A recent poll conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR) in the occupied West Bank and besieged Gaza Strip has revealed that an overwhelming majority have lost faith in Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, with two-thirds of poll participants demanding his resignation. ‘PA has now become a[…]
A new initiative is being launched in Ireland in support of freedom of thought and speech in Saudi Arabia. Citizens Without Chains (CWC) hopes to “disrupt the status quo, and begin to take the steps to realise these beliefs and change the social fabric, and in turn, the lives of[…]
The ANC’s allies, Cosatu and the SA Communist Party (SACP), will on Wednesday take to the streets as part of a national shutdown in a show of force against President Jacob Zuma, the man they propelled to power a decade ago. The trade union federation and the communist party said[…]
A Golden Arrow bus drove into two homes in Zwelitsha in Nyanga East, Cape Town, on Saturday afternoon when the bus driver was killed in an attempted robbery, police said. No one was injured during the collision, Western Cape Police spokesperson Andrè Traut told News24. Nyanga ward councillor Luyanda Nyingwa[…]
Writer and radio host Redi Tlhabi’s twitter account, @reditlhabi, was hacked on Saturday morning, merely a week after her highly anticipated book about President Jacob Zuma’s rape trial in 2006 was released. Tlhabi, who is in New York to facilitate a series of United Nations conversations, said she discovered that[…]
As South Africans mark Heritage Day on Sunday 24th September, there are calls for the Muslim community to open up their sacred spaces to people of other faiths to demystify Islam and encourage interfaith learning and tolerance. The idea was sparked by the South African Muslim Network (Samnet), as an[…]
“Madiba says yes!” With these words‚ Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu not only brought down the house but gave his blessing to the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa on Friday. Tutu was the last speaker at the museum’s official opening in the Silo District at the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront[…]
Hundreds of people from across the Western Cape gathered on Friday at the department of agriculture, forestry and fisheries (DAFF) to protest the current fishing quotas. Naseegh Jaffer, director of the Masifundise Development Trust, which has focused on local fishing communities since 2004, presented a memorandum that was accepted by[…]
The African National Congress (ANC) will use the next three days to get legal counsel on the correct way to navigate KwaZulu-Natal before dissolving the provincial executive committee (PEC) which was declared unlawful by a full bench of judges of the Pietermaritzburg High Court, secretary general, Gwede Mantashe said on[…]
South Africa is introducing a new single-pill antiretroviral‚ which will save the country about R11-billion over the next six years. Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi said in a statement on Friday that the large volumes of ARVs bought by South Africa and its commitment to provide treatment to people with[…]
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