The ANC’s bid to have Premier Helen Zille impeached has failed. The party failed to convince 28 members of the legislature to vote to impeach Zille, over allegations of spying on the ANC. Instead, the DA voted to amend the ANC’s motion to fully endorse Zille. The motion was thrashed[…]
Stellenbosch University’s council maintains that it is fully committed to supporting transformation at the institution, despite claims that it is merely pulling the wool over the eyes of its students and staff. “I want to state unequivocally that the University council fully supports transformation at Stellenbosch University,” Council chairperson George[…]
Myanmar’s democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi discussed the smooth transfer of power to her party with President Thein Sein on Wednesday, the first time the two have met since her National League for Democracy (NLD) swept a November election. When the new administration is sworn in early next year,[…]
A hospital supported by Médecins Sans Frontières in Homs has been partially destroyed in a “double-tap” barrel bombing, a signature tactic of the Syrian air force. The strikes on the hospital in Zafarana, a besieged town in northern Homs, killed seven people including a young girl, MSF said in a[…]
Pakistan executed four men on Wednesday for involvement in the massacre of 134 children at an army-run school in the northwestern city of Peshawar last year, media and security sources said. The hangings were the first execution of civilians convicted by Pakistan’s military courts, which were set up after the[…]
According to a report released by UNICEF, an estimated 125 million African girls are child brides. That number is expected to rise to 310 million by 2050, creating a legacy of “lost childhoods and shattered futures.” UNICEF has demanded that governments take more aggressive actions to end the practice on[…]
There was a ruckus outside the ANC’s headquarters in Cape Town this afternoon as Democratic Alliance supporters protested against alleged relations between President Jacob Zuma, Marius Fransman and gangsters on the Cape Flats. This follows reports last month that President Jacob Zuma met with known gang members to mobilise support[…]
Woolworths’ executives were on Monday forced to entertain questions from shareholders as to its continued trade links with Israeli suppliers, as pro-Palestinian activists used the company’s annual general meeting (AGM) to raise pertinent questions over its refusal to severe ties with the occupying state. Representatives from the National Coalition for[…]
While mother-to-child and adult HIV/AIDS transmission rates have both been on the decrease, the fight against the deadly disease remains as challenging as ever. Tuesday 1 December marked World AIDS Day – a day important for reflecting on South Africa’s HIV/AIDS crisis. With more than 3 million South Africans already[…]
Muslims have too often turned a blind eye to the pandemic of HIV/AIDS under the guise that the disease cannot affect them. So says Nuraan Osman from the Muslim Aids Programme, as South Africa marks World AIDS Day on December 1st. While the fight against the disease has been augmented,[…]
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