Alinah Mabaso is an orphan, living in a rural community in the south of Johannesburg. She is one of millions of ordinary South Africans who listened to President Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation Address. This is her response. Dear South Africa His Excellency, President Jacob Zuma, presented the State[…]
A Soweto West DA senior official has lambasted the party and its seniors for “disrespecting blacks”. Speaking to News24, DA Soweto West branch secretary Billy Nyaku condemned his own party, saying blacks were not treated equally with whites within party structures. Nyaku said his frustrations started when he discovered none[…]
The Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works has begun Phase 1 of its N1 road upgrade. The project commenced earlier in February 2016 and is expected to be completed by February 2019. Once completed, this R487-million project will include the addition of an extra lane to parts of[…]
Earlier in the day, a group of 30 students erected a corrugated iron shack on campus, complete with portaloo, in protest over a shortage of student accommodation. The area was cordoned off with red and white danger tape, with handmade signs warning, “Beware of Monkeys” and “This is the state[…]
Durban – Another person has died after being struck by lightning in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), the province’s Emergency Medical Services (EMS) said on Monday. The latest light lightning strike happened at around 19h30 on Sunday night at a house in the Ndwedwe area, said KZN EMS spokesman Robert Mckenzie. “At this[…]
The incidence of new HIV infections among young females in South Africa is more than four times higher than that of males. South Africa has the highest prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the world with over 400 000 new HIV infections a year. With February earmarked as Reproductive Health Awareness Month, these[…]
Every hour a women is killed in India, Pakistan and or Bangladesh in a form of domestic violence known as bride burning, a category of dowry death, which results in one of the most horrific deaths possible, being burnt alive. Dowry is an ancient tradition among the upper castes, but[…]
Syria’s foreign ministry has condemned Turkey’s shelling of Kurdish fighters in northern Syria and sent two letters voicing its concern to the United Nations, Syrian state media reported. “Turkish artillery shelling of Syrian territory constitutes direct support to the armed terrorist organisations,” the ministry told the UN Secretary General and[…]
“It is obvious that these remarks are more of propaganda slogans. The means and capabilities of countries are completely clear and with these propagandist bluffs, none of their problems will get resolved,” Zarif said upon his arrival in Brussels early on Monday to discuss key regional issues with European Union[…]
Clashes have taken place and youths have been arrested in Bahrain as protesters commemorated the fifth anniversary of the beginning of pro-democracy protests in the Gulf island state. An unspecified numbers of minors were arrested for “riots and acts of sabotage” and for having “disrupted people’s interests,” the state-run Bahrain[…]
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