Opposition parties have rejected the agreement to cap fee hikes at 6% for 2016, announced by Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande and university vice chancellors on Tuesday afternoon. DA spokesperson on higher education Professor Belinda Bozzoli said the agreement was “nothing more than a band aid solution that[…]
Justin Trudeau is set to become Canada’s new prime minister after his Liberal Party swept to power in general elections, ending nearly a decade of Conservative Party rule. The Liberals seized a parliamentary majority, an unprecedented turn in political fortunes that smashed the record for the number of seats gained[…]
The Palestinian Solidarity Campaign (PSC) in Cape Town has strongly condemned the visits by leaders of South African opposition parties in South Africa to Israel. On Monday, photos surfaced on the Facebook page of a group called South African Friends of Israel showing Freedom Front Plus leader Pieter Mulder, COPE[…]
Helen Zille’s decision to step down as DA leader has left the EFF as the only credible opposition to the ruling ANC. That is according to EFF leader Julius Malema, who said during an interview on the radio station Gagasi FM on Thursday that Mmusi Maimane, the leading candidate to[…]
The trial of Bahrain’s top opposition leader on charges of promoting a violent overthrow of the island nation’s political system is set to resume, in a case that has riled his supporters and heightened unrest in the Sunni-ruled Gulf Arab kingdom. Wednesday’s trial of Sheikh Ali Salman, head of al-Wefaq[…]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday began laying the groundwork for forming his next government, even as the country’s new opposition leaders-to-be slammed him for running a campaign based on fear-mongering. Aides said Netanyahu plans to form a government of right-wing and ultra-Orthodox parties within a month, with hopes of adding[…]
A Russian human rights activist says there is evidence of torture on the body of the suspect charged with killing opposition politician and Kremlin foe Boris Nemtsov. Andrei Babushkin, a member of a human rights commission, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he visited the detention center where Zaur[…]
The killing of a key opposition figure is a “disgrace” to Russia, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday. In televised remarks to Interior Ministry employees, Putin condemned the slaying of Boris Nemtsov, who was gunned down while walking near the Kremlin late Friday. While the Kremlin said Saturday that Putin had[…]
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