In the face of growing gang-violence and crime in the Bonteheuwel community, the Provincial Minister of Community Safety, Dan Plato, held a meeting with residents on Monday evening, to discuss their concerns and find possible resolutions to the issue. The meeting came two weeks after the Bonteheuwel Joint Peace Forum[…]
“Netanyahu is sinking in the Gaza quicksand and Gaza is proving much tougher than he could have possibly had in mind.” These were the words of Palestinian born journalist Ramzy Baroud, the managing editor of Middle East Eye, who addressed a renewal of fighting between Hamas and Israeli in conflict[…]
A group of approximately 100 people who allegedly occupied an unused factory illegally over the weekend has left residents in Kensington up in arms. The Kenfac Ratepayers Association was alerted by members of the community after four truckloads of people were dropped off at the old derelict building in 4th[…]
The ANC is concerned by Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s behaviour, secretary general Gwede Mantashe said on Tuesday. “As a chapter nine institution, she has a responsibility to protect the integrity of the office of the public protector in discharging her responsibilities,” Mantashe told reporters in Johannesburg. “This means she should[…]
Cosatu on Tuesday vowed to “intensify” mobilising South Africans to boycott companies trading with Israel and any goods imported from the country. The Congress of SA Trade Unions would picket outside the Woolworths in Eastgate shopping mall on Saturday to condemn the store for continuing to stock Israeli products, national[…]
National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete is considering the suspension of Economic Freedom Fighters MPs who disrupted questions to President Jacob Zuma last Thursday. “I have to inform the House that the matter is being referred to the Powers and Privileges Committee in terms of rule 194,” Mbete told MPs at[…]
The Palestinians have reached agreement with Israel on a “permanent” truce for Gaza, a senior official told AFP on Tuesday, in a move Hamas hailed as a “victory.” There was no immediate comment from Israel on the claimed deal to end seven weeks of deadly conflict in and around the[…]
The US has begun surveillance flights over rebel-controlled parts of Syria after presidential authorisation, officials said, a move that could pave the way for air raids against the Islamic State group. A US official told the AP news agency early on Tuesday that the flights had started, while two other[…]
Grieving family members were joined by thousands of mourners at the funeral of Michael Brown, an unarmed black youth whose killing by a white police officer in the town of Ferguson triggered weeks of unrest. US civil rights leader Reverend Al Sharpton, called for a “fair and impartial investigation” into[…]
Its all systems go for humanitarian NGO Gift of the Givers (GOTG) who will depart for war devastated Gaza on Tuesday evening. The relief agency has deployed ten 10 medical specialists who will depart from OR Tambo International at 9.45pm. Despite initial delays, they are expected to land in Cairo[…]
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