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Daily news update: MP Gouws suspended over racist video | Cabinet announcement soon | Elderly man dies in car plunge
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News today includes the Democratic Alliance (DA) has confirmed that a video in which Renaldo Gouws uses offensive and racist language is in fact genuine, and not fake as they initially suspected.
Meanwhile, as the country waits to hear who will be in President Cyril Rampahosa’s cabinet, the ANC’s Mdumiseni Ntuli says the decision will be announced very soon.
Furthermore, an elderly man has died after his vehicle crashed out of a shopping centre parkade onto the street below in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.
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DA suspends MP Renaldo Gouws over racist K-word video
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has confirmed that a video in which Renaldo Gouws uses offensive and racist language is in fact genuine, and not fake as they initially suspected.
The DA confirmed Gouws has been suspended pending an internal investigation.
“The DA Federal Executive has therefore suspended Gouws with immediate effect while he faces disciplinary charges before the party’s Federal Legal Commission.”
CONTINUE READING: DA suspends MP Renaldo Gouws over racist K-word video
Malema sticks to his guns, maintains he’s being wrongly prosecuted
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has lashed out at state prosecutor Joel Cesar saying he is being wrongfully prosecuted for discharging a firearm.
Malema and his bodyguard, Adriaan Snyman were back in the East London Magistrate’s Court on Thursday for their trial.
The duo are facing various charges linked to a 2018 incident in which Malema was captured on camera allegedly firing what appeared to be an automatic assault rifle during the EFF’s fifth birthday celebrations at Sisa Dukashe Stadium in Mdantsane.
CONTINUE READING: WATCH: Malema sticks to his guns, maintains he’s being wrongly prosecuted
‘Could be tonight, tomorrow or Saturday’ – ANC’s chief whip on cabinet announcement
As the country waits to hear who will be in President Cyril Rampahosa’s cabinet, the ANC’s Mdumiseni Ntuli says the decision will be announced very soon.
But he stopped short of saying exactly when.
“I don’t know when the cabinet will be announced. It could be tonight, tomorrow or on Saturday,” the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) member and its chief whip in the National Assembly told SAFM on Thursday afternoon.
CONTINUE READING: ‘Could be tonight, tomorrow or Saturday’ – ANC’s chief whip on cabinet announcement
George Building Collapse: Engineer suspended by Council
The engineer linked to the George Building Collapse has been placed on precautionary suspension by the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA).
The building that was under construction in George, Western Cape, suddenly collapsed on 6 May this year, resulting in a devastating disaster that claimed 33 lives.
The rescue and recovery operation for the building collapse site lasted 260 hours before the crime scene was handed over to the South African Police Services (SAPS) for a formal investigation.
CONTINUE READING: George Building Collapse: Engineer suspended by Council
Elderly man killed after car plunges off shopping centre parkade in Durban
An elderly man has died after his vehicle crashed out of a shopping centre parkade onto the street below in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.
It is understood the accident happened in Overport, Durban, just after midday on Thursday.
ALS Paramedics spokesperson Garrith Jamieson said police were on scene to investigate the cause of the accident.
CONTINUE READING: Elderly man killed after car plunges off shopping centre parkade in Durban [VIDEO]
In other news today:
- FF Plus joins unity government to ‘save SA from ruin’
- Court grants eviction order against homeless people in Cape Town CBD
- South Africa receives first batch of Mpox treatment amid rising cases
- Suspended DA member Renaldo Gouws facing Equality Court battle
- ‘Retract your statements’ – Nara Smith threatens legal action against Onezwa Mbola
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