Tauhierah Salie, Author at Voice of the Cape

Saudi arms sales: UK government accused of ‘delay tactics’ over files

INTERNATIONAL The UK Department of International Trade (DIT) has been accused of using "delaying tactics" after twice telling Middle East Eye it needs more time to decide whether releasing information about British weapons sales to Saudi Arabia is in the public interest. Campaigners argue that the information should be released because members of the public should know how government decisions to sell arms to the Gulf kingdom at the height […]

3 September 2022

International

Egypt: How ‘smart crops’ are used to mitigate effects of climate change

INTERNATIONAL The past few years have been especially daunting for Abul Mahasen Mohamed, a farmer from the Nile Delta province of Menoufiya. High temperatures, water scarcity and rising salinity in the soil deprived him and fellow farmers of sizeable crop yields. "Some people sustained huge losses," Mohamed told Middle East Eye. "Extreme heat burned some crops and devastated some farms." This year, Mohamed is growing a new maize variety that […]

3 September 2022

Local

September ushers in welcome relief at the petrol pumps

LOCAL Despite recent rand weakness against the US dollar, the average exchange rate against the US currency is favourable and fuel prices in the country are expected to decrease significantly when adjusted next week. The Automobile Association (AA) said unaudited data from the Central Energy Fund (CEF) is indicating significant reductions in fuel prices across the board, but specifically the prices of petrol. According to the CEF’s figures, ULP95 petrol […]

3 September 2022

Local

Zim exemption permits extended until June 30 as few have applied

LOCAL Home affairs minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has extended the validity of the Zimbabwe Special Permits until June 30 next year. The permits, which were granted to Zimbabwenas who moved to the country before 2009, were set to expire at the end of this year. These permits were meant to regularise the Zimbabweans’ presence and allow them access to services such as banking. On Friday evening, the department said it […]

3 September 2022

Local

New driving licences on the cards in SA to be piloted from 2023: Mbalula

LOCAL Transport Minister, Fikile Mbalula says Cabinet has approved the replacement of the current driving licence card with a new card featuring secure design features and will comply with the international driving licence standard. South Africans will soon have to replace their licences cards with newly designed ones. This has been announced by Transport Minister, Fikile Mbalula, in Johannesburg on Friday. Mbalula says the new card will contain more security […]

3 September 2022

International

Potential ‘crimes against humanity’ in China’s Xinjiang, UN says

INTERNATIONAL China’s detention of Uighurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic minorities in the northwestern region of Xinjiang may amount to “crimes against humanity”, the United Nations human rights office said in a long-delayed report that was finally published late on Wednesday. The 45-page report (PDF) called on Beijing to immediately release “all individuals arbitrarily deprived of their liberty”, clarify the whereabouts of those whose families have been unable to locate them and […]

1 September 2022

International

Palestinian prisoner suspends hunger strike after agreement reached for release

INTERNATIONAL Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawdeh has suspended his nearly six-month hunger strike after an agreement was reached for his release from Israeli administrative detention. Awawdeh is now set to be released from detention on 2 October, according to the Prisoner Support and Human Rights Office (Addameer). The Palestinian Prisoners' Club also confirmed the news of his release date, sharing a video of Awawdeh on Facebook. It said he will remain in the Shamir Medical Center […]

1 September 2022

International

Saudi Arabia: Kingdom seizes 47 million amphetamine pills in record haul

INTERNATIONAL Saudi officers have thwarted an attempt to smuggle 47 million amphetamine pills into the country, according to state media, who described it as the largest ever drug trafficking operation in the kingdom. Six Syrians and two Pakistanis were arrested in a raid after the pills, concealed in a flour shipment, arrived at a dry port in the capital Riyadh and were taken to a warehouse, the Saudi Press Agency […]

1 September 2022

International

Strike by Palestinians working in Israel exposes lack of trust in PA

INTERNATIONAL Asem Zayed leaves his home in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin at 3.30am every day. It takes him almost four hours to get to his workplace in Israel, as he navigates the overcrowded military checkpoints on his side of the separation wall, and races to beat the traffic on the other side. After a long day of work as an electrical technician, he reaches home around 7pm, with an average of […]

1 September 2022

Tauhierah Salie

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