Public Protector Thuli Madonsela will brief media on Thursday following the war of words between her and the ANC after her letter to President Jacob Zuma was leaked. “The purpose of the briefing is for the public protector to clarify her office’s understanding of the architecture of the country’s constitutional[…]
The skies over Gaza remained calm Wednesday as a long-term ceasefire took hold, ending the deadliest violence in a decade, with Israel and Hamas both claiming ‘victory’ in the 50-day war. Millions in and around the war-torn enclave enjoyed a welcome night of peace during which there were no strikes[…]
Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah has pulled his observers from an audit of the country’s disputed election over concerns of vote fraud, his spokesman has said. Fazel Sancharaki said on Wednesday that the process was “full of fraud”. Abdullah has accused auditors of refusing to throw out fraudulent ballot papers[…]
A United Nations humanitarian aid convoy crossed into Gaza from Egypt on Wednesday for the first time since a blockade was introduced on the territory in 2007. The World Food Programme (WFP) said the convoy, which entered Gaza through the Rafah crossing, carried enough food to last 150,000 people for[…]
The EFF accused the ANC of organising a group to assault its MPs in Parliament on Wednesday. “The Economic Freedom Fighters has learned that the ANC is mobilising hooligans in the townships of Cape Town to come and assault EFF MPs today in Parliament,” party spokesman Mbuyiseni Ndlozi said. “The[…]
Firing of actors by employers paints an empty future for students who are pursuing drama after matric, the deputy minister of higher education and training said on Tuesday. “These developments paint a bleak future for students pursuing their studies in the creative and performing arts industry,” said Mduduzi Manana in[…]
Thousands of Palestinians are celebrating in Gaza after Israel and Palestinian groups agreed an open-ended ceasefire to end seven weeks of fighting in Gaza. The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, said on Tuesday from the occupied West Bank that a formula had been accepted by all parties and that a ceasefire[…]
An American journalist held for nearly two years by rebels linked to Al-Qaeda in Syria returned to the United States late Tuesday, two days after Qatar negotiated his release, his family said. Peter Theo Curtis, 45, was reunited with his mother Nancy Curtis at Boston Logan International Airport after flying[…]
One of the two men vying to become Afghanistan’s next president has threatened to boycott a ballot audit from the country’s disputed presidential runoff, his adviser said, a development that could further disrupt the already troubled process. The complicated, UN-supervised audit of the eight million votes from the June presidential[…]
Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille will be at the Supreme Court of Appeal on Thursday for the handing down of the “spy tapes” court order. This followed an agreement between legal teams representing the DA, NPA and President Jacob Zuma to release the tapes to the DA and to appoint[…]
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