OPINION by Suraya Dadoo For over three months, Saudi Arabia, backed by a coalition of Arab countries, and with logistical and arms support from the US and UK, has been bombing Yemen on an almost daily basis in a campaign against the Houthis – a rebel Shia group that has[…]
ANC officials who are said to be jostling for a position in the party’s top six in 2017 have been accused of trying to impose their preferred candidate for president of the ANC Youth League, to advance their ambitions. This is the reason given by ANCYL members for the delay[…]
Suspended Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) head Robert McBride is expected to make a formal application to his disciplinary hearing on Monday for the stay of proceedings pending a court challenge. His lawyer Jac Marais told News24 in May that the stay application was made to the chair of the[…]
The statement issued by the ANC and its alliance partners after a summit last week is silent on several key issues, including the crises in state-owned enterprises, and is in conflict with views Cosatu is supposed to have, former Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said on Sunday. “The most outrageous[…]
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has resigned after Greek voters delivered an overwhelming “No” vote in a referendum on whether to accept more austerity measures in return for new bailout cash. ‘Austerity has practically destroyed Greece’ In a statement published on his personal blog on Monday, Varoufakis said he was[…]
In the ruins of what used to be his home, Gaza Strip resident Rabah Abu Shanab reflects on what used to be — and what little hope remains. “We were doing better a year ago,” the 57-year-old said while sitting on a plastic chair in his living room, now just[…]
Beijing has warned its citizens travelling in Turkey to be careful of anti-China protests, saying some tourists have recently been “attacked and disturbed”. The notice, posted on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website on Sunday, said there had been “multiple” demonstrations in Turkey targeting the Chinese government. Relations between Turkey[…]
South African railways officials imported brand new locomotives from Europe worth hundreds of millions of rand despite explicit warnings that the trains are not suited for local rail lines. In what may be the country’s largest and most expensive recent tender blunder the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa)[…]
A total of 10 people sustained minor to critical injuries in a collision between two cars on the N2 Sir Lowry’s Pass in Cape Town on Saturday afternoon. ER24 paramedics as well as other services arrived on the scene and found two people trapped in one of the vehicles. They[…]
The Marikana inquiry into the killing of 34 mineworkers in 2012 cost a total of R153 million, according to the Sunday Times. Justice department spokesperson Mthunzi Mhaga told the newspaper that the inquiry cost R31.9 million in 2012 when it sat from October to December. During 2013 and 2014 it[…]
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