An economist has warned that Standard and Poor’s (S&P) ratings downgrade of Eskom is almost certain to have a knock-on effect on South African consumers. The utility provider was unexpectedly downgraded to ‘junk status’ last week, motivated by a series of management suspensions within the company. The announcement has been[…]
OPINION by Andriques Che Petersen – Less than twenty four hours ago, I said the University of Cape Town is sending off smoke signals indicating a deep blaze of white privilege brewing underneath. But today I’d like to say that we’re all hiding from that ever burning fire. When we[…]
The Constitutional Court will on Tuesday hear an application for confirmation of a decision of the Western Cape High Court which declared a section of the National Credit Act (NCA) constitutionally invalid. The high court heard a matter in which a man had bought petroleum products on credit from Chevron[…]
Convicted rapist Bob Hewitt was granted R10,000 bail by the High Court in Johannesburg sitting in Palm Ridge on Monday. The former Grand Slam tennis champion was expected back in court on April 17 for sentencing proceedings. The matter would be transferred to the High Court in Pretoria, Judge Bert[…]
A social worker who interviewed convicted killer Thandi Maqubela made grave omissions in her pre-sentencing report, the Western Cape High Court heard on Monday. Prosecutor Bonnie Currie-Gamwo tore into Arina Smit’s 50-page report during cross-examination, getting her to concede omissions in a few areas. Smit was called as a defence[…]
Singapore has begun seven days of national mourning for Lee Kuan Yee, the country’s founding father who was as respected as he was feared. Lee, 91, succumbed to pneumonia on Monday morning at Singapore General Hospital, where he was admitted in February, the government announced. It said Lee had “passed[…]
The Iraqi army, supported by Shia fighters, is laying “full siege” to the city of Tikrit where Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group fighters are now surrounded, according to Iraq’s defence minister. The Iraqi military – backed by at least 20,000 Shia fighters – has been fighting[…]
Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid has fired a number of police commanders after last week’s deadly attack on a museum in the capital, his spokesman said on Monday. Among those sacked were the security chief for the Tunis region, local police chiefs and the director of tourist security, Mofdi Mseddi[…]
Yemeni rebel leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi on Sunday raised the prospect of his forces moving on President Abd Rabu Mansour Hadi’s temporary capital of Aden after Houthi fighters advanced into the key central city of Taiz. Local officials said Houthi fighters captured several state facilities in Taiz, including the airport, airbase,[…]
Indonesian police have arrested five people for allegedly helping recruit and send Muslims to Syria and Iraq to join the Islamic State group, media reports said Monday. The suspects were arrested in three separate locations around Jakarta on Sunday, the Kompas daily said, citing the police. “The arrests are the[…]
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