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Police issue warning ahead of peace march

Police have issued a stern warning that anyone planning to disrupt the peace march against xenophobia through the Durban city centre on Thursday would be dealt with. The march, led by religious and political leaders, is expected to start at Curries Fountain at 10:00 and move through the central business[…]

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Stop the killing – Zuma

President Jacob Zuma called for an end to the killing linked to the xenophobic attacks on Wednesday that has left five people dead in the Durban area, and put parts of Johannesburg on edge. ”I think this now must stop, because we cannot continue killing one another,” said Zuma in[…]

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Sentencing continues for ‘poo protesters’

Nine “poo protesters” were expected to return to the Bellville Regional Court on Thursday for the continuation of their sentencing procedures. The nine are to be sentenced for violating the Civil Aviation Act after emptying containers containing human waste in the Cape Town International Airport’s departure hall on June 25,[…]

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Rights violation charge laid against Zulu king

Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini faces another charge of hate speech and violating human rights – this time by the Western Cape organiser of the SA National Defence Union. Tim Flack, famously booted out of a Parliament committee meeting in 2013 for wearing shorts, said he was spurred into action after[…]

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‘SA must condemn Afrophobia’

Palestine solidarity organisation BDS South Africa has expressed its concern around the treatment of hundreds of foreigners affected by the violence in Kwz-Zulu Natal this past week. Forty six people have been arrested so far, and least five people killed, including a teenager, since the violence flared in Isipingo, outside[…]

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Muslim civil society conference to launch

The ASRI Institute, a new public policy group, is set to launch in May with the objective of giving the local Muslim community a focal point through which to engage with broader civil society. The institute will have a core focus on domestic policy issues, and will seek to provide[…]

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National Quran competition underway

Entries for the Gauteng leg of the SA National Qiraa’ah Competition are now open, with the Western Cape entry period expected to open around mid to late July following the conclusion of Ramadan. The competition, hosted by the South Africa Qur’aan Union (SAQU), has steadily grown from strength to strength[…]

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Cape Malay Choirs on display

The history of one of Cape Town’s most loved cultural traditions – the Cape Malay Choirs – is now on exhibition at the Media24 building in Cape Town. A first of its kind, the exhibition marks a new, broader recognition of the over decades old Cape Malay Choir Culture. Speaking[…]

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More than 800 cops deployed in Durban CBD

More than 800 police officers have been deployed in and around Durban where xenophobic violence has left at least five people dead since the weekend. “If the threat requires more [police officers], we will respond. We still have the capacity to respond and we will respond as needed,” national police[…]

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MK leader threatens Vavi’s life

An Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association Limpopo leader has threatened to kill ousted Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi, accusing him of betraying the trade union federation. “You must go and tell him that comrade Lulamile Jack, the former body guard of Chris Hani, he will kill him for betraying[…]

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