The 300 South African firefighters deployed to Canada are set to be brought home early after they reportedly went on strike on Wednesday morning over a pay dispute. Working on Fire spokesman Linton Rensburg said a team of three managers left for Canada on Thursday night. “The management team are[…]
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation welcomes Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s nomination of imprisoned Palestinian leader, Marwan Barghouthi, for the Nobel Peace Prize. Tutu, a Nobel Laureate, this week wrote to the Norway Nobel Committee, nominating the ‘Palestinian Mandela’ for the 2017 award. He called on the committee to “seize this occasion to[…]
The damage caused by violent protests at South Africa’s universities since late last year resulted in damage of nearly half a billion rand, Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande said in response to a written parliamentary question. “The estimated costs of damage to properties have increased by R151.532 million, totalling R459.853[…]
The Ses’khona People’s Rights Movement announced on Thursday that it has cut ties with the ANC and has ended any active participation with the ruling party. “Yesterday we met for the last time and having soberly applied our minds we resolve to close this subject… After careful considerations the consultative[…]
Former tennis Grand Slam champion and convicted rapist Bob Hewitt abused his position of authority when he raped two young women and sexually assaulted another, the Supreme Court of Appeal said on Thursday. It dismissed his appeal to have his six-year jail sentence overturned, and said his fame did not[…]
A former security guard accused of being behind the spate of murders committed in and around the Century City area, on Thursday entered a plea agreement in the Western Cape High Court. He was sentenced to seven life sentences, and an additional 40 years behind bars. Khangayi Sedumedi, 32, of[…]
The Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein is expected to hand down judgment on Thursday in an appeal by former Grand Slam champion and convicted rapist Bob Hewitt. Hewitt is appealing his six-year sentence for raping two women when they were teenagers and sexually assaulting another. Judgment was expected to[…]
South Africa is flirting with recession and the government is talking tough about its planning for the country’s economic hub, Gauteng. At a conference in Sandton yesterday, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa threw their weight behind a plan to boost Gauteng and with it the rest[…]
Dark clouds are gathering for South Africa with fears the ailing economy – which shrunk by 1.2% in 2016’s first three months – could fall into recession after hitting a slump in the first quarter of 2016. Although a technical recession is described as two successive quarters of economic decline,[…]
The EFF says it is ready for the local government elections and that they will be contesting every ward in the country, including the home of President Jacob Zuma in Nkandla. “We have candidates that are close to 10 000. We are contesting even Jacob Zuma’s ward, we have a candidate there. Helen Zille’s[…]
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