While there has been praise for Minister for Science and Technology, Naledi Pandor’s announcement that the ANC will push ahead to cut diplomatic ties with Israel, some organisations have warned the ruling party against populist rhetoric. In a State of the Nation debate on Monday, Pandor focused much on South[…]
The Media Review Network (MRN) has written an open letter to the Saudi government through its embassy in Pretoria, expressing its indignation at the current purge in Saudi Arabia at the man behind it, Crown Prince Muhammed bin Salman. The ambitious 32 year old prince, widely known as MBS, has[…]
South African Palestine solidarity groups have criticized the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) “politicking” against Hamas, while health care conditions deteriorate in Occupied Gaza. Gaza’s residents are on the brink of a crisis after the Israeli government’s decision to cut power supply to the region, which has been under a blockade for[…]
The infiltration and racial profiling by Israeli undercover agents at OR Tambo International airport has again been thrown into the spotlight, following the interrogation of a Palestinian archaeologist at the weekend. The matter has raised the alarm of South African lobby group Media Review Network (MRN), who will now pressure[…]
The Media Review Network has condemned the decision by the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to offer Israeli politician Tzipi Livni a senior position in the international body. Livni’s role in various Israeli governments has been controversial. Livni served as Minister of Foreign Affairs between 2006 – 2009 under former Prime[…]
One of South Africa’s most critical voices against Zionism was lauded by the Palestinian solidarity community at the Palestine Media Forum in Istanbul on Wednesday. Iqbal Jassat, one of the founder members of the Johannesburg-based advocacy group, Media Review Network (MRN), was presented with an honorary award by for his[…]
The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation has confirmed that a docket on Shimon Peres has been opened and investigation is now underway. This week, the Muslim Lawyers Association lodged documents with the National Prosecution Authority, requesting its intervention. Human rights activists have accused Peres of unspeakable war crimes such as[…]
OPINION by Dr. Aayesha J Soni – On reading the news that the ANC’s national executive committee on international relations Mr Obed Bapela conveyed regarding the leading party’s approach to dual citizenship, I was most pleasantly invoked with pride. That our country would take this visionary decision in preventing its[…]
The Media Review Network (MRN) has welcomed government’s quick response in acting on the arrest of 10 South African nationals in China, but in the same breathe has questioned its failure to respond in the same manner with regards to the Sheikh Abdus Salaam Jad Bassiouni case.The 10 individuals are[…]
While an Egyptian court’s sentencing of former president Mohamed Morsi does not come as a surprise, the lack of strong international reaction to the matter is disappointing. That was according to the Media Review Network’s (MRN) executive member Iqbal Jassat on Tuesday, commenting on the controversial trial which has destabilised[…]
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