Thousands of people are expected to join a march to Parliament in Cape Town on Friday to call on President Jacob Zuma to step down. Calls from civil society are mounting for the President to resign. The march, taking place under the auspices of Voices to Save SA, will start[…]
South Africa will on Friday seek to defend its failure to arrest visiting Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir who is wanted on charges of genocide, at an unprecedented hearing before international war crimes judges. It will be a humbling moment for Pretoria, one of the leading voices in the creation of[…]
A group of ANC supporters have gathered at the party’s headquarters in central Johannesburg on Friday morning. Umkhonto We Sizwe veterans and ANC Youth League members vowed to defend Luthuli House, amid a number of protesters against President Jacob Zuma. A number of buses filled with supporters and a massive[…]
Cosatu in the Western Cape says it is concerned over what it calls double standards by the business community, which is calling for a shutdown on Friday. Businesses are prepared for its employees to join marches calling for the resignation of President Jacob Zuma. Provincial Secretary Tony Ehrenreich says often[…]
Department of Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies says his department has injected billions into the country’s Textile, Clothing, Leather and Footwear sector in order to maintain and secure much needed jobs. Speaking at the Clothing and Textiles summit in Durban, Davis says the sector has been deteriorating due to[…]
Several marches and events, mainly in reaction to President Jacob Zuma’s Cabinet reshuffle, are expected to take place nationwide on Thursday and Friday. These are the major ones: Thursday, Cape Town, the #SA1st Forum has organised: 12:00 – A “holding hands” picket from the gates of Parliament down Plein Street,[…]
The Wits School of Journalism’s Head of Department, Professor Franz Kruger, says increased political pressure continues to strain South African newsrooms. These are some of the findings contained in the Wits Journalism annual report entitled State of the Newsroom, which is a snapshot into the print and broadcast newsrooms of[…]
War crimes judges will on Friday hear why South Africa failed to arrest Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir during a 2015 visit, as they mull whether to report the country to the United Nations for possible action. South Africa’s lawyers will defend the decision not to detain Bashir – wanted for[…]
Two inmates at Helderstroom Prison in Caledon, who were held in solitary confinement, have committed suicide within three months of each other. The most recent suicide was on Saturday, regional Correctional Services Department head Delekile Klaas told News24. The department and the judicial inspectorate for correctional services were investigating the[…]
Taps may run dry in the drought-stricken city of Cape Town and the south-western Cape, as dam levels drop and rainfall forecasts for the region over the next few months are no better than chance, local scientist Nicky Allsopp says. There is enough water in Cape Town’s dams to last[…]
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