The Supreme Court of Appeal is set to finally pass judgement within the next two weeks on the fate of 17 schools, earmarked for closure in 2012 by the Western Cape Education Department. This comes after an initial move to have the schools shut down was overturned in July 2013,[…]
As Woolworths faces public pressure ahead of its Annual General Meeting AGM this week, local Palestine solidarity organisations have upped the ante in their boycott campaign against the retailer. On Monday, the National Coalition for Palestine (NC4P) and a number of civil society organisations held a joint media briefing where[…]
Western Cape High Court Deputy Judge President Jeanette Traverso was asked on Monday to look at all the improbabilities surrounding the evidence presented during the trial of British businessman Shrien Dewani. Francois van Zyl, for Dewani, argued during an application to have his client discharged that certain details of an[…]
A meeting between Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa and political party leaders started in Johannesburg on Monday afternoon in another bid to restore peace in Parliament. ANC chief whip Stone Sizani, Democratic Alliance parliamentary leader Mmusi Maimane, Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema and United Democratic Movement leader Bantu Holomisa were[…]
The ANC’s national executive committee (NEC) has decided to seek input from its alliance partners to help resolve the turmoil in Cosatu, secretary general Gwede Mantashe said on Monday. “The NEC agreed that the task team must work hard for unity and cohesion in Cosatu,” he told reporters in Johannesburg.[…]
Tunisia’s presidential election is projected to proceed to a run-off slated for December 31 after no candidate garnered enough votes to secure outright victory in the first round, the latest polls indicate. Campaign teams of incumbent Mohamed Moncef Marzouki and leader of Nidaa Tounes party Beji Caid Essebsi both announced[…]
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen disguised as traders opened fire Monday at a crowded market in a northeast Nigeria border town, a military officer and a local official said. It was not yet possible to give a death toll, the senior officer with direct knowledge of the raid told AFP. The[…]
Nuclear negotiators have failed to meet a Monday deadline for a deal that would ease international concerns about Iran’s atomic programme and are poised to extend the negotiations for a comprehensive agreement until July 2015, diplomats said. Iran and six powers – the US, China, Russia, Britain, France plus Germany[…]
In a landmark decision, the Human Rights Commission (HRC) has found that owners of private space used commercially for public purposes have no right of censorship or discrimination. The case arose out of a dispute between the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) and The Labia, the long-established and only remaining art-house[…]
A Jerusalem court on Sunday charged an Israeli border policeman with manslaughter in the May shooting to death of a young Palestinian during a West Bank demonstration. “A charge of manslaughter has been filed against the defendant,” a court transcript said. Nadeem Nuwarah, 17, was killed on May 15 during[…]
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