Hundreds of South African Airways flight attendants may soon be back on the streets again, demanding better meal allowances. On Wednesday cabin crew members affiliated to the SA Cabin Crew Association (Sacca) embarked on a strike. They’re demanding just over $170 (R2,270) for international trips, citing soaring overseas costs, for[…]
By Najma Bibi Noor Mahomed A hunger strike has been a method of expression and resistance against oppression and injustice for centuries. The likes of the passive resistance icon Mahatma Gandhi, Latino-American labour rights leader Cesar Chavez and even Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein undertook a hunger strike as a show[…]
The infiltration and racial profiling by Israeli undercover agents at OR Tambo International airport has again been thrown into the spotlight, following the interrogation of a Palestinian archaeologist at the weekend. The matter has raised the alarm of South African lobby group Media Review Network (MRN), who will now pressure[…]
A number of hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners being held in solitary confinement began refusing water on Wednesday, as more than 1,500 Palestinians entered the 10th day of the mass “Freedom and Dignity” hunger strike. According to the Media Committee for Palestinian Prisoners’ Hunger Strike — a joint committee formed by the[…]
Israeli air strikes have hit an arms depot operated by the Lebanese Hezbollah group near Damascus airport, Syrian opposition sources told Al Jazeera. Witnesses said a total of five strikes occurred near the Damascus airport road, about 25km from the capital, early on Thursday. Al Jazeera’s Hashem Ahelbarra, reporting from[…]
The hashtag #We_DoNotWant_Sisi in Arabic, went viral on social media on Tuesday night, following a remark made by Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi that he would “not remain in his position for one second,” if the people did not want him. Sisi’s remarks came during his speech at the third[…]
Constant fuel shortages and insufficient infrastructure have brought about a “humanitarian crisis” for Palestinians in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, the World Bank said on Thursday. In a report ahead of an international donor conference next week, it said Thursday that foreign aid alone cannot rescue the stagnant Palestinian economy without[…]
A number of opposition parties and civil society organisations will mark Freedom Day at a rally to be held in Pretoria on Thursday. The ‘Reclaim our Freedom Rally’ will be held under the banner of the Freedom Movement. Leaders of the United Democratic Movement (UDM), the Democratic Alliance (DA), Outa,[…]
A 23-year-old man was arrested in Midrand on Wednesday for allegedly plotting to assassinate officials perceived as state capture beneficiaries, the Hawks have said in a statement. The Hawks in October last year intercepted communication material of possible assassinations which were being planned where various members of Cabinet, state-owned entities[…]
It’s been 20 years since the Braaf family first submitted their claim to a portion of the Cape Town International Airport land. Some family members now strongly believe that they have been “cheated”. Adam Braaf, 74, and the oldest surviving member of the family, said his family was forcibly removed[…]
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