The DA MP who was found guilty of sexual harassment by his party will not appeal his sanction and will remain an MP. While some female DA MPs were cautious to say whether the punishment for Archibald Figlan was enough, the DA federal executive chairperson James Selfe defended the punishment.[…]
South Africa’s hosting of a summit of African leaders will give it the chance to repair relations with the rest of the continent, after an outbreak of xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals that left seven people dead. While President Jacob Zuma deployed the army to halt attacks on African migrants[…]
President Barack Obama on Wednesday ordered the deployment of 450 more U.S. troops to Iraq’s Sunni heartland to advise and assist fragile Iraqi forces being built up to try to retake territory lost to Islamic State. The plan to expand the 3,100-strong U.S. contingent in Iraq and open a new[…]
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has underlined its full support for Qatar’s hosting of the 2022 World Cup and has encouraged media in the region to counter those questioning its right to stage the event. The GCC information ministers, meeting in Doha on Wednesday, agreed on a strategic campaign to[…]
All Maureen’s possession fit into one bright yellow shopping bag. She clutches her goods as she walks through the streets of Cape Town, trying to make a quick buck “for something to drink”. Her love of the bottle is the reason Maureen, 53, prefers to brave the elements and sleep[…]
President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday called for reviewing political, economic, and security agreements with Israel. Abbas said in a news conference with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić in Belgrade that “Israel must stop violating agreements and commit to them. They should stop settlement activity, ‘Judaisation’ activities in Jerusalem that bury its[…]
This summer, Swedish seaman Joel Opperdoes, 32, is not piloting cargo ships in the Baltic Sea. Instead, he is the sailing across Europe with five permanent crew members on a fishing trawler named Marianne. Their final destination is the main seaport of the Gaza Strip, which has been under a[…]
Newly-elected National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) general secretary David Sipunzi has two top priorities: Save Zwelinzima Vavi, and save NUM from bleeding to death. He wants unity, he wants Zwelinzima Vavi’s expulsion from the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) turned around, and he wants to win back ex NUM members[…]
The Cape Malay Choir Board (CMCB) says they will not accept the proposed alternative venue suggestions from the City of Cape Town as the Good Hope Centre becomes a film studio. The City announced that the civic centre will be leased to a film company for a period of time[…]
A mosque won an unusual court battle on Wednesday against an ultraconservative Salafist member of the congregation regarded as disruptive and, in an apparent first for Muslims, used France’s 1905 law guaranteeing secularism to argue its case. A court ruled in favor of the small Oullins mosque on the edge[…]
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