France has carried out abusive and discriminatory raids and house arrests against Muslims under its current state of emergency, traumatising and stigmatising those targeted, including children and the elderly, human rights groups said. Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty International published separate research on Wednesday, pointing to cases where excessive[…]
The Rural and Allied Workers Union has called a slight increase in the minimum wage for farm workers disappointing. The Labour Department has announced a 95 cent increase for farm workers and those in the forestry sector today. Workers will now get R14,25 per hour instead of the previous R13,30[…]
The Western Cape Health Department has confirmed the viral meningitis cases in Mossel Bay has risen to 41. Patients have been hospitalised at a private facility since the outbreak in December. Mostly children under 12 are infected. They have all been treated in an isolated ward. The department’s Marika Champion says[…]
On the 26th anniversary of the announcement of Madiba’s release from prison, the Anti-Racism Network of South Africa (ARNSA) launched its concept for anti-racism week, which takes place from 14-21 March 2016. ARNSA was established by both the Nelson Mandela and Ahmed Kathrada foundations last year, in a bid to[…]
The reshuffle in the Gauteng cabinet marks the end of an era in the ANC, said political analyst Professor Susan Booysen. “This marks the end of an era in the ANC – that was one where President Zuma and a band of politicians could just walk over what provincial[…]
The number of cellphones impounded by traffic police in Cape Town is on the rise, says an official. Since 2012, Cape Town traffic police have impounded phones from drivers who are caught using their handsets without legal hands-free kits. And city officials on Tuesday confirmed an increase in the number[…]
A German newspaper has reported that the sum would bring Germany’s contribution to the agency to 1.5 billion euros. The paper added that Chancellor Merkel would announce the additional funding at a London conference. The UNHCR provides assistance to refugees across the globe. Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she expects[…]
Refugees sent back to Sudan say they are being pursued by authorities there, and hope to flee again. In 2013, Nour Issa and Ahmed Hakim, both in their 20s, fled Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region to Khartoum, and then flew to Jordan. But last December, hundreds of Sudanese refugees, including Issa[…]
A number of Palestinian dwellings were demolished in the Masafer Yatta area of southern Hebron on Tuesday morning, locals told Ma’an. Ratib al-Jubour, a spokesperson for a local popular committee, said that “large numbers of Israeli occupation soldiers deployed in Masafer Yatta before bulldozers demolished a number of houses in[…]
A Saudi court overturned the death sentence for Palestinian poet Ashraf Fayadh on Tuesday, his lawyer announced in a statement the same day. Fayadh was sentenced to the death penalty in November for “apostasy” and allegedly emitting “blasphemous statements” in some of his poetry. The poet’s sentence has been changed[…]
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