With an estimated 30 000 students already gathered at the Unions Buildings in Pretoria in support of the Fees Must Fall campaign, local relief group Gift of the Givers (GOTG) distributed supplies to protesters. The non-profit organisation supplied students with refreshments, as well as aid for those injured during the[…]
VOC is set for a busy weekend ahead as the station kicks off its Muharram broadcasting schedule, which will coincide with the auspicious Day of Ashura on Saturday. On Friday evening the station will cross-over to the Garlendale Mosque where the Mahabbah Foundation is to host its weekly thikr programme,[…]
South African Police Services (SAPS) officials must respect the constitutional right of students to protest and should act within the framework of the law when trying to contain protests from getting out of hand, according to Western Cape MEC for Community Safety, Dan Plato. Students across the country have been[…]
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande withheld for three years a report that found free university education was viable, the Mail & Guardian reported on Friday. Nzimande received the study in December 2012 from a working group he appointed in 2010. The group, chaired by Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University vice-chancellor Derrick[…]
President Jacob Zuma will be forced to face the wrath of protesting students on Friday when they descend on the Union Buildings to await his address. Thousands of students, civil society groups and academics will be waiting for the president’s comments on the tuition fee hike debate that has gripped[…]
Gift of Givers will provide nourishment for university students as they head to the Union Building to be addressed by President Jacob Zuma on increasingly high university fees on Friday. Give of Givers head Imtiaz Sooliman said the organisation will provide support to hungry students in the form of drinks,[…]
Russian President Vladimir Putin said his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad had told him he was ready to talk to armed opposition groups if they are genuinely committed to dialogue and to combating Islamic State. Speaking a day after Assad made a surprise visit to Moscow for talks with Putin —[…]
Saudi Arabia could burn through its financial assets within five years, as the country grapples with slumping oil prices. The Middle East’s biggest economy is expected to run budget deficits of 21.6 percent in 2015 and 19.4 percent in 2016, according the IMF’s latest regional outlook. That means Riyadh needs[…]
One member of a U.S. special operations force was killed during an overnight mission to rescue hostages held by Islamic State radicals in northern Iraq, the first American to die in ground combat with the radical group, U.S. officials said on Thursday. Sixty-nine hostages were rescued in the action, which[…]
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe came down to meet with protesting students outside the party’s Luthuli House headquarters in Johannesburg on Thursday. Earlier, former Wits University SRC president Mcebo Dlamini told the crowd: “The secretary general of the ANC will humble himself and come down here.” “When I was growing[…]
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