A surge in the number of executions in Iran over the past year signals a concerning trend in the country where the human rights situation has continued to deteriorate, a UN rights expert said Monday. Ahmed Shaheed, special rapporteur on human rights in Iran, said that Iran executed at least[…]
Force-feeding videos from Guantanamo should immediately be prepared for release, media organizations said Monday, but the US government argued doing so would compromise national security. In early October, a federal judge in Washington ordered President Barack Obama’s administration to make public 28 videos showing inmates being fed by tubes inserted[…]
OPINION by Iqbal Jassat South Africa’s increasing interest in Palestine and its woes is beginning to manifest in ways that’s likely to attract more antagonism from Israel and her lobbyists. Currently a number of South Africans are in Israel to gain first-hand insight of conditions faced by Palestinians under Occupation[…]
The victorious DH Western Province rugby team be driven through the streets of Cape Town, Mitchells Plain and Gugulethu on an open-top bus on Monday for Capetonians to join in the Currie Cup celebrations. Western Province were crowned Currie Cup champions following a nailbiting 19-16 win against the Golden Lions[…]
Transport Minister Dipuo Peters on Monday condemned the burning of 19 Metrorail train coaches at the Salt River depot in Cape Town. The coaches were set alight on Sunday afternoon, forcing Metrorail technicians to work through the night to get replacements. According to Peters, the arson caused the loss of[…]
Two men have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping a woman outside a nightclub in Claremont, Cape Town, and raping her, Western Cape police said on Monday. They were caught in the early hours of Saturday morning after a taxi driver who saw it happen contacted police, Colonel Tembinkosi Kinana said.[…]
An asthma attack, a car accident, and community unrest caused minor problems on the first day of matric exams across the country on Monday. In the Western Cape a car accident caused pupils to arrive late for their first exam, basic education department spokesman Elijah Mhlanga said in a statement.[…]
Members of the Gun Owners of South Africa (GOSA) are outraged at Canal Walk’s security and safety policy of no firearms slamming it as a “security theatre”. The busy shopping centre has had to beef up security at its entry points and inside the mall, following a spate of robberies[…]
The Congress of South African Students (COSAS) has apologized for an incident that took place on Saturday, in which a pig’s head was placed in the halal food section of a Woolworth’s store in Sea Point. The act, seen as a form of protest for the retailers continued stocking of[…]
The official Cape Town launch of a new book detailing the work of South African humanitarian agency Gift of the Givers will take place on Tuesday 28th October. Imtiaz Sooliman and the Gift of the Givers: A Mercy to All tells the story of the establishment of South Africa’s only[…]
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