Arak, daru, sharaab, alcohol. The names may vary by language, but the essence is the same. Depending on which side of fence you sit, these words may conjure up the romance of a Hafiz poem or the sternness of a lecture at the mosque condemning their evils. Some in Muslim[…]
Prof Jonathan Jansen has resigned from UFS with ‘mixed emotions’. Speaking to The Journalist, Jansen said that there is “great joy and satisfaction at what we have achieved, and sadness, almost a sense of grieving, at leaving my students and staff whom I have come to love and live for[…]
Deputy minister of international relations and cooperation Nomaindiya Mfeketo, on Monday ended the first leg of an official visit by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) to three Levant countries; Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon. Mfeketo explained that though South Africa has relations with the countries, no formal visit[…]
The Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union (SACTWU) on Monday approached the Western Cape High Court and applied for an interdict against the City in an attempt to postpone any further changes to the mandate of the Good Hope Centre, which is currently being used as a film studio.[…]
While South Africans continue to interrogate mechanisms for socioeconomic reform, with only one active Muslim led political party, the Muslim community has not shown evidence of a strong political will, particularly in the lead to upcoming local elections. In preparation for August elections, the South African Muslim Network (SAMNET) conducted[…]
Dial-a-Ride User Forum has voiced concern that the transport service has not adequately spoke to the needs of disabled people. Recently, disabled people of Cape Town voiced their grievances by handing over a memorandum to City officials. “I think the users of Dial-a-Ride were very brave to take to the[…]
Many women who are caught in the web of social or domestic abuse will soon be empowered. The Philisa Abafazi Bethu (PAB) organization, which means “Heal our Women,” will be offering their services to the women of Ottery and surrounding areas. While women in all communities across the Cape Flats[…]
Authorities worried about increasingly strident calls for Hong Kong independence are taking no chances ahead of a rare visit from one of China’s top ranking officials, shutting down swathes of the city and reportedly gluing down pavers to quell the prospect of violent protests. Mainland Chinese media have cited the[…]
The NSA participated in Guantanamo Bay interrogations, while the US military took part in a rendition from Bosnia, newly released leaks by whistleblower Edward Snowden show. A decade’s worth of NSA newsletters will be published over the coming months. On Monday, The Intercept published the first three months’ worth of[…]
World powers are ready to consider demands from Libya’s new unity government for exemptions from a UN arms embargo and militarily equip it in its fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) and other groups. The joint decision, announced by US Secretary[…]
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