In yet another call for President Bashar al-Assad’s departure, the Syrian opposition said on Monday that the prerequisite was a key aspect of political settlement in the war-ravaged country. Following a meeting with UN Secretary General’s Deputy Special Envoy for Syria Ramzi Izz Eddin Ramzi, the chief negotiator for Syria’s[…]
Political parties will try and show the “true legacy” of colonialism when the Western Cape provincial legislature debate Helen Zille’s recent tweets on Tuesday. Western Cape Premier Zille came under fire recently when she tweeted that colonialism was not all bad. “Getting on to an aeroplane now and won’t get[…]
The Syrian government delegation has accused the main opposition group at UN-led negotiations of holding the talks “hostage” in their final hours, adding that it would hold the opposition responsible for any failure. After a week of indirect talks, little progress has been made in getting the two sides[…]
Over the past 24 hours, several videos have been released by the men, women and children of Aleppo as the regime forces of President Bashar Al-Assad mercilessly bombard almost 100,000 civilians who are stuck in a two kilometre squared pocket and have nowhere to flee to. The United Nations has[…]
The R7.8m President Jacob Zuma had to repay for his Nkandla upgrades was far too little, several opposition parties said on Monday. The Democratic Alliance called on Zuma to repay the money immediately and out of his own pocket. The United Democratic Movement said the amount the Treasury had determined[…]
President Jacob Zuma has urged South Africans not to vote for opposition parties because they do not have experience to govern the country. Addressing thousands of ANC supporters who almost filled the 43 000 seat Mbombela Stadium at the provincial launch of the ANC’s local government election manifesto in Mbombela[…]
A Syrian opposition meeting is due to begin in Saudi Arabia that will discuss ways to overcome their differences before potential talks with the government of President Bashar al-Assad. The talks, due to take place from Tuesday, are seen as the most serious effort yet to unify the opposition groups,[…]
The Syrian National Coalition (SNC) has accepted an invitation to join talks with other opposition groups in Saudi Arabia’s capital, Al Jazeera has learnt. The SNC will decide on Monday evening which of its 20 members it will send to a conference in Riyadh later this month, Naghm al-Ghadri, the[…]
Syria’s main political opposition body and representatives of the armed opposition have not been invited to international talks on the country’s war, an opposition politician and a rebel leader said. The Syrian government in Damascus has meanwhile yet to issue any official comment on the meeting in Vienna on Friday[…]
There is a need for new leadership in education, according to opposition parties. Addressing the transformation in education debate in Parliament on Tuesday, party after party said it was time for Minister Blade Nzimande to step aside. Making an example of a video that had shown the minister laughing and[…]
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