The proposed upgrade to the Parliamentary Precinct at a cost of about R1.4 billion will be opposed by the Democratic Alliance, it said on Sunday. “The national fiscus faces massive pressure and a rising deficit,” DA chief whip John Steenhuisen said in a statement. “We can’t afford to splurge on[…]
An agenda to discredit the ANC and its president Jacob Zuma is behind recent critical media reports, the political party said on Sunday. “The intention is to discredit the ANC. No-one accepts it [the party]; Nobody likes it,” African National Congress spokesman Zizi Kodwa said. He said Zuma was not[…]
The management of Canal Walk shopping centre has slated a Cape Times’ report on the robbery of a pregnant woman, saying the article was exaggerated. An employee at Bride and Co was attacked in the car park and pulled away by robbers in a getaway car on Tuesday. The woman[…]
EXCLUSIVE – The family of Mitchells Plain born Masnoenah Al Taheri are urging the community to assist them in their efforts to get their daughter home. Al Taheri is currently being held captive by her Yemeni native husband in a remote village. For almost eleven years now, Masnoenah has struggled[…]
Following an extraordinary session in Brussels to address Israel’s recent Operation Protective Edge in Gaza, the Russell Tribunal on Palestine (RToP) held a press conference on Thursday in which they demanded the international community’s mobilization in helping end the Israeli occupation. Amongst the resolutions from the two day session was[…]
Having embarked on its annual Qurbani campaign for 2014, Islamic Relief South Africa (IRSA) has reiterated its call for South African Muslims to help sponsor, and donate the gift of meat to some of the poorest and underprivileged communities across the world. Latest statistics have suggested that more than 824[…]
A Cape Town woman says she might have been scammed out of thousands of rands, had she not hung up a fraudulent call allegedly from Telkom. Rashiedah Petersen said she received a call at approximately 12:40 on Thursday afternoon from a woman claiming to be calling from the telecommunications company.[…]
The Black Lawyers Association (BLA) on Friday welcomed the signing into law of the Legal Practice Act (LPA). “The coming into law of the LPA is a major step towards the transformation of the legal profession, which… is very important because the transformed legal profession paves the way for the[…]
Opposition parties on Friday walked out of Parliament’s committee on the Nkandla controversy after the ANC refused to agree to call President Jacob Zuma and to enforce the public protector’s findings against him. The walkout was led by opposition leader Mmusi Maimane after two and half hours of debate failed[…]
Warplanes from the US-led coalition have bombed oil installations and other facilities in territory controlled by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in eastern Syria for a second consecutive day, activists said. The strikes reportedly hit two oil areas in Deir ez-Zour province on Friday, a day[…]
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