“Madiba says yes!” With these words‚ Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu not only brought down the house but gave his blessing to the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa on Friday. Tutu was the last speaker at the museum’s official opening in the Silo District at the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront[…]
Hundreds of people from across the Western Cape gathered on Friday at the department of agriculture, forestry and fisheries (DAFF) to protest the current fishing quotas. Naseegh Jaffer, director of the Masifundise Development Trust, which has focused on local fishing communities since 2004, presented a memorandum that was accepted by[…]
The African National Congress (ANC) will use the next three days to get legal counsel on the correct way to navigate KwaZulu-Natal before dissolving the provincial executive committee (PEC) which was declared unlawful by a full bench of judges of the Pietermaritzburg High Court, secretary general, Gwede Mantashe said on[…]
South Africa is introducing a new single-pill antiretroviral‚ which will save the country about R11-billion over the next six years. Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi said in a statement on Friday that the large volumes of ARVs bought by South Africa and its commitment to provide treatment to people with[…]
The Congress of South African Trade Unions in the Western Cape laid charges against Metrorail at Cape Town Central Police Station on Thursday. At issue is the worsening situation of train transport in the city over the past 10 years. Cosatu is planning protest action and a national strike for[…]
The DA wants school principals to be declared an essential service. On Thursday morning, DA MPs Ian Ollis and Nomsa Marchesi addressed the media on their plans to ensure the safety of school pupils during strikes. Ollis said strikes by teachers and other employees in the education sector had compromised[…]
JacarandaFM breakfast show co-hosts Tumi Morake and Martin Bester met with trade union Solidarity and “agreed to disagree” over the accusations of racism that the union launched against Morake. Some of Morake’s comments during a debate on the show raised the ire of the union. She compared apartheid to a[…]
A group of Hout Bay fishermen pleaded with residents of the town on Thursday to join them in their challenge to the government to get their fishing rights back. “If you want to help us, don’t be scared,” said Neil Williams to about 100 protesters who met at the harbour[…]
Makhosi Khoza has announced her resignation from the ANC. “I want to say goodbye to the new alien and corrupt ANC. I quit,” she said at a media briefing at the Lilliesleaf farm in Johannesburg on Thursday. “I will not be led by leaders who lost legitimacy and credibility. “So[…]
President Jacob Zuma has called for UN member states to dismantle their nuclear weapons and instead use them for peaceful means. He was addressing the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday night. Zuma called for calm in the Korean Peninsula insisting and urging countries[…]
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