November2016

Open Day at IPSA

Prospective students will have a chance to be introduced to IPSA and its offerings, as well as, to interact and engage with IPSA staff and its students at an upcoming Open Day. The International Peace College South Africa (IPSA) will be hosting an Open Day at its campus in Rylands,[…]

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Pressure mounts on NPA head to resign

Archbishop Emeritus, Njongonkulu Ndungane has added his voice to the list of high-profile people calling for the resignation of National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) head, Shaun Abrahams. This follows the NPA’s withdrawal of fraud charges against Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and two former SARS employees. In a statement, Ndungane says Abrahams[…]

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Application to remove Rhodes Statue at UCT approved

The University of Cape Town’s application to permanently remove a statue of Cecil John Rhodes has been approved. The application was tabled before Heritage Western Cape’s Landscape Committee following a heritage statement and public consultation. The Rhodes Must Fall movement sees the statue’s removal as the first step toward what[…]

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High Court to rule on state capture report

A decision on whether to grant or dismiss President Jacob Zuma’s request to stop the release of  Public Protector’s “state capture” report, will be handed down at the Pretoria High Court on Tuesday. President Zuma has defended his decision for the application, saying he needs more time to respond to[…]

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Turkey detains top staff of Cumhuriyet daily

Turkish police have detained at least a dozen people working for the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper, according to news-media reports. Cumhuriyet said that along with Murat Sabuncu, the editor-in-chief, 13 other other employees of the paper, including its managing staff, writers and executives, were detained on Monday. State-run Anadolu Agency said[…]

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South Korea president’s friend Choi Soon-sil detained

The woman at the centre of the political scandal embroiling President Park Geun-hye has been placed under emergency detention after prosecutors said she was “unstable” and a flight risk. Choi Soon-sil, who faces allegations of fraud and meddling in state affairs over her decades-long friendship with Park, was questioned for[…]

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Belgium, Congo activists urge probe into Congo corruption

Belgium’s foreign minister and democracy activists in Democratic Republic of Congo called on Congolese authorities to investigate allegations that high-ranking officials stole millions of dollars in public funds. The accusations surfaced shortly after the postponement of an election for a successor to President Joseph Kabila, originally scheduled for next month,[…]

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