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Xenophobic violence boiling over

Wide-scale looting erupted across Durbans townships on Monday night as tensions fuelled by anti-foreigner rhetoric boiled over. Several people have been killed and thousands more displaced as the violent attacks on the basis of ethnicity continued unabated. On Monday night, KwaMashu was electric as gangs moved from shop to shop.[…]

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More load-shedding on Tues

More load-shedding is on the cards on Tuesday and is likely to continue until 10pm the evening. Eskom said the electricity supply system remains very vulnerable due to a shortage of generation capacity as several units are currently out of service due to planned and unplanned outages. “Eskom would like[…]

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Time for Zille to go: opposition

Opposition parties have applauded Helen Zille’s decision to step down as leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA), in what was a surprise announcement on Sunday. The African National Congress (ANC) and the Congress of South African Trade Union (COSATU) believes her decision was a coercive one in a bid to[…]

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Oppression of Cham Muslims being overlooked

The following  is part of series focusing on Muslim communities and minorities around the world. Whilst the Rohingya community in Myanmar have faced untold hardships since becoming the subject of ethnic Buddhist aggression in 2012, their plight, which has attracted both international attention and condemnation, has largely overshadowed the existence[…]

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I don’t have Mdluli report: Police minister

Police Minister Nathi Nhleko has not received a report on a probe conducted into former crime intelligence boss Richard Mdluli, his office said on Monday. This follows the Democratic Alliance claim that it was in possession of a letter from the Public Protector confirming that the investigation by the inspector-general[…]

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We want to avoid court action: UCT protesters

UCT students who were involved in an occupation of the universitys administrative building have vacated the premises, with one student saying the group wanted to avoid litigation processes after being served a court order. On Friday, News24 reported that a group of between 50-70 University of Cape Town (UCT) students[…]

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We are still MPs: ousted EFF members

The EFF members who were expelled and suspended from the party say they do not recognise the decision taken and will continue with their work as MPs. “We shall be carrying out our duties as expected,” the “Group of Four” who were suspended from the EFF in February, said in[…]

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NGOs condemn donors over slow Gaza reconstruction

Six months after donors pledged billions of dollars for devastated Gaza, most of the money remains blocked, and reconstruction efforts are painfully slow, a coalition of aid groups said Monday. The report also condemned the international community for failing to help open the blockaded Palestinian territories up to each other,[…]

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Everyday Americans need a champion: Clinton

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has declared that she is running for president in 2016, seeking to become the first female to occupy the seat that her husband Bill Clinton held for eight years, and setting up what could be the most expensive campaign in history. Clinton made[…]

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