Moegammad Fasiegh Petersen, Author at Voice of the Cape

Turkey’s Erdogan will ‘keep promise’ in approving Finland’s Nato bid

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has hinted that Ankara will approve Finland’s bid to join Nato after months of negotiations. "Whatever the process is, we will run that process. We will do our part. We will keep our promise," Erdogan told journalists at the Grand National Assembly in Ankara, the state-run agency, Anadolu, reported. According to Bloomberg, Erdogan asked Finnish President Sauli Niinisto to meet him in person to give his approval […]

16 March 2023

International

UN says tonnes of uranium missing from Libyan site: Reports

The United Nations’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said approximately 2.3 tonnes of natural uranium had gone missing from a site in Libya not under government control, news agencies have reported. IAEA chief Rafael Grossi told the organisation’s member states this week that inspectors reported that 10 drums containing uranium ore concentrate had gone missing and “were not present as previously declared” at the location in Libya. The IAEA […]

16 March 2023

International

Palestine to attend security meeting with Israel in Egypt Sharm El-Sheikh

The Palestinian Authority (PA) said Wednesday it will participate in a security meeting with Israel in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh this weekend, Anadolu News Agency reports. Egypt, Jordan and the US will attend the meeting, due on 19 March. The agreement to participate in the meeting came following a meeting between Hussein Al-Sheikh, Secretary of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO)'s Executive Committee, and US Special Envoy for Palestinian […]

16 March 2023

International

Thousands of Senegal opposition supporters begin 3-day protest

About 5,000 supporters of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko gathered in the capital, Dakar, on Tuesday for a three-day protest to show support for the aspiring presidential candidate, who faces a libel case set to resume this week. The demonstrations are the latest expression of growing tensions in Senegal in the run-up to a 2024 election that could see President Macky Sall vie for a controversial third term, which the […]

15 March 2023

International

Combat Islamophobia day explained: The new UN event, backed by China

The first International Day to Combat Islamophobia will be marked on Wednesday, following a United Nations unanimous resolution adopted last year. The resolution designated 15 March as a new annual day of observance for tackling hatred and prejudice towards Muslims. Suspicion, discrimination, and hatred towards Muslims have risen to "epidemic proportions", according to a 2021 report by the UN special rapporteur on freedom of religion. The resolution was co-sponsored last year by over 60, […]

15 March 2023

Local

SAHRC finds against Stellenbosch University regarding only-English policy

Stellenbosch University violated the rights of Afrikaans-speaking students when it said they could only speak English in certain residences during their welcoming period in 2021. This was the South African Human Rights Commission's (SAHRC) finding after a complaint by DA leader John Steenhuisen and the party's constituency head for Stellenbosch, Leon Schreiber. Schreiber said in response to confirmation of the finding by the SAHRC that it was “an enormous victory”. […]

15 March 2023

Local

Postbank’s supply chain mismanagement

Postbank’s interim CEO Lucas Ndala says failure to follow due procurement processes is one of the reasons for the irregular expenditure incurred at the entity. The bank is one of the entities under the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies that appeared before Parliament’s Communications Committee on Tuesday. They made virtual presentations on specific issues to the committee. Postbank which was part of the South African Post Office (Sapo) became […]

15 March 2023

International

Syria announces demands ahead of four-way talks in Russia

Syria yesterday announced its demands in preparation for the upcoming four-way meeting between Russia, Syria, Turkiye and Iran in Moscow. Al-Watan quoted official sources as saying that there were "ongoing serious deliberations to reach a meeting," adding that its official date would be announced "if the deliberations' results are positive." The source pointed out that Damascus' demands had included calling on Turkiye "to withdraw from the Syrian territory and to stop […]

15 March 2023

Local

SIU, Fort Hare University remain tight-lipped on ongoing qualifications investigation

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) and the University of Fort Hare say it is too premature to release any information regarding the ongoing investigations into the institution’s awarding of qualifications. This follows media reports that the newly sworn-in Public Service and Administration Minister Noxolo Kiviet is among those that SIU is investigated for allegedly fraudulently obtaining her Masters’s degree in Public Administration without a junior degree. Kiviet, who is also […]

14 March 2023

Moegammad Fasiegh

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