While Woolworths has been lauded for its decision to appoint a black female as its CEO, it seems the move has also raised eyebrows. On Wednesday, the retail company announced it had appointed Cape Town born Zyda Rylands as its new CEO. Rylands will take responsibility for the entire food[…]
Four people were arrested for possession and distribution of child pornography in Pretoria and Cape Town, police said on Wednesday. The arrests followed an investigation by specialised detectives from the family violence, child protection and sexual offences unit from Gauteng, Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo said. Three people were arrested in Hercules[…]
Warning: this article contains images that readers may find distressing Heart-rending pictures of a toddler’s lifeless body washed ashore on a Turkish beach sparked horror as the cost of Europe’s burgeoning refugee crisis hit home. The images of a child lying face down in the surf at one of Turkey’s[…]
The chief executive of SodaStream has accused his company’s critics of antisemitism and hurting the interests of the Palestinian workers they claim to protect as it shuts down its factory in the West Bank and moves to Israel’s Negev Desert. SodaStream, which sells home fizzy drink machines, has been targeted[…]
Domestic worker Colleen Arends never thought she’d end up giving birth to her baby girl on the floor of her employer’s Sunningdale home. The 36-year-old Kraaifontein resident had visited the bathroom a few times on Monday morning before she spotted blood. “I was not expecting to go into labour. I[…]
More than 13 million children are being denied an education due to conflicts in the Middle East, the UN has said, warning “the hopes of a generation” would be dashed if they cannot return to classrooms. In a report on the impact of conflict on education in six countries and[…]
The Western Cape’s Department of Agriculture has been granted a temporary interdict barring any further disruptions at the Elsenburg Agricultural Institute near Stellenbosch. The department said the temporary interdict was granted by the Western Cape High Court on Wednesday. The college falls under the department, with its degree courses underwritten[…]
French judges investigating claims that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was murdered have closed the case without bringing any charges, a prosecutor said. “At the end of the investigation … it has not been demonstrated that Mr Yasser Arafat was murdered by polonium-210 poisoning,” the three judges ruled on Wednesday, according[…]
The High Court in Pretoria will play a “supervisory role” in ensuring that South Africa’s national rugby team has more black players in future. This was after leader of the Agency for New Agenda party, Tshidiso Mokhoanatse, on Wednesday abandoned his bid to ask the court to prevent the Springboks[…]
Emotions reached a climax as hujjaj were torn apart in leaving their families behind and embarking on a lifetime journey to the holy land. Tears rolled on the cheeks as they strolled to the checking-in point after bidding farewell to their loved ones. These were tears of joy of fulfilling[…]
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