The Constitutional Court has given President Jacob Zuma just over three months to pay back the money for some of the upgrades to his Nkandla homestead. “The National Treasury must determine the reasonable costs of those measures implemented by the department of public works at the president’s Nkandla homestead that[…]
France’s minister for women’s rights has compared Muslim women who wear the veil to American “Negroes” who accepted slavery, in an interview with French media. Laurence Rossignol made the comments to RMC radio and BFM TV, igniting accusations of racism on Wednesday across social media as a petition was launched[…]
Workers in Qatar renovating a stadium for the 2022 World Cup have suffered rights abuses two years after the tournament’s organisers drafted worker welfare standards in the wake of criticism, Amnesty International said. According to a report released on Thursday, dozens of construction workers from Nepal and India were housed[…]
Members of Libya’s UN-backed Government of National Accord arrived in Tripoli on Wednesday, defying threats by rival factions that it was not welcome in the capital. Reports of sporadic gunfire and road blocks leading into Tripoli later emerged, with questions raised whether violence would erupt, or a peaceful transition of[…]
As the Constitutional Court rules on the Nkandla matter on Thursday, South Africans will wait with bated breath to see what ramifications the judgment will have on President Jacob Zuma’s political career. The case relates to non-security upgrades – paid for by the taxpayer – to Zuma’s Nkandla homestead in[…]
A beaming Julius Malema received his BA degree from Unisa on Wednesday night as proud family members and fellow EFF leaders cheered on. “I graduated with the sole intention of wanting to inspire many other people,” Malema said after the graduation ceremony. “We all know that revolutionaries have a responsibility[…]
The preliminary round of the 12th annual South African National Quran Competition is set to take place on the 1st and 2nd April. As the brain child of Shaykh Ebrahim Gabriels and his then deputy, Moulana Ihsaan Hendricks, the competition attracts “top class” reciters from around the country. Administrator of[…]
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today said West Africa’s Ebola outbreak no longer constitutes an international public health threat, declaring that the 20-month global emergency response is over but stressing that a “high level of vigilance” must be maintained. The Emergency Committee convened by WHO Director-General Margaret Chan[…]
No country has provided evidence that the missiles Iran is testing are designed to carry a nuclear warhead, a senior Russian diplomat says, adding that Iran’s ballistic missile tests “don’t violate a United Nations Security Council resolution” in any way. “We do not think these launches violate Resolution 2231, because[…]
The man, widely thought to be South Africa’s most wanted bank robber, has been arrested in Johannesburg, the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) said on Wednesday. Lucky Vusi Dube, commonly known as “Sthakathi”, was arrested by Crime Intelligence and Hawks officers at his home in Auckland Park, Johannesburg, on[…]
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