Last week, local research house, Ratepop, issued a media release claiming to have conducted the country’s “first social media technology-driven political sentiment” survey. In it, a number of claims are made about support for the governing African National Congress (ANC) by party faithfuls. Some of the results include: that 59.2%[…]
After years of false hope, former al-Qaeda hostage Stephen McGown said he got tired of believing that he would ever be released. McGown, who spent almost six years in captivity, was jovial during a media briefing on Thursday, often making journalists laugh as he described the conditions he was forced[…]
The DA has accelerated calls for Parliament’s dissolution, an idea which some of its opposition partners have rejected. The party tabled a motion on Thursday, to be voted on at the earliest opportunity. It claimed the ANC no longer enjoyed the support of the majority of South Africans, and early[…]
A group called the Black Centric Forum has launched a petition against the sale of white dolls at black communities. According to the petition‚ the majority of baby dolls produced in South Africa in every major supermarket are white baby dolls whereas the majority of the population are black people.[…]
The Cape of Good Hope SPCA is investigating how a dead baboon was found in the cupboard of a Gugulethu home. A video of the baboon’s “miraculous” appearance was caught on film and posted on social media last Thursday. A pastor “sensed” a Tokoloshe (an evil spirit) was inside a[…]
The DA on Wednesday announced that it intends to table a motion to dissolve Parliament on Thursday. This will be a first for a democratic South Africa, and if it succeeds, it will necessitate an early national election. The process to dissolve the National Assembly is set out in section[…]
ANC heavyweights are threatening to hunt those who voted against President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday as the DA pushes for an early election. Meanwhile, The Times’s sister publication, the Sowetan, has established that ANC MPs in a critical caucus meeting before Tuesday’s no-confidence vote were told that their jobs could[…]
The trial of Theo Jackson and Willem Oosthuizen, who allegedly forced Victor Mlotshwa into a coffin, is set to continue on Thursday in the High Court of the Middleburg Magistrate’s Court. The two men are facing charges of kidnapping, assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm, attempted murder, and[…]
Wayde van Niekerk’s bid for 200 meters gold to complete the 200/400m World Championship double is the highlight of Thursday’s action but, popular as the South African is, the crowd’s sympathies are likely to lean towards Isaac Makwala. After being refused entry to the 200m heats and 400m final because[…]
Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane has called for the dissolution of the National Assembly following a failed motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma. “Parliament should be dissolved,” Maimane told journalists at a press briefing on Wednesday. He said the official opposition will table a motion to dissolve[…]
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