The Gauteng Education Department has launched an investigation into Jeppe Girls High. It follows reports the school was disciplining several Muslim pupils for wearing hijabs. This item of religious clothing is apparently in transgression of the school’s code of conduct. Department spokesperson Steve Mabona said the school in principle agreed to amend[…]
The Department of Home Affairs’ deputy director general of immigration services has denied any knowledge of corruption relating to the issuing of the Gupta dynasty’s visas to stay in South Africa, as alleged in the GuptaLeaks emails. “I did not know anything, except of course what I have read in[…]
Egypt sentenced to death 75 people, including prominent Islamist leaders, on Saturday over a 2013 pro-Muslim Brotherhood sit-in which ended with the killing of hundreds of protesters by security forces. Others being tried in the case, including Brotherhood spiritual leader Mohamed Badie, were handed life sentences, judicial sources said. Those[…]
Parliament is expected to hold two crucial debates next week on issues impacting the finances of South Africans. The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) has called for a debate on the fuel price hikes, while the Democratic Alliance (DA) wants the economic recession to be discussed. The IFP says it hopes[…]
President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a Special Official Funeral Category 2 for the late Zondeni Veronica Sobukwe, the wife of the late Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) founder Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe. The 91-year-old Mama Sobukwe died in Graaff-Reinet in the Eastern Cape on Wednesday, 15 August 2018. Mme Sobukwe received The[…]
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) will not be deployed to deal with gangsterism and high crime rates in Cape Town’s low-income communities, Police Minister Bheki Cele maintained on Thursday. He confirmed his stance an hour before the DA, led by party leader Mmusi Maimane, marched to the Nyanga[…]
Cape Town police are urging residents to assist them in apprehending a man wanted for the rape of a 7 year old girl in Mfuleni. According to police spokesperson, Noliyiso Rwexana, the girl was approached by the suspect around 7:30am on Friday while making her way to school in Nqilo[…]
Christopher Panayiotou’s application for leave to appeal his conviction was dismissed in the Eastern Cape High Court in Port Elizabeth on Thursday. Panayiotou was found guilty of murder in November last year and was sentenced to life for orchestrating the killing of his wife, Jayde. His co-accused, Sinethemba Nenembe and[…]
The International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) new rules are a continued attack on the persona of South African athletics star Caster Semenya, the sports and recreation ministry said on Thursday. The IAAF announced on Thursday that some female athletes, who have naturally high testosterone levels, will have to race[…]
Deputy Minister of Transport Sindisiwe Chikunga on Thursday reassured Parliament’s portfolio committee on transport that Minister of Transport Blade Nzimande is moving swiftly to give capacity to Airports Company South Africa and address allegations against its CEO Bongani Maseko. Committee member for the ANC Tembalam Xego asked the ACSA delegation[…]
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