The Saartjie Baartman Centre conducted a panel discussion on Thursday to raise awareness on Child Protection Week, which takes place from the 26th May to the 1st June. The panel included principals from local schools, child counsellors, social workers, a student representative and police in an attempt to discuss issues[…]
The recent withdrawal of the alleged sexual harassment charge against suspended leader of the African National Congress (ANC), Marius Fransman again emphasizes the flaws in the justice system in the fight against gender-based violence within South Africa. So says one analyst, after the National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA) decision not to[…]
Learners from Uitsig Senior Secondary School are scheduled to vacate the premises by the end of this week. The move follows a site inspection by the Department of Transport and Public Works (DTPW), which assessed the schools infrastructural condition. The assessment indicated that the facility is unsafe for continued occupation.[…]
Images released by the Italian navy have captured the moment a heavily overcrowded boat overturned in a shipwreck off Libya which left at least five people dead. The blue fishing vessel, its deck heaving with people, tipped over on Wednesday after the refugees and migrants rushed to one side on[…]
A group representing Korean victims of the US atomic bombings of Japan protested Thursday that their suffering was being neglected ahead of President Barack Obama’s historic visit to Hiroshima. The Association of Korean Atomic Bomb Victims estimates that anywhere between 40,000 and 70,000 Koreans died in Hiroshima and Nagasaki when[…]
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas visit to South Africa has been met with scepticism from some Palestinian activists, with one lobby group calling it nothing more than a “PR exercise”. Abbas is holding bilateral discussions with President Jacob Zuma and the counterparts are expected to discuss initiatives aimed at resolving the[…]
With local-government elections approaching, a leading criminologist says the outlook is ominous. Public order policing has been under the microscope since the killing of 34 miners at Marikana in 2012. Municipal IQ told The Times that 86% of the protests listed on its Hotspots Monitor were characterised by violence. Police[…]
Former president Thabo Mbeki is going to write a book on Africa’s history to ensure its people are no longer depicted as victims. His spokesperson Mukoni Ratshitanga would collaborate on the work with him, he said at an Africa Day event in Pretoria on Wednesday. “In January 2004, we were[…]
The slow South African economy may be forcing a higher rate of early retirement and, therefore, increasing the number of pensioners, according to the latest BankservAfrica Disposable Salary Index (BDSI) released on Wednesday. It may also be a sign that more people are being retrenched and taking a lump sum,[…]
WARD councillor Fikiswa Nkunzana faces charges of fraud after she allegedly duped a Philippi man into paying R80 000 for a house belonging to someone else. Andile Komani said he met Nkunzana, an ANC councillor, in February 2014 when he needed a house for his family. “I met Nkunzana at[…]
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