It is vital for decision-makers working to change drugs policy to recognise the degree to which the criminalisation of drugs and drug use is deeply steeped in xenophobic and racist views of the world. This is according to Ethan Nadelmann, the keynote speaker at the opening event of the SA[…]
Why must South Africa have a president double the age of the bulk of South Africans who are below 35, former finance minister Trevor Manuel asked Stellenbosch University (SU) students on Wednesday. Manuel, who was at the university museum to speak about the role of students as active citizens, agreed[…]
This forms part of a series by hajj doctor Dr Salim Parker. More hajj stories can be found at www.hajjdoctor.co.za ‘I spent all my money Doc,‘ he said. We were in Madinah and Hajj was still nearly a month away. Yet he did not appear sad at all. In fact[…]
In his ‘Id al-Fitr khutbah delivered at Claremont Main Road Mosque today, Imam Dr. A. Rashied Omar provides modest guidelines for conscientious Muslims to engage the South African crisis of ‘state capture.’ We gather here at this `Id al-Fitr service today to bid farewell to the blessed and beautiful month[…]
South Africa and the ANC are not in “a good place”, Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has conceded. Ramaphosa, who is in the running to be elected to the presidency of the ANC in December, was speaking at the party’s Western Cape policy conference in Stellenbosch yesterday, convened in preparation for[…]
Opposition MPs say South African youth are “worse off” under the ANC‚ whom they accuse of having “sold out” young people to the Gupta family and teachers’ union SADTU. The MPs were speaking in the national assembly during a debate on youth day‚ due to be commemorated on Friday. DA[…]
Two political parties who took part in the debate on the violence against women and children have suggested an amendment to the Constitution to allow for death sentence. Both the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and the National Freedom Party NFP want the country to revisit calls for a referendum on[…]
Muslims in South Africa will head to various viewing points across the country to get a glimpse of the moon, which will signify the start of Ramadan. After consultation with ulema in other provinces, the Crescent Observers Society will make the announcement live on VOC after Maghrib. If sighted, Saturday 27 May will[…]
I am honoured to visit South Africa for the first time in my capacity as Brazil’s Foreign Minister. It is my goal to work towards renewing the Brazil-South Africa Strategic Partnership and giving fresh impetus to the already strong relationship between our two countries. Brazil and South Africa maintain a […]
President Jacob Zuma is only surviving this long because leaders within the ANC have opted to take collective responsibility for his actions instead of taking the moral high road, former treasurer Mathews Phosa says. Speaking to reporters after delivering a keynote address at an exhibition titled “Promises and Lies: The[…]
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