One of President Jacob Zuma’s wives have reportedly been ordered off the Nkandla property by State Security Minister David Mahlobo, “pending an investigation”. Nompumelelo Ntuli-Zuma’s attorney has confirmed that she and three of the president’s children were now living in Greytown, outside Pietermaritzburg. Responding to News24 questions, Ulrich Roux, the[…]
The uThukela District Municipality’s Maidens Bursary Award is unlawful, unfair, unreasonable and unconstitutional, and should be discontinued, the Commission for Gender Equality has said. And the recipients should keep their bursaries, without having to be subjected to more tests, the commission added. The commission on Friday released its report on[…]
The son of former SABC board member Hope Zinde was on the verge of being referred to a drug rehabilitation centre before he allegedly killed his mother, the Brits regional court heard on Friday. Mark Warona Zinde is facing charges of murder and illegal possession of drugs. Mark Zinde, the[…]
Yet another white woman has stirred a social media racial storm after she was captured on video hurling racial slurs at the police and calling black people k*****s. The woman motorist can be heard saying: “The calibre of blacks in this town (Joburg) varies from the calibre of blacks in[…]
Irate Hangberg residents, who have been trapped indoors due to flooding, have accused the city of failing to provide proper service delivery. Roscoe Jacobs of the Hout Bay Civic Association said the flooding affected more than 100 people. He said on Wednesday that the water was knee-deep and had seeped[…]
The Mo Ibrahim Foundation today announced that there is no winner of the 2015 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership.The announcement was made following a meeting of the independent Prize Committee chaired by Dr. Salim Ahmed Salim. Commenting on the decision of the Prize Committee, Mo Ibrahim, Chairman of[…]
French police have banned “all demonstrations related to migrants” in Calais on Saturday 18 June, the day a huge aid convoy was scheduled to head from the UK to the port town where thousands of refugees and migrants are living in squalid conditions. A letter sent to the British police[…]
Venezuela’s economy is in tatters and food shortages have reached critical levels as the country battles the world’s highest inflation and a deep drop in oil production, its only source of revenue. Street protests and lootings are now a daily occurrence. At least four people have died in these protests[…]
Iraqi forces have retaken the main government compound in the centre of Fallujah from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group, top commanders say. The government lost control of Fallujah in 2014, months before ISIL took Iraq’s second largest city, Mosul, and swept across large parts of[…]
With the recitation of the Quran being the cornerstone of the sacred month of Ramadan, the Muslim Judicial council (MJC) is inviting all to ‘A day with the Qur’an’ this Sunday. The Khatam al-Qur’an is in honour of all deceased members of the ulama body, as well as those who[…]
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