Can a practical, but legal, interim solution be found to ensure that upcoming local government elections proceed? This was the question posed by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng during yesterday’s Constitutional Court hearing. The court was hearing an application for leave to appeal by the Independent Electoral Commission against a judgment[…]
Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir and his four co-accused are expected back in High Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday for the 2013 murder of Lebanese national Sam Issa. The trial has been bogged down by a series of delays. One of his co-accused, Siboniso Miya has been accused of contacting “a[…]
Rhodes scholar and student activist Ntokozo Qwabe has accused the ANC of being anti-black. Addressing reporters following what he called “tip gate”, Qwabe said “‘this is not a government that is pro black”. “The ANC doesn’t get it and we have reconciled ourselves with that.” Qwabe, who was one of[…]
Syrian government forces and their allies fought insurgents near Aleppo on Monday and jets conducted raids around a nearby town seized by Islamist rebels, a monitoring group said, as Syria’s military said a ceasefire in Aleppo would be extended by 48 hours starting on Tuesday. A recent surge in bloodshed[…]
Drones are frequently associated with less than altruistic causes – such as remote attacks. However, UPS is teaming up with drone company Zipline and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to deliver blood for transfusions in Rwanda. Beginning in June, doctors and healthcare providers in rural Rwanda will be able to order[…]
Brazil’s Senate is pressing ahead with the impeachment process against President Dilma Rousseff despite a surprise decision by the lower house’s interim speaker to annul it. Renan Calheiros, the head of the Senate or upper house, said on Monday he had rejected the interim speaker’s decision and that a vote[…]
Despite hajj drawing closer, the South African Hajj and Umrah Council’s (Sahuc) hajj accreditation list, which was recently released, failed to attract the required notice of acceptance of applicants. Sahuc president Shaheen Essop said that applicants had until the 6 May 2016 to accept their accreditation, which was released on[…]
As the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) continues to investigate the source of unauthorised deductions, the Ministerial Task Team on Deductions established by the National Department of Social Development has made progress, which has resulted in the introduction of new regulations that is aimed at preventing unauthorised deductions. National[…]
This year’s Slave Route Challenge saw an outstanding turn out as over 9000 participants took to the streets of Cape Town running to break the shackles of enslavement experienced by their ancestors. Event PR manager Fatima Allie says that entries had exceeded the anticipated capacity. The race had to accommodate[…]
This year marks the 46th anniversary of Sister Hester Johnson working as a nurse in the Northern suburbs of Cape Town and today she was visited by the Western Cape Health Minister, Dr Nomafrench Mbombo who surprised Sister Johnson on her special anniversary. Johnson started training to become a nurse[…]
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