Stung by international criticism over her silence on the plight of Rohingya Muslims, Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi finally mumbled a few well rehearsed phrases, saying nothing. Her short speech, clearly intended to satisfy western backers, was a damp squib. Dubbed as an address to the nation,[…]
Condemnation of the brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing being carried out against the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar is growing around the world, with the Dalai Lama, the Pope, Nobel Laureates and world leaders from many countries calling for an end to hostilities. There is no easy way to end the[…]
The Dulcie September Travelling Exhibition, in conjunction with the Provincial Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport, opened at the Wolfgat Environmental Education Multipurpose Centre in Tafelsig where learners from the Chris Hani High School in Khayelitsha and Cedar High School in Mitchells Plain had the first opportunity to peruse it.[…]
President Jacob Zuma has called for UN member states to dismantle their nuclear weapons and instead use them for peaceful means. He was addressing the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday night. Zuma called for calm in the Korean Peninsula insisting and urging countries[…]
A lecture theatre at the Cape Town campus of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) was set alight on Wednesday, after similar attacks at the institution’s Mowbray and Bellville campuses. Security personnel were the first to discover that the classroom had been set on fire, said Western Cape police[…]
The Wynberg Magistrate’s Court is expected to rule whether Anthony Peter Freedendal, who has been found guilty of sexually abusing eight Cape Town children, should be extradited to Australia. Freedendal, 76, faces 15 charges of indecent assault, five of persistent sexual offences with a child and four charges of sexual[…]
The Pretoria High Court will on Thursday hand down judgment in an urgent application for an interdict brought by 20 Gupta family companies to halt the closure of their last remaining bank accounts in South Africa. The application is for interim relief to stop the Bank of Baroda from closing[…]
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says Tehran will not be the first country to violate a 2015 nuclear deal, hitting back at US President Donald Trump who has hinted he might pull out of the pact. Addressing the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Wednesday, Rouhani said his country would respond “decisively[…]
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on the United Nations on Wednesday to pursue efforts to “bring an end to Israeli occupation of the state of Palestine within a set timeframe”. Abbas, addressing the United Nations General Assembly, warned that if the two-state solution were to be rejected, Palestinians would have[…]
Rescuers are racing against the clock to reach survivors trapped under the rubble of a school in Mexico City which collapsed during Tuesday’s earthquake. One of them, a 13-year-old girl, is believed to be sheltering under a table, officials told the BBC. At least 21 children and five adults died[…]
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