The South African Muslim Network (Samnet) has issued its condemnation after the attack on Durban based writer, Zainub Priya Dala, reportedly in response to her praise of controversial novelist, Salman Rushdie. Dala, who is expected to release her first book this week, was run off the road and held at[…]
Students at the University of Cape Town (UCT) say there is a lack of understanding and consciousness regarding so called “white privilege” at the institution. The “Rhodes Must Fall” campaign has entered its second week of protest action from students who say the statue is a symbol of the violent[…]
Trade federation Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) is gravely concerned about the impact the increase of electricity is having on the poor. Cosatu Western Cape regional secretary Tony Ehrenreich said any hike in electricity prices will have a devastating impact on the working class as poorer people spend[…]
“The police are exercising crime and excessive violence against communities, and they are getting away (with it).” This is according to organizer of the Right to Know campaign (R2K), Vainola Makan, as the group joined about 20 other organizations in a series of nationwide protests outside the country’s police stations.[…]
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[…]
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