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Category: South Africa

South Africa’s Police Accountability Crisis Deepens: SAPS Acquits #BlueLightMafia Officers Amid Ongoing White River Assault Case Delays

South Africa’s Police Accountability Crisis Deepens: SAPS Acquits #BlueLightMafia Officers Amid Ongoing White River Assault Case Delays

Johannesburg – The South African Police Service (SAPS) has acquitted all eight officers from the Presidential Protection Services’ VIP Protection Unit who were filmed brutally assaulting civilians on the N1 highway near Olivedale, Johannesburg, in July 2023, a decision labeled a “national disgrace” by Ian Cameron, Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Police. The 20-month […]

Constitutional Court to Rule on Law Stripping South Africans of Citizenship

Constitutional Court to Rule on Law Stripping South Africans of Citizenship

The Constitutional Court of South Africa will deliver a landmark judgment today, May 6, 2025, at 14:00, on the constitutionality of section 6(1)(a) of the South African Citizenship Act. This section automatically strips South Africans of their citizenship if they voluntarily acquire another country’s citizenship without prior permission from the Minister of Home Affairs. The […]

Impala Jet Crash at Saldanha Air Show

Impala Jet Crash at Saldanha Air Show

WESTERN CAPE — An Atlas Impala Mk.1 (MB-326M) jet, registration ZU-IMP, crashed today during the West Coast Air Show at Saldanha/Vredenburg Municipal Airport in Saldanha Bay, South Africa. The incident occurred shortly after 3:00 PM local time while the aircraft was performing a display in front of over 2,000 spectators. The privately owned jet, a […]

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