Dali Tambo bust by Parliament

Johannesburg - A damning internal legal opinion has found that Dali Tambo’s company may have overcharged Parliament for the bust of Nelson Mandela that stands outside the National Assembly, City Press reports.

The legal opinion also suggests that the spending on the bust should be declared irregular. But Parliament is disputing its own legal opinion and insists the money spent was neither irregular nor wasteful.

Tambo on Saturday threatened to sue City Press if the paper published anything “untrue” about the tender, and insisted everything was above board.

Muti killing a crime against humanity - Phiyega

       

                                                                                                General Riah Phiyega

Johannesburg - Muti killings are serious crimes against humanity and a collaborative approach is needed to combat them, Police Commissioner General Riah Phiyega said on Saturday.

"Women, the elderly and children remain the most vulnerable," she said at a crime awareness campaign on ritual murders and mob justice in Giyani, Limpopo.

She said a study prepared for the United Nations' Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial summary or arbitrary executions in 2011, documented that witchcraft had been widely practised in African societies since before the colonial time.

Two arrested for stolen laptops

Johannesburg - Two men have been arrested for allegedly stealing a number of laptops, police said on Sunday.

Following a tip-off, a 25-year-old man was arrested in Lyttleton, south of Pretoria, after he was found in possession of four allegedly stolen laptops, Lieutenant General Solomon Makgale said in a statement.

"These laptops were reported stolen in Brooklyn and Sandton in July and August 2014 respectively."

Following the 25-year-old man's arrest, the second man, 31, was arrested in Sasolburg in the Free State, where he was found in possession of 25 allegedly stolen laptops.

DA welcomes travel ban

                                                               Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi, minister van gesondheid.

Johannesburg - The Democratic Alliance welcomed on Thursday the travel ban for non-South Africans from countries affected by the Ebola virus outbreak.

"We also welcome the minister’s intention to medically examine and screen all South Africans returning from these countries until further notice," DA MP Wilmot James said in a statement.

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Thursday that Cabinet issued an immediate travel ban for non-South Africans from countries affected by the Ebola virus disease.

Zuma's son in court

Johannesburg - President Jacob Zuma's son Duduzane is expected to attend an inquest at the Randburg Magistrate's Court on Friday.

Zuma allegedly hit a minibus taxi in Rivonia, Johannesburg, while driving a Porsche, causing the taxi to overturn.One person was killed and three people were injured.

At the time, metro police spokesperson Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar said the Porsche rear-ended the taxi on the M1 south off-ramp at Grayston Drive.