April2016

#ZumaMustFall campaign, revitalised on Freedom Day

With more than 20 years of democracy, tomorrow South Africans will celebrate the day that the dream of an equal South Africa was realised – Freedom Day. April 27, 1994, is a day that is marked by images of thousands queuing to cast their vote in the first democratic elections.[…]

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Palestinians to receive Mandela statue

The City of Johannesburg will hand over a 6 meter Nelson Mandela statue to the people of Palestine on Tuesday. Mayor of the City of Johannesburg Parks Tau, is currently in Palestine for the unveiling of the monumental statue of the former President of the Republic of South Africa and global[…]

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ANC opens treason case against Malema

The ANC has officially opened a case of treason against EFF leader Julius Malema, it said on Monday. “The ANC has just opened a case of high treason against EFF and its leader Julius Malema in his personal capacity with Hillbrow police station,” national spokesperson Zizi Kodwa told News24. “The[…]

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Militants shell Aleppo, killing 16, amid ceasefire

Al-Qaeda-linked militants have shelled the Syrian city of Aleppo, killing 16 people and injuring 86, state news agency SANA reports, as the fragile ceasefire is being threatened by resurging violence. A source at Aleppo police command told SANA on Monday that shells fired by al-Nusra fighters landed in Aleppo’s al-Sulaimaniyeh[…]

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E-toll contract legal, says minister

The process to procure a company responsible for e-tolls was above board and Sanral complied with all the requisite legislation, say. In a written responses to parliamentary questions by the Freedom Front Plus’s advocate Anton de Waal Alberts as well as the DA’s Gordon Mackay, she added that the South[…]

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Experts question reduction of cop training from 24 to 8 months

Security experts, police unions and some inside the SA Police Service are questioning a decision to drastically cut the police training period from 24 months to eight. The move, which police sources have said acting national police commissioner Lieutenant-General Kgomotso Phahlane will announce at a media briefing today, has surprised[…]

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Mixed reaction to new MJC leadership

Social media has been on fire following news that Surrey Estate imam and community activist Shaykh Irfaan Abrahams has been elected as new president of the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC). Maulana Igsaan Hendricks’ tenure as MJC president came to end on Saturday, after a new ‘top 5’ and executive were[…]

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