The Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) is ready to open its 22,925 voting stations throughout the country on Saturday morning, for this weekend’s final registration drive. The IEC said this is the last opportunity for eligible South African voters to register their details ahead of elections. Registered voters are also[…]
A violent crackdown continued in Zimbabwe as rights groups alleged women had been raped during house-to-house searches, while the government criticised a report by its own rights commission that said security forces had used “systematic torture”. Zimbabweans said on Friday abuses have not calmed since President Emmerson Mnangagwa denounced the[…]
Thailand is expected to soon pass a new cybersecurity law which will create a government agency with sweeping powers of search and seizure, triggering concerns for freedom of expression and data security among civil society and business groups as elections loom. But experts involved in drafting the bill say they[…]
President Donald Trump has yielded to political pressure to end the longest US government shutdown in history. After 35 days, he backed a deal to fund federal agencies for three weeks, but it includes none of the money he has demanded for a US-Mexico border wall. The Republican president previously[…]
A former health programme CEO at the South African Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union (Sactwu) has appeared in court for allegedly submitting fraudulent invoices totalling R50m from various companies and non-profit organisations. Colleen Khumalo, 51, appeared in the Cape Town Regional Court on Thursday and faces a charge of fraud.[…]
Burial space at the Vygekraal Cemetery in Johnstone Road in Athlone is fast running out and new measures are being put in place to deal with the load. On Friday, the Vygekraal Cemetery Board announced that no new graves will be dug at the cemetery. Instead, the janaazah’s of adults[…]
A 38-year-old man is appearing in court on Friday after he was arrested for allegedly being in illegal possession of abortion tablets in the Cape Town CBD. Western Cape police spokesperson Andre Traut said officers received the information that prescribed drugs were being sold at the fast food outlet in[…]
This week a group of demonstrators picketed outside the labour department offices in Mitchells Plain. The group was led by G@tvol Capetonian, in protest of the appointment of seven black staff instead of coloureds at the offices. Last year the group challenged the department after seven advertised posts were filled[…]
Zimbabwe’s army said on Thursday soldiers accused of beating residents in townships following protests over fuel price hikes were impostors who tarnished the name of the military. Security forces have been cracking down on violent demonstrations that erupted last week after President Emmerson Mnangagwa decreed a sharp increase in the[…]
Jiba and Mrwebi and another NPA official Jackie Lephinka was implicated in Agrizzi’s testimony before the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture on Thursday. The legal team of suspended NPA Senior Advocate Nomgcobo Jiba will continue to cross-examine witness, Advocate Jan Ferreira, in the Mokgoro Enquiry in Pretoria on Friday morning. The Enquiry[…]
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