The rand has seen a 25% recovery against the British pound since January, after Britain voted to leave the European Union on June 24. “The rand has certainly been doing well,” said RMB analyst John Cairns on Monday. “The fall in (the pound to rand exchange rate) has been the[…]
Tens of thousands of Venezuelans have poured across into neighbouring Colombia to buy basic goods amid shortages at home, during a brief opening of the border that has been closed for almost a year. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro closed the border in August 2015, citing smuggling and penetration by Colombian[…]
Three countries have warned their citizens to stay on guard when visiting US cities rocked by sometimes violent protests that erupted after a string of police shootings of black Americans. The United States regularly issues travel warnings urging Americans to either avoid or exercise caution in countries marred by violence[…]
The sister of South African Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius, who was sent back to jail for six years on Wednesday in what many viewed as a lenient sentence for murdering his girlfriend, said on Sunday that she was “grateful” to the judge. Judge Thokozile Masipa has been criticised by women’s[…]
Certain suspended SABC journalists want their suspensions lifted following the indefinite postponement of their disciplinary hearings, trade union Solidarity said on Sunday. “The SABC hasn’t approached us formally but we intend to engage them for meetings,” said the union’s legal representative, Anton van der Bijl. “The ball is in the[…]
Activist group AfriForum has failed in its court bid to force the Open Stellenbosch (OS) movement supporter Johannes Pienaar to remove social media posts suggesting the organisation’s supporters had threatened to rape women at an End Rape Culture protest earlier this year. Acting Judge Michael Donen found on Friday the[…]
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will reportedly vote on a draft concerning Israeli military violations in occupied East Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound, according to Israeli media. Ynet news reported that the joint Jordanian-Palestinian draft would be voted on during the 40th annual session meeting of UNESCO’s[…]
Al-Shabaab fighters have attacked a Somali army base southwest of the capital, Mogadishu, killing at least 10 soldiers, the group and a military officer told the Reuters news agency. The attackers rammed a car packed with explosives before storming the base on Monday morning. “A suicide car bomb rammed into the[…]
Syrian regime forces have repelled a fierce assault by opposition fighters seeking to reopen their only supply route into Aleppo city, killing at least 29 rebels, a monitoring group said on Sunday. The offensive sought to push government forces back from Castello Road, which leads into the opposition-held eastern half[…]
While the Solomon family have successfully obtained the rights to their farm land in Constantia, the family now faces criticism from residents apposing their plans for the land. The family plans to develop a Shoprite centre on their land, which residents opposed in an online poll that was conducted by[…]
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