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Khayelitsha, Cape Town: Sisanda Ndzube, a leader of Seaside community in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, claims he was tortured and severely beaten by members of the South African Police Service @SAPoliceService and the South African National Defence Force @SANDF_ZA after being accused of possessing an illegal firearm. According to Ndzube, he heard multiple car doors closing outside his house after 11 pm. Fearing that a taxi driver with whom he had argued earlier that day had returned with friends to attack him, he became alarmed. Moments later, he heard a large group of people jumping over his high perimeter fence and running towards his front door. In response, Ndzube drew his licensed firearm and fired a single warning shot into the air. The intruders then identified themselves as police officers and demanded that he open the door. Still fearing for his family's safety, Ndzube did not immediately believe them. Only when the Khayelitsha police station commander, identified as Gordon, whose voice he recognised from previous community safety meetings, personally identified himself did Ndzube comply. He placed his gun on the counter and opened the door. Two officers entered the house and immediately ordered him to raise his hands. Once he complied, they began assaulting him, with additional officers and soldiers joining in the beating. Ndzube states that after he showed the officers his licensed firearm, they became angry and insisted he produce an unlicensed revolver, claiming they knew he had fired a revolver because no cartridge casing was initially found on the floor. The officers and soldiers ransacked the house in search of the alleged revolver. They also searched his wife and threatened to assault her when she insisted that her husband owned only one firearm, the licensed pistol he had already handed over. The officers handcuffed Ndzube behind his back, placed a towel over his head, and subjected him to water torture by placing his head in a bucket of water. During the search, the officers slashed his couches and turned the house upside down. Eventually, another officer found a cartridge casing on the floor that matched Ndzube’s licensed firearm. Upon realising the mistake, Station Commander Gordon allegedly attempted to downplay the incident, telling Ndzube that he knew him personally and that they would not arrest him. Eventually, his wife was allowed to leave the house, and she ran down the road to alert Ndzube's family. An officer repeatedly shouted at her and ordered her to stop crying and making noise. Ndzube sustained injuries to his arms and legs from punches and kicks, as well as wounds inflicted by a hammer reportedly used during the torture. The officers seized his licensed firearm for ballistic testing, left him lying on the floor, and never called an ambulance for him. It remains unclear whether the taxi driver used connections to orchestrate the raid as retaliation or if the incident stemmed from another source. Video by Ezitshisayo.

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@cb_doge It's called the Phala-Phalaus. 🛋️ It's a new species in South Africa. 🇿🇦🤡

🚨South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa is in serious trouble over a major corruption scandal. • Around $580,000 was reportedly stolen from a sofa at his private farm in 2020. • He allegedly sent officials himself to recover the money through operations across borders. • Reports say he avoided official procedures while doing this. • He is also being accused of possible tax issues in the same report. And this is the person leading South Africa? South Africa deserves better. (Source: WioNews)

@MYANC @SpokespersonRSA

@Prettyboy272072 @Tonyvanminn @brettherron That’s a laugh . They get a fraction of the money from national. Most of the metros are bankrupt

@Tonyvanminn @brettherron Why must the money come from citizens when the DA gets enough money from national government

Property owners need to check the 2025 valuations and the estimated property rates on the City of Cape Town website. The City’s valuation increases my house by 33% (over the 3 years between the 2022 & 2025 valuations). My property rates are estimated to go up 30%. This is not fair or affordable.

@Markosonke1 From your mouth to gods ear

Julius Mkhwanazi will be arrested in coming weeks

@Bolomisa @chrisw_co_za With what words did Helen demean him?

@simgloss @chrisw_co_za Nobody was demeaned , if anybody is being demeaned it’s him

Johannesburg has very real problems, in the meeting last night where one individual sought to claim his 15 seconds of fame, Helen helped a resident who hadn’t had water for 6 years. We will not allow anything other than fixing Joburg to be the mission, unashamedly so🔵🇿🇦

@Bolomisa @chrisw_co_za 2/2 He came in with a purpose to vent his anger and frustration re a country thousands of km away, shouting pointing fingers and calling Helen vile. So please let’s put things in perspective here he’s lucky she was so gracious about his behaviour

@chrisw_co_za That individual is tax payer and a citizen just because you don’t like what he says you reduce his contribution typical racist behavior you have hubris at your core and you’re so young it’s sad don’t let old people guide into things that you will have to deal with when they die

@Mary_v_Martha @TSORR1 @geordinhl @Martin_ASFL If you read carefully he is talking about the peace loving Iranians who want democracy. It’s the majority not the current regime

@TSORR1 @geordinhl @Martin_ASFL Geordin your post is not making your position clear. The comments here show that people interpret it both as support for the regime or as support for the majority of Iranians who want the regime to fall.

