regarding two traffic officers at the Ashton Traffic Department, who were involved in the issuing of false learner’s driver licences. “The matter was investigated by the Hawks and the two officers were identified, as well as the person who corrupted them, which resulted in their arrest in August 2016.” When the trial commenced in September 2019, the three accused were out on bail. The judgment was eventually handed down on July 7, and they were convicted. Their bail was also withdrawn, and they were remanded into custody until their sentencing. Brigadier Mushavhaduvha Ramovha, the acting provincial head of the Hawks, lauded the conviction.…

Problem Macassar community leader Christiaan Stewart said that the dumping of bodies is a continuous issue for years, because there are no lights and CCTV cameras along that stretch of Baden Powell Drive. He explained: “Another body has been found along Macassar Road and Baden Powell Drive, this is a huge problem. I have sent an email to the City of Cape Town and the councillor about the lighting and they only send reference numbers but never fix the lights. “We requested for CCTV cameras along these roads because these bodies cannot be dumped like this. It is shocking. “We had a meeting but received no proper answer from both SAPS and City regarding safety concerns.” “The bodies do not get dumped every week but the number of bodies that…

Refused He said: “What is stopping her from instructing a friend? I remember during the bail application she had a friend who looked after her children. Are you saying she doesn’t have the friend’s number? I believe there were people who paid her bail.” Jacobs claimed to no longer have contact with those people. Ndaleni then granted her permission to sign in at Delft but refused her request for Mitchells Plain. The state said the investigating officer, Sergeant Dawid Fortuin, requested Jacobs remove her pardah and to produce an ID when she signs in at the Delft cop shop. Jacobs will return to court on 22 January 2026.…

Stabilise “The motive for the attack is believed to be gang-related. Police deployments in the Delft policing precinct have been bolstered as part of ongoing efforts to stabilise the area and curb gang-related violence.” In a separate incident, an 18-year-old man was shot and wounded yesterday around 6.40am in Tafelsig, Mitchells Plain, and was rushed to a medical facility where he survived the attack on his life. Police spokesperson Sergeant Wesley Twigg confirmed that the matter is under investigation. Twigg said: “Mitchells Plain police registered an attempted murder case for investigation following a shooting incident on Sunday, 9 November 2025, at about 6.40pm, on the corner of Assegaaibos and Badsberg Streets, Tafelsig, in which a 18 year old male was shot and wounded. The victim was taken to a medical…