FEATURE by Umarah Hartley This a part of a series focused on the work of international volunteers assisting Syrian refugees living in Turkey. As of February 2016, the United Nations identified 13.5 million Syrians requiring humanitarian assistance, nearly five million of which are refugees outside the country. So far, Turkey,[…]
With more people forced to flee their homes than at any time since World War II, global leaders on Monday approved a declaration aimed at providing a more coordinated and humane response to the refugee crisis that has strained resources and stoked divisions from Africa to Europe. The issue of[…]
The board of the embattled South African Airways, under the stewardship of Dudu Myeni will appear before Parliament’s Standing Committee on Finance on Tuesday. SAA is expected to be questioned on its finances and the R5 billion guarantee that government has advanced the airline. SAA is expected to face tough[…]
The lawyer for SABC COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng Zola Majavu says he has written a letter to the SABC to request the way forward. Majavu’s statement comes after the Supreme Court of Appeal dismissed Motsoeneng’s application for leave to appeal the Western Cape High Court decision. He says: “What we have[…]
Minister of Higher Education and Training Blade Nzimande says there is no reason for the protests currently taking place at Wits university. Students are refusing to accept announcement on fees adjustments. Monday Nzimande suggested that there be a fee increase of not more than 8% but universities and not the[…]
There were hundreds of people at OR Tambo International on Tuesday to welcome back Team South Africa from the 2016 Paralympics in Rio. The team won 17 medals in total – 7 gold, 6 silver and 4 bronze – to finish in 22nd place on the overall table. While that[…]
Police have arrested ten students protesting over tuition fee adjustments at the University of the Witwatersrand. “This morning students woke up and started singing, police came and started assaulting us. Right now it’s a warzone here,” incoming Student Representative Council member Ntokozo Luthuli told News24 on Tuesday. According to the[…]
Between 17 and 50 people have been killed in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, after thousands-strong protests against President Joseph Kabila turned violent. The demonstration against Kabila on Monday attracted thousands of protestors, but clashes with the police and security forces broke out shortly after they began.[…]
The US must halt the shipping of weapons that could be used in the Yemen war, Amnesty International has urged in a new report, citing data that confirmed a US-made explosive was used in an attack on a Yemeni hospital on August 15. The medical facility – Abs Rural Hospital,[…]
It was chaos on Cape Town’s roads on Tuesday morning as Langa residents embarked on a protest, bringing traffic and train services to a standstill. Metrorail’s central train service suffered a set-back after multiple incidents of vandalism were carried out overnight within the rail network. Between Bontheuwel and Langa Stations[…]
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