The ANC’s national executive committee has decided to ask President Jacob Zuma to resign or be recalled. This can set one of two processes in motion: Zuma resigns, or the National Assembly adopts a motion of no confidence against him. If Zuma resigns: Zuma will have to write a letter[…]
Embattled Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille heads to court on Tuesday. She wants DA councillors to be allowed to vote according to their conscience and is demanding a secret ballot during a no-confidence motion against her. The motion will be debated in the Cape Town city council on Thursday.[…]
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has set the record straight on a Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services decision to summon her to appear before it in connection with her work The committee said at the weekend that it had decided to urgently call Mkhwebane to appear before it to[…]
The South African Hajj and Umrah Council (SAHAUC) has realised there second accredited List of hujjaj for Hajj 1439. There are now officially 2500 South Africans accredited to perform the hajj, with the second list publishing 1000 names of those who was selected. Download the list here: file:///C:/Users/tasneema/Downloads/2nd%20Accreditation_List%20Hajj%201439-web.xlsx%20(4).pdf The South[…]
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, has described his country’s most significant air attacks on Syria in decades as a heavy blow to Syria and Iran. The attacks were in response to Syrian government forces shooting down an Israeli fighter jet on Saturday, and claims that an Iranian drone entered Israeli[…]
Thirty-three supporters of the banned Muslim Brotherhood were sentenced on Sunday to prison terms ranging from seven years to life over violent clashes that broke out at a protest in Cairo in 2014, judicial sources said. The violence, which killed three people, erupted after the army’s ouster of President Mohamed[…]
The City of Cape Town has condemned what it termed “orchestrated attacks” by protesters on two MyCiTi bus stations. Brett Herron, Mayoral Committee Member for Transport and Urban Development, said the attacks on the MyCiTi bus stations would cause major inconveniences to commuters. “Thousands of commuters from Dunoon will be[…]
The trial of 18 suspects linked to crimes in Marikana in 2012 is expected to resume at the Mahikeng High Court sitting in Mogwase outside Rustenburg Monday morning. They are facing charges of murder, robbery, malicious damage to property and unlawful possession of firearm and ammunition following a violent strike[…]
The African National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee (NEC) holds a special meeting on Monday to discuss President Jacob Zuma’s future as Head of State. This follows behind-the scenes talks led by party leader Cyril Ramaphosa aimed at clinching a final deal to secure Zuma’s voluntary resignation. Failing that, there have[…]
A passenger plane carrying 71 people crashed minutes after take-off from Moscow’s Domodedovo airport killing everyone on board. Saratov Airlines Flight 703 went down on Sunday near Ramenskoye town, about 40km from Moscow’s second-largest airport. Maxim Sololov, Russia’s transportation minister, confirmed there were no survivors. The Antonov An-148 aircraft had[…]
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