Gunmen in eastern Afghanistan attacked passing vehicles on a darkened highway during a midnight assault Tuesday, killing at least 13 people, authorities said. The attack happened in Wardak province’s Sayad Abad district, where Taliban fighters hold much territory and launch frequent attacks on security forces. However, no group immediately claimed responsibility[…]
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi will visit the White House next month for meetings expected to focus on the effort to defeat the Islamic State group, the White House said Monday. Al-Abadi will meet with President Barack Obama on April 14, a White House statement said. It will be his[…]
The National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) should decline any more tariff increases for Eskom in 2015, the Democratic Alliance said on Monday. Nersa confirmed Eskom was formalising an application to reopen the multi-year price determination, allowing for a further increase in electricity tariffs, DA MP David Ross said. The[…]
University of Cape Town students, calling for the removal of the Cecil John Rhodes statue, on Monday said they were staging a sit-in at the campus. “We, the Rhodes Must Fall movement, are occupying the Bremner building with the intention to disrupt the normal processes of management and force management[…]
The Constitutional Court is expected to rule on Tuesday in an application relating to a tender for the payment of social grants. Last year April, the Constitutional Court ordered the SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) to start a new tender process for the payment of welfare grants. It said the[…]
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa will continue meeting Business Leadership SA to address Eskom’s problems, the presidency said on Monday. The two parties met in Pretoria on Friday to discuss addressing electricity supply constraints and other issues affecting Eskom, the presidency said in a statement. Ramaphosa would continue meeting “key stakeholders”[…]
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.[…]
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