Nariman Reinke, a German soldier of Moroccan origin, decided to take a stand against the Cologne assaults of New Year’s Eve and the racism that followed. But she has received a decidedly mixed response. In the days after New Year’s Eve, police reported that a series of sexual assaults and[…]
An unidentified group of people attempted to cut down the Cecil John Rhodes statue in Cape Town’s Company’s Garden on Wednesday. DA ward councillor Dave Bryant confirmed on Twitter that the group tried to cut down the statue with an angle grinder. To confirm an attempt was made to cut[…]
Cape Town – The DA on Wednesday handed a petition to Eskom CEO Brian Molefe calling on the utility’s executive to pay back R63m in bonuses. “Since load-shedding began in 2008, Eskom executives have received over R73m in bonuses. This is an insult to hard-working South Africans, who continue to[…]
Rustenburg – The four mineworkers who died after a fire broke out at Impala Platinum mine near Rustenburg, died trying to improve their lives, the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) said on Wednesday. “The four comrades died trying to better their lives; they all wanted to provide for[…]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reacted angrily to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s comments about Israeli settlements, accusing the UN chief of “encouraging terror”. Speaking at the UN Security Council meeting on the Middle East in New York on Tuesday, Ban criticised Israel over reports it was planning to build “150[…]
Italian premier Matteo Renzi has taken flak for hiding naked Roman statues from visiting leader Hassan Rouhani. Opposition politicians have accused him of “surrendering” Italy’s culture. Italian officials were the target of derision as it emerged late Tuesday that in order not to offend visiting Iranian President Hassan Rouhani ,[…]
Cape Town – Three suspects have been taken in for questioning following the recent attacks on women in the vicinity of Rhodes Memorial – the latest of which was reported on Monday afternoon. It is believed that in the latest incident, the attacker assaulted the woman before attempting to rape[…]
Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane will lead a jobs march through the Johannesburg CBD on Wednesday, his party said in a statement. The march will begin at the Westgate Transport Hub, Corner of Anderson Street and Pat Mbatha Busway. The DA said: “South Africans are bearing the brunt of a[…]
RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Authority cabinet ministers announced after their weekly meeting on Tuesday that the government will allocate one million liters of fuel to the Gaza Strip’s main power plant in light of the recent wave of freezing weather sweeping the territory. The fuel is intended to supply[…]
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Amnesty International on Saturday demanded that Israel either release or charge a hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner who the group said has been mistreated and tortured in ways that violate international law. Thirty-three-year-old Palestinian Muhammad al-Qiq began a hunger strike on Nov. 25, 2015 to protest being held in[…]
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