Officials in the Palestinian Islamic Movement have blasted recent declaration that Israeli security officials were pushing a bill that would outlaw the presence of Muslim guards that patrol the al-Aqsa mosque in occupied Al-Quds. “It is the occupation that is illegal, and it is the occupation that needs to be[…]
Three men who allegedly assaulted cleaner Delia Adonis were released on bail on Wednesday following an urgent application to the Western Cape High Court, their lawyer said. “I brought an urgent application to the High CRT [Court] and at 5pm I argued the matter and bail was fixed for all[…]
President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday admitted that the ANC had been shaken and was in trouble. “The youth league has been shaken but also the mother body has been shaken,” he told delegates at the ANC Youth League consultative conference in Soweto, Johannesburg. “We admit that the organisation is in[…]
Comedian and ventriloquist Conrad Koch will on Thursday oppose Afrikaans singer Steve Hofmeyr’s interim protection order against him in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court. On November 10, Hofmeyr secured a court order against Koch, known through his puppet “Chester Missing”, to prevent him from harassing the singer on Twitter. The order[…]
The United States said Wednesday it was “horrified” by Syrian regime air strikes in the stronghold Raqa that killed at least 95 people, slamming the government for its “continued slaughter.” The bombing Tuesday was the deadliest by President Bashar al-Assad’s air force since Islamic State rebels seized the city last[…]
Slain US teenager Michael Brown’s mother says it has been a “sleepless, very hard, heartbreaking and unbelievable” time for her since the grand jury’s decision not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson for killing her son. Lesley McSpadden said on Wednesday during an interview on NBC’s “Today” show that[…]
Israel has revoked the residency rights of the widow of a Palestinian who carried out a deadly attack on a Jerusalem synagogue earlier this month, drawing condemnation from human rights groups. Wednesday’s move came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced he would seek broad powers to rescind the residency[…]
Woolworth’s board members were bombarded with questions from concerned shareholders and Palestinian activists on the issue around its policies on Israel at an AGM held its headquarters in the CBD on Wednesday. Tensions mounted as chair of the board, Simon Susman continued to evade most questions from shareholders and activists[…]
President Jacob Zuma met Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in Pretoria on Wednesday, where he pledged South Africa’s support for a two-state solution to the situation in the Middle East. “The only way to everlasting peace lies in frank and genuine negotiations between Palestinians and the state of Israel with the[…]
Covered in red paint to symbolize blood, a group of pro-Palestine activists staged a ‘die-in’ protest outside Woolworths headquarters on Wednesday, while scores of other pickets chanted for Israel to “stop supporting Zionist Israel”. Pro-Palestinian supporters from the National Coalition for Palestine (NC4P), Cosatu, and the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions[…]
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