We love the freedom loving people of Iran and hope they can one day live in a constitutional democracy with civil rights, like we do.

@NicholasNyati @BaileyDalecape @LukhonaMnguni That man is unhinged and very aggressive and you expect a woman to answer him. He’s very lucky that Helen first of all put her hand out to quieten the hecklers and then listened to him. She also answered him patiently. This is a political set up by the Islam radicals

@LukhonaMnguni You can tell this is staged, who comes to a public meeting mic’d up. The man has a mic on him and a camera man on standby

Ahem!! Perfect embodiment of intolerance. The DA is running a fraudulent campaign trying to convince people that IDEOLOGY doesn't matter, just service delivery. They just got shown up. It is important that we vote people of an upstanding moral worldview. Cities build nations.

81% of Grade 4 children in South Africa (that’s 914,000 kids out of 1.1 million) cannot read for MEANING in ANY of South Africa’s 11 languages! It got WORSE — up from 78% in 2016. South Africa ranked DEAD LAST out of 43 countries, as per PIRLS 2021 numbers. Biggest drop of ANY nation. Average score? Just 288… while the world average is 500. Poor kids in townships and rural areas — are the ones suffering the most. They can’t read, can’t learn, and their futures are being stolen. South Africa’s racist laws like BEE (Black Economic Empowerment) put skin colour first and skills last. Elon Musk is 100% right. These race-based rules decide who gets hired as teachers, principals, and education bosses. Competence doesn’t matter, race quotas do. Result? Broken schools. South Africa deserves better. The kids deserve better. Stop the racism.

@Colley50242272 @Nigel_Branken @chrisw_co_za @langbaai Yip

@simgloss @Nigel_Branken @chrisw_co_za @langbaai I think when you look at the state of Joburg, it's difficult to differentiate between Gaza and Joburg. Joburg is starting to look like Gaza and we're not even at war.

This was Helen Zille’s response to the questions posed by Nigel Park. Something the original video seeks to deliberately cut out. It’s why he also got up and left the meeting, he did not want to sit and talk.

@Markosonke1 Aggressive emotional pointing fingers shouting, seriously should be in a straight jacket

Was if ANC sent this guy ❓

@radioislam No he didn’t ask a perfectly good question he was emotional shouting pointing a finger and acting aggressively. On other words he was there to prove a point he was not interested in her answer

Pastor Nigel Branken asked Johannesburg mayoral candidate Helen Zille a simple question last night: When will you finally call this what it is a genocide? How many more children must die? How many more must starve? At what point does silence become complicity?

At #DAcongress2026, the DA committed to upgrading sewage treatment systems, that will limit risk towards communities, livelihood and marine life. 💙 🔗 DAcongress2026.co.za

A simple meal can change everything… and in Soshanguve, it is. Local hero Tebogo Maredi, founder of the Soshanguve Animal Shelter and EduCentre, is known for rescuing animals, but recently he’s been feeding hungry children in nearby informal settlements as well. “Seeing the smiles on the children’s faces and the excitement from the dogs reminded us why we do this work every single day,” he shared. While out on rescues, Tebogo realised something deeper... that the struggles facing animals were often tied to the hardships in the community, with many children going to school hungry. “You can’t teach compassion for animals without also showing compassion to people,” he says. That insight led to the Smart Meals initiative, providing nutritious food to children who need it most. And the impact has been immediate. Better energy, brighter smiles and a real sense of connection. And it doesn’t stop there. The team also helps care for the children’s pets, creating a more compassionate environment for everyone. “Every donation… helps us bring comfort, hope and nourishment,” Tebogo says. Sometimes, the smallest act… like a meal… can mean everything. This story is available exclusively on Good Things Guy. It was written by the talented Nothando Mthembu, one of our “goodies. ❤️🇿🇦 Full story: goodthingsguy.com/environment/te…

@IanCameron23 @SaveS12943 This is so sad

Austin Chitter 13 years old Tragically one of the victims of the mass murder in Voorbrug , Delft last night

@DA_JHB @karyn_denise Wow wow wow mental health issues are real! Did this guy escape for the night?

Dada Morero skipped his appearance in the Gauteng High Court yesterday to speak at a Harvard Business School panel on “how mayors deliver results.”