The Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement in South Africa (BDS SA) say they will increase the pressure on US musician Pharrell Williams to end his controversial campaign with Woolworths. This week, BDS South Africa’s spokesperson Kwara Kekana sent a five page letter to Williams urging him to cut ties with[…]
Learners, educators and alumni are paying tribute to Mr Peter Meyer, the former principal of Harold Cressy high school, who passed away on Saturday. Mr Meyer served as principal from 1990-1996 before his retirement. He also played an important role in the school’s contribution to the liberation struggle. He served[…]
Reddam House Constantia, a prominent private school in Cape Town, has confirmed that surveillance cameras have been fitted in all music rooms where private teaching takes place. This is one of the many steps it has taken in the wake of allegations against one of its former music teachers, who appeared[…]
Economist Dawie Roodt and his family were ”doing fine” even though he was still in intensive care after being stabbed during a robbery at his home in a Pretoria East security estate. ”The plastic surgeon will do a second operation on Sunday. After the operation he will stay in ICU[…]
Cosatu has laid a charge of criminal negligence against Western Cape Premier Helen Zille over an accident at a school in Delft that left two pupils injured. Congress of SA Trade Unions provincial secretary Tony Ehrenreich said the federation visited the Sunray Primary School on Friday, following an accident earlier this[…]
Turkey has said areas in north Syria cleared of fighters belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group will be turned into safe zones. Saturday’s announcement made by Mevlut Cavusoglu, the Turkish foreign minister, came after Ankara announced it had begun bombing ISIL positions in Syria[…]
The Tunisian parliament has adopted a new “anti-terror” law aimed at beefing up authorities’ powers following recent deadly attacks claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group. Following three days of debate, the law was adopted late on Friday night, with 172 members of parliament voting[…]
Israeli forces on Saturday morning opened fire on Palestinian agricultural lands near the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, witnesses said. Locals told Ma’an that Israeli forces stationed in watchtowers near the Gaza-Israel border opened fire on Palestinian farmers who had arrived to tend their crops. No injuries[…]
The United Nations removed the Palestinian Yarmouk refugee camp from a list of besieged areas in Syria despite not having direct access to the camp for five months, a humanitarian news group said Friday. “The UN continues to have no direct access, but has been able, with partners, to deliver[…]
Cape Town Mayor Patricia De Lille launched what has been calledd the Stabilisation Unit in Manenberg on Friday as part of the Provincial Government and City of Cape Town’s plan to improve crime ridden Manenberg. After the launch, De Lille told VOC News that the 190 strong unit, which forms part[…]
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