Israel’s apartheid system will be placed firmly on the national agenda when the 13th Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) campaign kicks off from the 5th – 12 March. IAW is an annual international series of self-organized events held in over 250 cities, communities and campuses across the globe. The solidarity event[…]
Anti-apartheid stalwarts, politicians, activists and community members will gather together for a memorial service for the late Judge Essa Moosa this weekend. The memorial will be hosted by the ANC Helen Joseph Ward 60 branch on Sunday, 5 March at Belgravia High School in Athlone at 2pm. The passionate anti-apartheid[…]
Four heavily armed robbers attempted to rob a SASSA paypoint in Bonteheuwel on Thursday morning. They however disarmed the cash in transit guards of two firearms. The paypoint is next to a municipality building housing municipality police who responded immediately upon being informed. No cash was taken from the paypoint[…]
Forty-nine tertiary students were given a life-line on Wednesday in the form of bursaries donated by Oasis Group holdings, with a further R10 million donated to the University of Cape Town. The 49 students on the Oasis Bursary Programme will also be provided mentoring, support and practical exposure to the[…]
The Right 2 Know Campaign in the Western Cape will picket at social grant pay-points across Cape Town on Thursday. Right 2 Know wants to show support for the human rights group, Black Sash. Black Sash launched a Constitutional Court application, asking the South African Social Security Agency and Social[…]
Electronic payments provider Net1 UEPS Technologies, which has found itself at the centre of a social grants storm in South Africa, has confirmed that it has agreed to buy a R2bn, 15% stake mobile network Cell C. Earlier this week, Blue Label Telecoms [JSE:BLU] said it reached a last-minute agreement to[…]
Ekurhuleni Disaster and Emergency Management authorities have told the family of the little boy that fell into a disused mine shaft east of Johannesburg, to prepare for the worst. Five-year-old Richard Thole fell into the shaft at Jerusalem, an informal settlement in Boskburg, on Saturday. Search and rescue operations have[…]
Days after celebrating his 93rd birthday in the city of Bulawayo, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has flown out of the country to seek medical care in Singapore. His spokesperson confirmed on Wednesday that President Mugabe travelled to Singapore for a medical checkup. “His Excellency the President left for Singapore for[…]
Ongoing Syria talks in Geneva appeared to show some signs of movement on Wednesday, as opposition negotiators said the government had been pressured by Russia to address their demands for a political transition. For seven days now, negotiations between government and opposition representatives in the Swiss city have focused almost[…]
Malaysia will cancel visa-free entry for North Koreans entering the country starting next week as diplomatic ties between the two countries fray further following the murder of Kim Jong-nam at the Kuala Lumpur airport. North Koreans will be required to obtain a visa as of March 6 before entering Malaysia[…]
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