Joice Mujuru, Zimbabwe’s former vice-president, launched a new party on Tuesday to challenge Robert Mugabe, promising to revive the economy and repair strained relations with the west. Mugabe, 92, has been president since 1987. Mujuru, 60, was his deputy for a decade, and was seen as his likely successor until[…]
At 92, he has faced many threats and attempts on his life. Thus when the South African Muslim Lawyers Association filed for him to be arrested and prosecuted for war crimes if he proceeded with his plan to address the South African-Jewish community’s gala Salute to Israel Sunday night, he[…]
The family of the teenager shot dead by a motorist during a smash-and-grab attack say the driver should have fired a warning shot instead of killing him. The relatives of 16-year-old Siphesihle Mkunqwana of Langa say the motorist acted no different to township residents carrying out mob justice attacks. Sipheshile’s[…]
South Africa’s ruling party, the ANC, on Tuesday comfortably defeated a motion of no confidence against President Jacob Zuma brought by the leader of the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA). Following a fiery debate in the National Assembly in which most opposition parties called for Zuma’s head, 225 MPs voted against[…]
A man has been hacked to death with a panga, allegedly by his stepson and friends. The 39-year-old victim was sitting outside his home when his 17-year-old stepson arrived with four other men to attack him. The incident happened in Ntlazane Street in Enkanini informal settlement, Khayelitsha on Sunday. The[…]
“Since I have received this award, it becomes my responsibility to assist other educators to use technology in the classroom.” And it’s precisely this enthusiasm that lead Cape Town based English teacher, Gafieza Ismail, from Spine Road High School in Mitchells Plain, to clinch the National Teaching Award for Excellence[…]
Local pro-Palestine activists are calling on South Africans to protest against the UK governments decision to ban the public sector from boycotting Israeli products. Public-sector organisations in Britain have been banned from boycotting Israeli suppliers under new government rules, and violators could face severe penalties. The government of the UK[…]
The Home Affairs department is considering the use of family advocates to make it easier for single parents to travel in and out of the country with children, Minister Malusi Gigaba said on Tuesday. The minister and his team were briefing Parliament’s portfolio committee on home affairs on the progress[…]
Iranian voters chose “the right and proper path for the country”, moderate President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday after final election results showed his allies had made significant gains. Friday’s twin elections – to parliament and to top clerical committee, the Assembly of Experts – were crucial for the president[…]
Central African Republic’s constitutional court confirmed former mathematics professor Faustin-Archange Touadera, has been elected as president, national radio reported on Tuesday, setting the stage for Touadera to be sworn in later this month. About 62 percent of voters in the Central African Republic chose Touadera, once a prime minister under[…]
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