Political parties have weighed into the debate around the defacing of colonial-era statues. The Democratic Alliance (DA) said although it welcomes transformation, it condemns the Economic Freedom Fighters’ (EFF) non-negotiable approach to vandalism of heritage sites. This comes after the vandalism of the monument of Louis Botha outside Parliament on[…]
President Jacob Zuma on Friday declared Chris Hani’s grave a heritage site, on the 22nd anniversary of the South African Communist Party (SACP) leader’s assasination in Boksburg. Hani, chief of staff of Umkhonto we Sizwe the armed wing of the ANC, was assassinated on this day in 1993. Zuma participated[…]
SACP general secretary Blade Nzimande says Apartheid parks should be created where offensive statues should be moved and be used to educate South Africa about its history. Nzimande was speaking at the 22nd anniversary of Chris Hani’s assassination in Boksburg. Hani, SA Communist Party leader and chief of staff of[…]
UCT students involved in the occupation of UCT’s administrative building want to continue their stay at the Bremner building, despite being ordered by university management to vacate the premises on Friday. UCT student Mbali Matandela told News24 on Thursday that the approximately 70 students involved in the occupation movement want[…]
Pakistan’s parliament has unanimously passed a resolution affirming the country’s “neutrality” in the Yemen conflict, in a move that indicates the South Asian country will not be joining a Saudi-led military coalition that is currently fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen. A joint session of parliament has been debating the issue[…]
A Pakistani court has freed on bail the alleged mastermind of a 2008 assault on India’s financial capital Mumbai that killed 166 people and seriously strained ties between the neighbouring countries. Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi was released late on Thursday, according to an official at Adiyala Prison in Rawalpindi, next to Islamabad.[…]
US President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro arrived in Panama for the Friday start of the Summit of the Americas, where the two are set to meet officially for the first time since declaring a thaw in bilateral relations that had been frozen for more than 50 years.[…]
The VOC Spelling Bee came to a close this week as the semi finalists and finalists went head to head in the finals during VOC’s Afternoon Cruise show this week. With confidence and ease, Grade 6 learner Tawfeeq Davids correctly spelt 5 out of 5 words leading to his undefeated[…]
Awqaf SA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Boland Islamic Council (BIC) which represents all the outlying town’s of Cape Town. In the MOU the two organisations agreed to cooperate on joint projects. The establishment of a waqf fund in the name of BIC to which Awqaf SA[…]
While fans of US singer-songwriter Pharrell Williams have reacted with excitement to news of his collaboration with Woolworths, pro-Palestine supporters have been left fuming. The platinum selling music artist broke the news on Twitter on Thursday, shortly after Woolworths CEO Ian Moir made the announcement at a press conference in[…]
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