June Steenkamp has spoken about her feelings after the Supreme Court of Appeal ruled that Oscar Pistorius was guilty of the murder of her daughter, Reeva, overturning his culpable homicide conviction. She attended proceedings in Bloemfontein on Thursday, while her husband Barry remained at their home in Port Elizabeth. No[…]
Although the High Court on Friday ruled that Police Minister Nathi Nhleko acted unlawfully in instigating a disciplinary hearing and suspending Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) boss Robert McBride, the decision would need to be validated by the Constitutional Court before he can return to work. Referring to her ruling[…]
Those looking forward to this year’s mass moulood will have to pen in the date Wednesday 16 December, following a last minute change. Event organisers Mawlid SA said they received good news this week that the Chief Minister of the state of Perak in Malaysia will attend the event as[…]
A Molotov cocktail hurled at a Cairo nightclub has killed 18 people, Egyptian security officials said. One of the officials said the attacker was an employee who had been fired from the nightclub in the Agouza area in the centre of the Egyptian capital, Reuters news agency reported. However, a[…]
The largest Muslim advocacy group in the United States has raised concerns of a backlash following the deadly California shooting with reports of a threat of violence received at one mosque and many hate calls. Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in Washington DC, on Thursday[…]
Closing mosques in France that authorities say foster extremism will not prevent people from becoming ‘radicalised’ and could heighten a sense of alienation among the Muslim minority, rights groups and activists have said. At least three mosques have already been closed under France’s extended emergency rule, which allows authorities to[…]
Students representatives from several universities said they could not guarantee that students would not return to the streets in protest when academic activities resumed in 2016. The group met with Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Higher Education in Johannesburg on Thursday, where they advised that it was best that resolutions be[…]
Almost 90% of social media activity on Thursday was dedicated to the ruling made by the Supreme Court of Appeals in Bloemfontein which found Oscar Pistorius guilty of murder. According to statistics provided by media monitoring agency ROi Africa, 89% of SA’s social media activity in the last 24 hours[…]
The High Court in Pretoria is on Friday expected to hand down a judgment on Robert McBride’s constitutional challenge regarding Police Minister Nathi Nhleko’s powers to suspend him. In August, McBride approached the court stating that did not think Nhleko was allowed to suspend him without consulting other members of[…]
Residents of the Klipheuwel informal settlement will take to the streets for the second time this year on Friday to demand basic service delivery – or else. The community will march to the Cape Town city centre to demand that the City purchase land so the informal settlement can be[…]
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