Accusations of racism have again beset the Cape Bar. A black advocate is accusing white colleagues of refusing to share office space with him.The allegations are contained in a letter to members of Advocates for Transformation sent recently by the organisation’s chairman, Greg Papier. “Recently one of our black members,[…]
Some of the 21 Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by the armed group Boko Haram have reunited with their families, following their release after 30 months in captivity. Cries of joy filled the room as the freed girls, who had been kidnapped along with more than 200 other pupils in the town[…]
An Israeli human rights group has vowed to continue its battle against Israel’s settlements built on occupied lands sought by the Palestinians, rejecting a harsh rebuke by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Israeli leader accused B’tselem of joining a “chorus of slander” against Israel, after the rights group urged the[…]
Operations to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from the Islamic State (IS) group have begun, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced early on Monday over state television. “The time of victory has come and operations to liberate Mosul have started,” he said in an address broadcast by the Iraqiya channel.[…]
The United States, Britain and the UN peace envoy to Yemen on Sunday urged the warring parties in the country’s civil war to declare a ceasefire they said could start within days. The United Nations envoy, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, said: “We are here to call for an immediate cessation[…]
A British parliamentary report hit against at what it called “the growing prevalence” of anti-Semitism in the United Kingdom, notably calling for the term “Zionist” to be considered “inflammatory and potentially anti-Semitic.” The report, issued by the parliamentary Home Affairs Committee, came in the wake of accusations of anti-Semitism against[…]
The University of the Western Cape will hold a series of meetings on Monday to discuss the way forward relating to ongoing fees protests. Management and students are scheduled to hold dialogues to address various issues. Other universities in the province are planning to have academic activities on Monday. UWC[…]
The death toll on Sunday morning’s fatal bus crash near Touwsriver in the Boland has risen to 13. The bus was en-route to Cape Town from Johannesburg when the driver lost control of the vehicle causing it to veer off the road. Western Cape Traffic spokesperson, Jacques Mosterdt, says it[…]
The Economic Freedom Fighters is on Sunday set to open a criminal case against the Gupta family and their company directors after “suspicious” transactions were revealed in a court application by Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan. EFF spokesperson Fana Mokoena said their case was based on prima facie evidence in Gordhan’s[…]
Court papers filed by Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan that contain details of “suspicious” bank transactions by Gupta-owned companies totalling almost R7bn may be the first indication that Treasury has put in motion its so-called “nuclear bomb” option. Gordhan on Friday launched an application in the High Court in Pretoria in[…]
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