SABC COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng wonders whether privately-owned media has an agenda against the public broadcaster. He did not believe the SABC was censoring content and it reported the news as it was, he told journalists at its Auckland Park head office on Tuesday. He was happy people in the SABC[…]
At least 36 people have been killed in attacks at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport, which the Turkish prime minister said was likely carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq of the Levant (ISIL, or ISIS) group. Binali Yildirim said three suicide bombers were involved in the attack late on Tuesday[…]
Intensified fighting and air strikes over the past 24 hours in Yemen have left 80 people dead, including 37 civilians, as lengthy peace talks in Kuwait made no headway, officials said. In the largest death toll, jets from the pro-government Saudi-led coalition killed 34 people, including 19 civilians when they[…]
Campaigning for national elections on Wednesday has divided Mongolia as a record number of candidates vie for seats in parliament and local councils. While suffering through the worst economic crisis since 2008, 12 different parties and three separate coalitions are jousting for power with the economy and foreign debt repayment[…]
The United Nations raised alarm as a series of racist incidents against minorities and foreigners were reported in the United Kingdom, following the country’s decision to leave the European Union. Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said on Tuesday that “racism and xenophobia are unacceptable in any[…]
Ethiopia has won a seat on the United Nations Security Council following an overwhelming vote of 185 out of the 193-member General Assembly of the body. Along with Ethiopia, Sweden, Kazakhstan and Bolivia were also elected after Tuesday’s vote, the four countries would be joined by one other to serve[…]
The Jordanian government condemned Israel’s violations on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, citing recent raids into the site over the final days of the holy month of Ramadan, when dozens of Palestinian worshipers and workers were assaulted by Israeli forces with rubber-coated steel bullets, tear gas canisters, and beaten with batons.[…]
Cape Town mayoral candidate for the African National Congress (ANC) Xolani Sotashe on Monday said there should be a debate on how transport logistics in the city perpetuated racial exploitation. Addressing the South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU’s) provincial general council in Cape Town, Sotashe said the Democratic Alliance (DA)-led[…]
Nyanga residents are mystified by an incident, believed to have been a shooting following a foiled robbery involving a bread truck, in which seven teenagers were wounded and one killed. Police are investigating a case of murder and seven cases of attempted murder after the teenagers were shot on Sunday[…]
Restoring the dignity of the poor and disadvantaged will be at the top of the EFF’s agenda in any of the municipalities it might win in the upcoming, local government elections. This was the central theme of the party’s Northern Cape campaign trail on Monday when their commander-in-chief, Julius Malema,[…]
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