South African academic and activist Leigh-Ann Naidoo has joined scores of other women activists from around the world on the ground-breaking Women’s Boat to Gaza. The all-female crew are currently in Messina on the island of Sicily for the second leg of the journey, which will depart soon for the[…]
Hospitals are struggling to cope in Syria’s Aleppo as government and Russian fighter jets continued to pound its rebel-held east, killing more than 200 people in under a week. Al Jazeera’s Amr al-Halabi, reporting from a makeshift hospital in the city, described a bleak situation as the hospital overflowed with[…]
Editors from two Palestinian news publications based in the occupied West Bank say their Facebook accounts were suspended last week and that no reason was provided, alleging their pages may have been censored because of a recent agreement between the US social media giant and the Israeli government aimed at[…]
A couple hundred demonstrators chanted and marched through Charlotte on Sunday, as protests persisted after the release of two videos showing the fatal shooting of a black man by police officers in North Carolina’s largest city. Angry protesters have filled the streets of Charlotte every day since the Tuesday killing[…]
An Israeli court in Jerusalem postponed on Sunday the sentencing of a 14-year-old Palestinian Ahmad Salih Manasra, as the prosecution called for the boy to spend 12 years in prison for allegedly stabbing and wounding two Israelis in a settlement in October. Manasra, a resident of occupied East Jerusalem, was[…]
In a speech delivered Saturday night in Qatar, Hamas politburo chief Khalid Mashaal admitted that Hamas “made mistakes” after winning elections in 2006 that led the party’s rule over the Gaza Strip, and also hinted that he would not run for reelection in Hamas’ internal elections expected to be held[…]
Although thousands of students agree with the study fee protests, they do not want to sacrifice their own qualifications for the cause, Wits University vice-chancellor Adam Habib said on Monday. He said he had received an enormous amount of letters saying this is just not fair. Students say they need to[…]
Lobby group Right2Know has called for advertisers to boycott the public broadcaster until its “crisis” has been dealt with. The crisis at the SABC was unprecedented, R2K said in a statement on Monday. “The SABC is expected to post a loss of R500 million this year. Rampant financial mismanagement is[…]
DA leader Mmusi Maimane on Sunday pledged to help the IEC cope with the ANC’s alleged “bullying” following this year’s local government elections. He would ask to meet Independent Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) leaders to address these threats, he said in a statement. He wanted to help ensure the[…]
Two men from Belhar drowned while swimming in the sea of Mnandi beach near Strandfontein on Sunday. NSRI spokesperson Craig Lambinon said that volunteers had responded to a report of the pair being in difficulty in a rip current. The man were both in their twenties. “There was a light breeze[…]
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