The country has been hit hard over the past few weeks by a crippling electricity crisis which has led to the re-introduction of scheduled power cuts. However, there has been criticism over the manner in which load shedding has been enforced, with claims of prejudice towards poorer communities. As a[…]
A parliamentary inquiry into whether SABC chairwoman Ellen Tshabalala lied about her academic qualifications is set to resume on Wednesday, Parliament’s communications portfolio committee announced on Tuesday. “The committee began the inquiry last month on 14 October 2014 but resolved to postpone the meeting to 23 October following Ms Tshabalala’s[…]
Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown must investigate the crises within Eskom, Cosatu said on Tuesday. “The Congress of SA Trade Unions calls on the minister to investigate the root causes of the problems in Eskom and take stern action against those who have failed to do their job to ensure[…]
The Western Cape government on Tuesday mourned the loss of Cape Town actor and musician Thabang Sidloyi in a car accident. Provincial transport MEC Donald Grant said Sidloyi, 27, was flung from a BMW convertible on the N2 on Friday evening. According to provincial traffic services, it was believed that[…]
The Lebanese army has detained a wife and a son of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group, as they crossed from Syria in recent days, security officials have said. The military said that the wife was a Syian citizen and[…]
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has vowed to continue the fight against Somalia’s armed group al-Shabab, hours after the group’s fighters said they had killed at least 36 people at a stone quarry in the country’s northeastern city of Mandera. Uhuru addressed the nation on Tuesday and announced that he had[…]
Cairo’s Tahrir Square has been closed for the second time after the announcement of a court verdict dropping charges against former President Hosni Mubarak for killing protesters, state media has reported. The court also acquitted Mubarak and others of corruption charges. Following the decision, hundreds took to Tahrir Square to[…]
A draft resolution to revive talks on a final Israeli-Palestinian settlement is expected be presented to the UN Security Council by the middle of the month, the Palestinian envoy to the United Nations said Monday. Palestinian representative Riyad Mansour said the text being shepherded by France is expected to lay[…]
A Saudi woman who tried to drive into the kingdom in defiance of a ban was arrested Monday after being blocked at the UAE border for a day, activists said. Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world which does not allow women to drive. “I have been at[…]
In T-shirts boldly declaring “HIV Positive,” members of the Treatment Action Campaign marked the 10th anniversary of their court victory that brought the South African government to provide drugs to AIDS patients, in Johannesburg on Monday. Commemorating World Aids Day, the group called it a reunion rather than a celebration[…]
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