Land claimants still waiting in line for restitution were left shocked on Thursday when the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) ruled that the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Act was invalid and that Parliament did not follow proper consultation. Passed just before the 2014 elections, the amended act re-opened the land claims[…]
As umrah pilgrims resettle in their respective countries, the time has arrived for the first hujjaj to travel to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to perform the fifth pillar of Islam – Haj. While thousands of South Africans yearn to perform the pilgrimage, this year 2000 South African hujjaj will[…]
On Monday, mothers who have lost children to gang violence, accompanied by various community members, took to streets of the CBD as part of the Moms Move for Justice and the Alonso Foundation’s march to Parliament. In a bid to expedite the judicial process and finally have closure, the mothers[…]
A Mitchells Plain school’s wish for a science laboratory has finally come true. Thanks to a generous donor, instead of one, it now has two. In January, News24 reported on the plight of Oval North Secondary School in Beacon Valley, which is located on the border between rival gangs. Principal[…]
Having a home is not a prerequisite to vote in South Africa as it is a constitutional right. However, with days to the local government elections many homeless people say they won’t cast their vote because it will mean they are accepting the appalling conditions in which they live. Shockingly,[…]
Tens of thousands of people have fled a fresh outbreak of violence in South Sudan, reporting mass killings, looting and forced recruitment of child soldiers, U.N. agencies said on Tuesday. Many of the refugees pouring into neighboring Uganda, Kenya and Sudan have been carrying malnourished children, the refugee agency the[…]
A helicopter dropped containers of toxic gas overnight on a town in Syria’s Idlib province, a rescue service operating in rebel-held territory said on Tuesday. Raed Saleh, head of the Syrian Civil Defense group, told Al Jazeera that 33 civilians, including 18 women and 10 children, were brought to a local[…]
OPINION by Molifi Tshabalala By now, less than a week before the 2016 local government elections and more than two months since The Conversation had published Co-Pierre Georg’s article, Why Julius Malema’s EFF Doesn’t Offer South Africans a Way Out of Poverty, I had hoped that someone, especially from the[…]
One of South Africa’s key problems is that a third of the population of 57 million, are excluded from the economy, said Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa. Ramaphosa delivered an address at the ABSIP Summit about transformation in the investment industry, on Monday. When it comes to addressing some of the[…]
he Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) says it has received 28 complaints relating to alleged violations of the electoral code of conduct, with one ward candidate being disqualified. “Of these, 20 have so far been resolved through a legal process, mediation and a few closed and withdrawn due to lack[…]
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