The DA tried to cool tensions between Speaker Baleka Mbete and the EFF during a questions session in Parliament on Thursday. EFF leader Julius Malema had demanded that President Jacob Zuma answer the “pay back the money” question, but Mbete responded that it had been agreed by all parties that[…]
With Malaysia seen as a popular tourist destination for Capetonians, the country is hoping to further strengthen ties with South Africa in improve tourism there. This emerged at the World Travel Market Africa 2015, which this year hosted travel companies from around the world at the Cape Town International Convention[…]
With a reputation as one of the most beautiful cities in the world, it’s not hard to understand why Cape Town’s Big 6 has now become the Big 7. The Big 7 is a list of the iconic destinations that form the core of the true Cape Town experience, and[…]
Amid a series of attacks in Europe, another mosque was burnt in Germany on Tuesday morning, adding to the increasing number of Islamophobic attacks on Muslims and Islamic centres in recent months. “At first we thought the tea burnt. But then we noticed the smoke in the prayer room” said[…]
Grief, anger and political tension are marking the first anniversary of South Korea’s Sewol ferry disaster. Relatives mourning the 304 dead, mostly schoolchildren, are accusing top officials of indifference to the tragedy. Bowing to a key demand of the victims’ families, President Park Geun-Hye used the anniversary on Thursday to[…]
Jamal Benomar, the UN special adviser on Yemen, has resigned, diplomatic sources have told Al Jazeera. James Bays, Al Jazeera’s diplomatic editor, said the Moroccan diplomat told Ban Ki-moon, the UN chief, that it was time for him to end his role. “Jamal Benomar has told the secretary-general it is[…]
Police have issued a stern warning that anyone planning to disrupt the peace march against xenophobia through the Durban city centre on Thursday would be dealt with . The march, led by religious and political leaders, is expected to start at Curries Fountain at 10:00 and move through the central business[…]
President Jacob Zuma called for an end to the killing linked to the xenophobic attacks on Wednesday that has left five people dead in the Durban area, and put parts of Johannesburg on edge. ”I think this now must stop, because we cannot continue killing one another,” said Zuma in[…]
Nine “poo protesters” were expected to return to the Bellville Regional Court on Thursday for the continuation of their sentencing procedures. The nine are to be sentenced for violating the Civil Aviation Act after emptying containers containing human waste in the Cape Town International Airport’s departure hall on June 25,[…]
Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini faces another charge of hate speech and violating human rights – this time by the Western Cape organiser of the SA National Defence Union. Tim Flack, famously booted out of a Parliament committee meeting in 2013 for wearing shorts, said he was spurred into action after[…]
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