Bonteheuwel residents fed-up with “empty elections promises” made good on their promise on Wednesday by spoiling their ballot papers. Residents last week responded to community activist Judith Kennedy’s call on Facebook, #IamSpoilingMyBallotWithMyBlood, saying they will also not vote for any party. On Wednesday, Kennedy and other members of the Bonteheuwel[…]
Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema on Wednesday slammed the African National Congress for handing out T-shirts to community members, calling it unethical, while members of his own party did the same in his hometown. Malema, speaking to journalists after casting his vote at Mponegele Primary School in Seshego, Limpopo,[…]
Today, South Africans took to voting stations around the country asserting their democratic right to vote in the Local Municipal Elections. Residents ventured to nearby schools, churches, and civic centers where the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) stations were housed, with many voters saying that they voted for change. Addressing media,[…]
We are all going to die some day. That is a fact of life. And we all need to be buried somewhere. That is our final destination. What happens after that falls in the realm of the unknown and is prescribed by our religious affiliation. So we find ourselves in[…]
Land claimants still waiting in line for restitution were left shocked on Thursday when the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) ruled that the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Act was invalid and that Parliament did not follow proper consultation. Passed just before the 2014 elections, the amended act re-opened the land claims[…]
As umrah pilgrims resettle in their respective countries, the time has arrived for the first hujjaj to travel to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to perform the fifth pillar of Islam – Haj. While thousands of South Africans yearn to perform the pilgrimage, this year 2000 South African hujjaj will[…]
On Monday, mothers who have lost children to gang violence, accompanied by various community members, took to streets of the CBD as part of the Moms Move for Justice and the Alonso Foundation’s march to Parliament. In a bid to expedite the judicial process and finally have closure, the mothers[…]
A Mitchells Plain school’s wish for a science laboratory has finally come true. Thanks to a generous donor, instead of one, it now has two. In January, News24 reported on the plight of Oval North Secondary School in Beacon Valley, which is located on the border between rival gangs. Principal[…]
Having a home is not a prerequisite to vote in South Africa as it is a constitutional right. However, with days to the local government elections many homeless people say they won’t cast their vote because it will mean they are accepting the appalling conditions in which they live. Shockingly,[…]
Tens of thousands of people have fled a fresh outbreak of violence in South Sudan, reporting mass killings, looting and forced recruitment of child soldiers, U.N. agencies said on Tuesday. Many of the refugees pouring into neighboring Uganda, Kenya and Sudan have been carrying malnourished children, the refugee agency the[…]
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