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SOUTH Africa’s Minister of Home Affairs, Leon Schreiber, says there is no evidence that any of the 153 Palestinian travellers who arrived in Johannesburg on Thursday intend to apply for asylum in the country. He said a chartered flight arrived in Johannesburg on Thursday from Nairobi, Kenya. Schreiber explained: “Upon arrival, the 153 travellers on board were facilitated through the relevant immigration processes by officials from the Border Management Authority.” Officials flagged several discrepancies during routine checks, including missing departure stamps and a lack of return tickets or local accommodation details. Schreiber emphasised that entry requirements still applied despite South Africa’s visa exemption for holders of ordinary Palestin ian passports, which allows them to visit the country for 90 days. He added: “All of the travellers have valid passports and,…

Filth Inspector Lwazi Ntungele added: “When it rained, the pigs were stranded in mud and their own excrement, without access to clean water. When it’s hot, we find them with no water and still living in filth. “Some animals were suffering from untreated medical conditions. These are direct contraventions of the law, and to let these animals suffer when you have been shown a better way is inhumane.” The pigs will remain under SPCA care until the legal process concludes, the organisation said, and that the owners may face charges of animal cruelty.…

POLICE and authorities are gatvol of vigilante killings innie Kaap after a second mob justice incident in less than a week. Western Cape police have launched a murder investigation following the discovery of three unknown male bodies that were found uitgebrand in Siqualo informal settlement, Weltevreden Road, Philippi, on Saturday afternoon. Police spokesperson Colonel Andrè Traut said that the incident occurred at around 5.30pm and that the deceased were found set alight. Traut added: “The South African Police Service condemns vigilantism in the strongest possible terms. “Acts of mob justice are criminal and pose a direct threat to the safety and stability of our communities. “No individual or group has the authority to take the law into their own hands, regardless of the circumstances. Such actions undermine the justice system…

THE magistrate presiding over the custody battle involving a Mitchells Plain family has been placed under protection. This after it came to light that the brother who was arrested for murdering his two sisters – one of whom had custody of his children – allegedly tried to gain access to the magistrate’s house. A highly-placed source closed to the investigation said Ederees Smith was stopped at the entrance to the magistrate’s house by security. Days later he would go to his children’s school in Portlands, Mitchells Plain, where his two sisters were waiting for his two boys after they were given custody. There he allegedly shot and killed his sisters Zainab Jacobs and Gouwah Smith-Newman and injured a nearby child. Relocated The source revealed that Smith, just days before his…

Connected According to Van Wyk the group also operates in other areas like Philippi East, Nyanga, Delft and Khayelitsha and are alleged to be connected to armed robberies and other violent crimes. “The leader of the syndicate was positively identified and he and two others were arrested, Van Wyk said. “They were apprehended and found to be in possession of one Glock pistol, and 47 rounds of ammunition. “In Mfuleni, one suspect was found to be in possession of a 9mm Pistol, two rounds, one shotgun round, one broken Sniper Rifle with a scope. “And in Delft a suspect was found to be in possession of a rifle, and 14 rounds of ammunition. “The suspects are also linked to an armed robbery perpetrated earlier this month in Mfuleni.” Van Wyk…