The Electoral Court sitting in the High Court in Johannesburg will on Monday morning hear arguments from the Freedom Front Plus that the Black First Land First(BLF) party be deregistered because it discriminates on racial grounds. The BLF only allows black people to be party members. The FF Plus earlier[…]
The Western Cape Government has declared a formal dispute with Minister of Police Bheki Cele, accusing him of ignoring the provinces policing needs. In a statement on Sunday, Community safety MEC Alan Winde in the province said the formal intergovernmental dispute was declared as a result of ignoring the urgent[…]
Ecuador traded Julian Assange for a loan from the International Monetary Fund, which can only be handed out with the approval of Washington, John Shipton, the WikiLeaks co-founder’s father, has said. “Ecuador doesn’t have its own currency. It uses the US dollar,” Shipton told 60 Minutes Australia. “You can’t get an IMF loan[…]
By Anees Teladia With South Africa already being a site of severe socio-economic inequality, women arguably face another crisis of inequality within the existing one, i.e. gender inequality. Accordingly, the Rita Edwards Collective decided to host an election debate which would allow for a focus on the challenges women face[…]
One of two men suspected of spying for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Turkey has committed suicide in prison, state media has said. Turkey’s Haberturk news website first carried the report on Monday, with senior journalist Cetiner Cetin, who broke the story, saying the suspect hanged himself in Silivri[…]
Police Minister Bheki Cele is to meet with Western Cape government officials within the next month to discuss failures relating to policing in the province. The provincial government has declared a formal intergovernmental dispute with the Police Minister, citing the shortage of police officers in the Western Cape as a[…]
A man in the US state of California deliberately plowed his car into a group of eight pedestrians because he thought some of them were Muslim, local authorities have said. Isaiah Joel Peoples, 34, faces eight counts of attempted murder for injuring eight people, including a 13-year-old girl, after he deliberately veered[…]
A gunman opened fire at a synagogue in California on Saturday, killing one woman and wounding three other people, police said. A 19-year-old man named as John Earnest was arrested after the attack, in Poway, north of the city of San Diego. The synagogue had been hosting a Passover celebration[…]
In a first, dramatic move to deal with individuals implicated at the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into state capture, SA’s tax authority has concluded preliminary investigations that are likely to result in individuals not only being served with hefty bills, but also charged for under-declaration of income, overstated expenses and[…]
As South Africa begins to feel the real impact of climate change, experts have warned that it is vital to get insurance to mitigate the losses suffered during extreme weather. In the past week, devastating floods caused by heavy rains impacted on thousands of lives in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape. More[…]
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