An alleged child rapist is expected to appear in the Mitchells Plain Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday for the murder of 11-year-old Stacha Arends. Randy Tango, 31, is accused of kidnapping, raping and murdering Arends in March. Tango was taken in for questioning hours after her body was found in a[…]
Some progress has been made in reducing overcrowding at Pollsmoor’s awaiting trial facility but there is much more to be done, says Sonke Gender Justice in a response to the Department of Correctional Services’ action plan on problems at the prison. The action plan was ordered by the Western Cape[…]
There was no evidence to suggest that the man accused of plotting to assassinate government officials is s a coup plotter, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said on Tuesday. Earlier, Elvis Ramosebudi appeared briefly in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on incitement to commit murder charges. He is accused of planning[…]
Press freedom is being increasingly compromised in southern Africa‚ where journalists and media owners are being targeted for exposing the truth. Amnesty International‚ in marking World Press Freedom Day on Wednesday‚ said the intimidation of journalists sent a frightening message to their colleagues‚ causing them to self-censor. “From Angola to[…]
By Yaseen Kippie Tensions broke out at the Baxter theatre in Rondesbosch on Monday 1 May as the South African Zionist Federation (SAZF) celebrated Israel’s self-proclaimed Independence Day, ‘Yom Ha’atzmaut’, This day has been labelled differently by Palestinians as ‘Yawm an-Nakba’, or the ‘Day of the Catastrophe’ – when more[…]
A social media campaign highlighting the plight of more than 1,500 hunger striking Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails has gone viral, with people from across the world posting videos of themselves on social media drinking salt water in solidarity. Similar to the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge that went viral in[…]
Practitioners, scholars and experts on Zakah and Islamic finance will gather to discuss and share their knowledge, expertise and experience at SANZAF’s International Zakah Conference from Friday 5th to Saturday 6th May. Zakah knowledge and Sharia banking has become an important and vital part of the financial systems in many[…]
Palestinian rights lobby group Media Review Network has written an open letter to the Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA) urging it to investigate allegations of alleged racial profiling, intimidation, harassment and the interrogation of travellers by El Al ‘security guards’ . The Media Review Network (MRN) would like to[…]
South Africans have been called upon to participate in a 24-hour solidarity hunger strike, starting this evening, in support of Palestinian political prisoners on hunger strike. The 24-hour hunger strike will commence at 6pm on Tuesday, May 2 and end at 6pm on Wednesday, May 3. Participants, like Palestinian hunger[…]
Veteran MP and former deputy arts and culture minister Rejoice Mabudafhasi has resigned as a Member of Parliament. The 73-year-old, who has been serving in Parliament since the first democratic elections in 1994, told News24 that “her time had come” and she now wants to rest. Mabudafhasi was one of[…]
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