A range of pro-Palestinian activists have called on the SA government to speak out against Israel’s illegal practise of administrative detention. The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) will picket outside the Israeli trade office in Sandton in Johannesburg on Friday afternoon, to renew the call for boycott, divestment and sanctions and[…]
As the #FeesMustFall protests are once again making headlines, recent protest activity at a number of university campuses have called into question the excessive use of force by public order police officials. In one incident on Thursday, a student who was reportedly not protesting was shot in the arm by[…]
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) plan to stage a march against bread companies next week after increases in bread prices over the last few months. Bread prices have not decreased after wheat has gone down by 12% and COSATU has demanded to know the reason there is[…]
As the resurgence of #FeesMustFall protests sweeps campuses around the country, Muslim youth activists believe Muslim students should not stand on the side lines of the struggle for free education. Some universities have been shut down this week as students renew calls for government to scrap tertiary fees, amid criticism[…]
More than 20,000 social workers from different provinces united this past Monday to stage a march in the streets of Pretoria. The social workers, who marched for better working conditions and salaries, wore t-shirts with words inscribed in red that read ‘save our profession’ and ‘tired of being treated like[…]
A public relations firm that represents the Gupta-owned Oakbay Investments knew about the recommendations for a judicial inquiry into South Africa’s banks at least seven weeks before it was controversially published by Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane, Fin24 can reveal. Zwane was severely rebuked by the ANC and the presidency[…]
The Supreme Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) over the right to toll the Winelands route. “The application for leave to appeal against the refusal to admit further affidavits is dismissed with cost, including the costs of two counsel,” it[…]
One person has been shot in Charlotte, North Carolina protests against the fatal police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott. Riot police are firing tear gas into the crowd. The governor declared a state of emergency and ordered in National Guard and state troopers. Peaceful protests turned violent on Wednesday, night[…]
Five months after the Panama Papers exposed the offshore dealings of government leaders and influential people, a new leak of 1.3 million files has revealed the names of individuals associated with companies registered in the Bahamas, a notorious tax haven. The files – received by the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung[…]
The UN says it is ready to resume the delivery of life-saving aid to Syria, days after an attack on a humanitarian convoy killed 20 people and triggered the suspension of much-needed relief operations. “The preparation for these convoys has now resumed and we are ready to deliver aid to[…]
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