By Thakira Desai The mother of the nation, Mama Winnie Madikizela Mandela, has passed away, but memory of her legacy has forced the chalice of buried emotions to be purged throughout the country. Aged 81 at the time of her death, Mama Winnie spent most of her life shackled by[…]
Capetonians who are hard-pressed by the prospect of paying higher municipal tariffs must air their views through the formal public participation process. So says one civic activist in light of the City of Cape Town’s announcement last week that consumers could face an increase of 26.9% in water and sanitation[…]
US President Donald Trump has said that Saudi Arabia might have to pay if it wants continuing US presence in Syria. “We’ve almost completed that task [of defeating ISIL] and we’ll be making a determination very quickly, in coordination with others in the area, as to what we’ll do,” said[…]
An urgent application brought by three former South African Revenue Service (SARS) executives to stay prosecution against them on charges of corruption, has been dropped after they reached an agreement with the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). According to a report by The Citizen, the application was removed from the urgent[…]
During a visit this afternoon to the late anti-apartheid icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s house, EFF leader Julius Malema took the opportunity to clear the air on statements that he “brought Zuma to the country”. “All of this nonsense would not have happened. Many people who don’t know the history of this[…]
The ANC has reiterated a call for a cultural boycott of Israel, in the wake of the fallout over South African DJ Black Coffee’s performance in Israel at the weekend. The international DJ has been accused of being insensitive and irresponsible for performing in Tel Aviv, just hours before Israeli[…]
By Thakira Desai Tributes are pouring in from all corners of the globe for the loss of struggle icon, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, woman revered for her revolutionary activism. As one of several prison guards of former president Nelson Mandela during his incarceration at Robben Island and later at Pollsmoor Correctional Facility,[…]
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu and his wife Leah have sent their condolences to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela‘s family following news of her passing. Madikizela-Mandela died in Johannesburg on Monday at the age of 81. In a statement, Tutu has wished her a peaceful rest. He says for many years Madikizela-Mandela was a[…]
Police divers have on Monday resumed the search for a missing 32-year-old male in the Vygieskraal dam. Police spokesperson, colonel Andre Traut said it is believed that the victim drowned over the weekend. “We will continue with our search during the course of the day.” Circumstances around the drowning[…]
Parliament’s executive managers have received more than R2-million in salary increases backdated to April last year – raising the ire of staff who say their bosses had previously agreed to forfeit such hikes because there was no money. Last week 18 of parliament’s division managers, who earn between R1.5-million and[…]
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