Gauteng residents might very well ask why they have to pay e-tolls, while residents in the Western Cape have escaped the same fate, says Pieter Conradie of law firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr. “Given the latest judgment in the Supreme Court of Appeal in the matter of the SA National Roads[…]
Wits University held a poll on the resumption of classes on Thursday morning after a court bid to stop it failed. Protesting students represented by advocate Dali Mpofu approached the High Court in Johannesburg on Wednesday but were unsuccessful in obtaining an interdict. According to the institution, the poll is[…]
Sudan’s government has carried out at least 30 likely chemical weapons attacks in the Jebel Marra area of Darfur since January using what two experts concluded was a probable blister agent, Amnesty International said on Thursday. The rights group estimated that up to 250 people may have died as a[…]
OPEC agreed on Wednesday modest oil output cuts in the first such deal since 2008, with the group’s leader Saudi Arabia softening its stance on arch-rival Iran amid mounting pressure from low oil prices. “OPEC made an exceptional decision today … After two and a half years, OPEC reached consensus[…]
Crowds gathered in the Californian city of El Cajon to protest against US police brutality after the killing of Alfred Olango, an unarmed black man, as the FBI joined an investigation into his death. According to family and witnesses, police officers fired a taser and then several bullets at Olango,[…]
US President Barack Obama has called the Senate’s vote to override his veto on a bill that allows families of the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia’s government a mistake. Calling it a “political vote”, Obama said on Wednesday the bill would set “a dangerous[…]
After 20 years of remarkable service, VOC said a tearful farewell to its longest running sales consultant, Ismail Tassiem. Despite his wispy white hair, at 78 years old, Mr Tassiem’s lively and fun loving nature belies his years. Always immaculately dressed in a suit, Tassiem’s air of professionalism as a[…]
As Heritage Month draws to a close, well known Cape Town historian Ebrahim Rhoode has appealed to Muslims to find out about the history of Islam in the Cape. Rhoode, who has done extensive research on Islam’s origins in the Cape, believes we need more archives to understand our Islamic[…]
While world leaders mull over how to respond to the military bombardment of Aleppo in Syria, religious leaders have renewed a call for people to prayer for the war ravaged country. At his General Audience on Wednesday, the Pope Francis once again appealed for peace in Syria. “Dramatic news continues to reach me[…]
The man killed in a fire in Kuils River on Wednesday had tried to escape the flames by hiding in a chest freezer. Emergency services found the body of Heinrich Francis, 30, in the early hours of the morning after the inferno was extinguished. His limbs were dangling out of[…]
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