EFF leader Julius Malema’s utterances were “problematic” but did not amount to hate speech, the SA Human Rights Commission said on Wednesday. Chairperson Bongani Majola said at a media briefing that the commission had received five complaints against Malema over the period 2016 to 2018. He said the commission was[…]
The Western Cape Health Department has committed to using the recent allocation of over R20 billion to improve the quality of services provided at state-owned health facilities. This will be achieved through implementing several projects that the department hopes will restore confidence in the service, which has received unrelenting criticism.[…]
By Anees Teladia With the current crime rate and sense of lawlessness in the Western Cape, safety and security at schools has come under the spotlight. Many children in crime-ridden areas plagued by gangs in the Western Cape do not feel safe attending school, a place that should be a[…]
Israeli planes have fired on several Hamas military targets in southern Gaza in a second night of airstrikes, responding to rocket fire as PM Benjamin Netanyahu seems prepared to ramp up hostilities with a close election looming. The IDF reportedly attacked a Hamas military compound and a weapons manufacturing site[…]
President Cyril Ramaphosa says the government will go after people who stole money from Eskom, promising that “we will get our money back”. Speaking in dialogue with the Hellenic, Italian and Portuguese communities in Germiston on Tuesday evening, Ramaphosa said there was a combination of problems that led to stage[…]
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is continuing with assistance in flood ravaged Mozambique and Malawi. On Tuesday morning, a team from SANDF left for Beira City in Mozambique to deliver food and medical supplies. The team will then head to Malawi’s capital Blantyre for the same relief. This[…]
If you are worried that you might confuse colours and logos when putting your mark on the ballot paper on May 8, don’t worry – the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) has explained how it has separated parties that look too similar. On Tuesday, the commission revealed what the ballot paper for[…]
Images of burned-out electricity generation equipment at Venezuela’s biggest hydroelectric power plant were posted by the country’s communications minister on Twitter, as Caracas blamed arsonists for a crippling power blackout. A large-scale blackout hit Caracas and nearly a dozen Venezuelan states on Monday afternoon, bringing public transport to a near-standstill.[…]
Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies is hopeful that Moody’s will consider improvements underway and the impact these will have in the medium term, when the rating agency makes its decision on South Africa’s credit rating. The minister was speaking on government’s role in SA’s economic recovery, at an event[…]
Cache of firearms found at Christchurch man’s home, and he later dies from a stab wound after police surrounded his car. Police investigate a vehicle at the scene where a man died of stab wounds in Christchurch on Wednesday [Sanka Vidanagama/AFP] New Zealand police launched a “high-priority” investigation on Wednesday to[…]
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