Safety bosses under fire

TWO City safety bosses have found themselves having to answer to charges of theft, malicious damage to property and illegal evictions, which civil rights organisation the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) said were committed in poor black communities.

The group opened the charges against safety and security mayco member JP Smith and Richard Bosman, safety and security director, yesterday.

The charges relate to the demolition of shacks in a number of informal settlements and the SJC wants to understand how this was possible without a court interdict. This story leads our edition. Love triumphed for homeless couple Nathaniel Booysen, 35, and Sophia Schalk, 45 who tied the knot at the Culemborg Safe Space venue on the Foreshore.

Co-ordinated by the City and witnessed by friends and family, it was an overwhelming atmosphere of joy and celebration.

They could not stop smiling during their ceremony, ordained by Manuel Benans of the New Testament Church. The two knew from the day they met over a decade ago, that they were destined to be together for the long haul.

In a repeat of the same issue experienced toward the end of last year, the delay in the release of the body of Gift of the Givers volunteer Ameeroedien Nordien has brought to light the pressure being faced by state mortuaries.

Once again state mortuaries are facing a backlog in post-mortem examinations.