Israeli soldiers raided a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Monday, and shot at Palestinians resulting in the injuries of 28. Hundreds of young men from the al-Amari camp responded to the Israeli presence by throwing rocks, leaving 28 with gunshot injuries. The Palestinian health ministry said 28[…]
The health of Palestinian prisoner Muhammad al-Qiq has deteriorated further, one of his lawyers said Monday, as the imprisoned journalist entered his 83rd day on hunger strike. Hanan al-Khatib, a lawyer with the Palestinian Authority Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs, said in a statement that al-Qiq was suffering sharp pain in his[…]
A reward of R50 000 is being offered for information on the two men involved in the murder of a 53-year-old Metro Police officer killed in Cape Town on Monday. Ben Koopman was on duty when he was shot and killed outside his Avon Road, Eerste River home shortly after[…]
A small group of protesting University of Cape Town students spray painted the busts of General Jan Smuts and Maria Emmeline Barnard Fuller red on Monday, saying they did not want to see the painful symbols of white colonial repression. Earlier on Monday, they had erected a green and silver[…]
MTN on Monday informed its customers that the network was experiencing some technical difficulties. “We are currently experiencing intermittent connection issues affecting some customers. Our engineers are working on resolving this asap,” the network said on its Twitter account. The network’s official site showed that the majority of problems reported[…]
Former president Thabo Mbeki has denied that there was a conspiracy to prevent Jacob Zuma becoming president. Mbeki said yesterday that the allegations of a conspiracy were manufactured by people with an interest in seeing Zuma take power. Mbeki claimed that this group accepted Judge Chris Nicholson’s “incomprehensible” and “discredited”[…]
Professor Uri Davis will be on a South African speaking tour as part of the 12th annual international #IsraeliApartheidWeek (IAW) campaign between the 7th and 13th of March. The speaking tour is made possible by the Palestinian Embassy in South Africa. Dr Uri Davis has been at the forefront of[…]
A renewed fight to save the historical and cultural significance of Bo-Kaap has been launched, amid increased concern around the commercialization of the area. This comes in response to a new development in the pipeline which could see a 19 storey, 60 meter building constructed in the neighbourhood. The building[…]
The Grassy Park Community Police Forum in its determination to prevent gangsterism and drugs from spreading is planning a new campaign titled, #GangsterismSHALLfall. The rationale behind the change of language in the title of the campaign is based on the determination of residence that gangsterism will eventually be eradicated. It[…]
As the #ZumaMustFall movement gains momentum, there has been much criticism levelled at the campaign with some observing that the protests are predominantly supported by white South Africans. The movement was formed a few months ago in response to President Jacob Zuma’s decision to axe Nhlanhla Nene as finance minister,[…]
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