President Jacob Zuma’s response to a meeting requested by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng regarding attacks on the judiciary is “farcical”, the DA said on Thursday. It was “bizarre considering his term in office has been marred by the flagrant contempt he and his executive have demonstrated for our judiciary”, Democratic[…]
Former residents who were evicted from District Six during the apartheid Group Areas Act will gather for a meeting in Salt River on Saturday to discuss the shortcomings of land restitution. The meeting is being organised by the District Six Working Committee (D6WC), an organisation formed to assist late claimants,[…]
Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi on Tuesday said he did not regret boycotting the trade union federation’s central executive committee (CEC) meeting this week, despite rumours he could face suspension again. “Frankly, I don’t care what happens,” he told reporters in Pretoria on the sidelines of a court case involving[…]
The White House has denied media reports that US officials planned to meet with the Afghan Taliban in the Qatari capital, Doha, on Thursday, a spokeswoman has said. “The United States currently has no meetings with the Taliban scheduled in Doha,” Bernadette Meehan, a spokeswoman for the White House’s National[…]
The EFF refused to attend a meeting of Parliament’s chief whips’ forum on Monday, at which it was agreed that parties would “shun anarchy”. “All the parties agreed that what happened on Thursday was unfortunate and reflected negatively on all political parties, the institution and was an embarrassment to all[…]
Growing fears about the specter of radicalism in Europe and the West are lending themselves to a sense of trans-Atlantic solidarity as President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron meet at the White House. Close and easy partners, Obama and Cameron have long touted their congenial relationship as[…]
Representatives of BDS South Africa met with a delegation of Woolworths for the first time on Tuesday at the offices of the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation in Cape Town. The meeting was convened following a recent South Gauteng High Court order, which compelled the company to sit around the[…]
A meeting between Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa and political party leaders started in Johannesburg on Monday afternoon in another bid to restore peace in Parliament. ANC chief whip Stone Sizani, Democratic Alliance parliamentary leader Mmusi Maimane, Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema and United Democratic Movement leader Bantu Holomisa were[…]
Members of the World Halal Council (WHC) convened to discuss the state of the halal industry, at its Annual General Meeting held in Cape Town on Saturday. The event was a precursor to the World Halal Summit, to be held at the annual Malaysia International Halal Showcase (MIHAS) in Kuala[…]
With drug related crime and gangsterism plaguing Lentegeur, the Lentegeur sector of the Mitchell’s Plain Community Policing Forum (CPF) says the only way to fight crime is if the community works in a partnership with the police. This was discussed at a meeting on Monday night with the new Mitchell’s[…]
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