What was meant to be a surprise, spiritual getaway turned into a nightmare for a Gqeberha family when they landed in the middle of a war zone in Bat Yam, a city on Israel’s Mediterranean coast.
A National Alliance faction aligned with Gary van Niekerk and Stag Mitchell has approached the Gqeberha high court to try to interdict the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) from removing them or replacing them as councillors.
For the first seven years of his life he struggled to cry, and while no parent wants to see their child upset, when young Janko Venter finally wept, it was a bittersweet moment.