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Petition launched against Jeenah visa denial

A petition has been launched by the Concerned Africans Forum (CAF), in response to the British Home Office’s decision to deny a visa to the Afro-Middle East Centre’s executive director, Na’eem Jeenah. The prominent academic was due to attend a conference just outside of London, hosted by the European Council[…]

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Petition calls on EU to let white South Africans return

The European Union needs to admit white South Africans as they face ethnic cleansing, according to a petition circulating online on Sunday. “The white South African population currently faces ethnic cleansing and persecutions at the hands of the ANC government, the EFF, and various individual anti-white aggressors,” according to Rodrigo[…]

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Dewani to hear if he’s a free man

British businessman and murder accused Shrien Dewani is expected to hear on Monday whether he can leave South Africa and return home a free man. Western Cape High Court Deputy Judge President Jeanette Traverso, despite facing a petition calling for her recusal, will decide whether Dewani’s application to be discharged[…]

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Justice Minister recieves Dewani petition

Justice Minister Michael Masutha on Thursday acknowledged receipt of a petition calling for the recusal of the judge in British businessman Shrien Dewani’s trial. His spokesman Mthunzi Mhaga said he would study the “Justice4Anni” group’s comprehensive petition and respond accordingly. “However, we need to indicate that the matter is before[…]

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Uitsig launches petition against hacking suspects

After the brutal attack on teenager Justin Langley from Uitsig, the community on Tuesday attended the bail hearing of five of the 11 men accused of hacking the boy to death. Denise Simpson , a community worker in the Uitsig area, said fuming residents protested at the local magistrate’s court.[…]

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SABJE distances itself from Broomberg petition

The SA Board of Jewish Education distanced itself on Monday from an online petition calling for the removal of King David Victory Park’s deputy head boy for wearing a keffiyeh. The board, which runs the school, said decisions at the school or interactions with students should not be made from[…]

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Jewish student’s Gaza support angers Zionists

A local Jewish student at the King David Victory Park High School (KDVP) has sparked a heated online debate, after posting a picture to Facebook in which he and two other students showed their support for the oppressed in Gaza. Josh Broomberg, an Honours student and the deputy head boy[…]

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‘Jews must protest Palestinian oppression’

With the conflict in Gaza worsening by the day and civilian casualties increasing at an alarming rate, a group of local Jews have taken it upon themselves to launch a petition urging Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to immediately end the state’s military bombardment of the Gaza Strip. The ‘South[…]

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‘Not in our name’: SA Jews

A number of South African Jews have come out in condemnation of the Israeli aggression on the people of Gaza, by signing a petition calling on national government to severe all ties with Israel. Amongst those to have signed the petition are satirical cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro, better known as Zapiro,[…]

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Coalition launches Gaza petition

Following a memorandum of demands to the South African government on Monday, the National Coalition for Palestine (NC4P), a collective of Palestinian solidarity groups, have launched an online petition im support of Gaza. The petition aims to lobby the South African Parliament, Minister of International Relations and President Jacob Zuma[…]

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