The chickens are coming home to roost. What you sow, you will harvest. Pile up the clichés: this is what is happening to the governing ANC right now. The ANC in Parliament wants to disband the SABC Board tomorrow because it has embarrassed the party and the broadcaster. But these board members were handpicked by the ANC caucus itself and appointed over other, more deserving candidates, as has happened several […]
On Tuesday, WikiLeaks celebrates its 10th anniversary. The project aimed at exposing government and corporate secrets has evolved from an obscure citizen journalism site to a global phenomenon headed by an embassy-harbored fugitive. Among the earlier WikiLeaks releases were documents detailing American military equipment deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq. Those included hardware ranging from Humvee armored cars to exotic kit such as portable mobile chemical and biological stations – similar […]
A US bill allowing the families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia for damages has prompted an Iraqi lobby group to push the parliament for a law seeking compensation for the American invasion of the country, citing “violations by US forces.” Following Washington’s example, the Arab Project in Iraq lobby group is now seeking to “ask for compensation from the United States over violations by the US forces following […]
New York's attorney general ordered Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's charitable foundation to immediately stop fundraising in the state, warning that a failure to do so would be a "continuing fraud." For Trump, the cease-and-desist order was the latest in a series of blows that has sent his campaign reeling. The New York businessman and his aides spent much of the weekend pushing back against suggestions that he may not […]
The United States has suspended talks with Russia over the war in Syria and accused Moscow of not living up to its commitments under a ceasefire agreement. Moscow and Washington had brokered a previous ceasefire but it collapsed last month after several days of relative calm. After weeks of intense air raids on Aleppo carried out by the Syrian and Russian armies, US Secretary of State John Kerry said the […]
A US-led coalition air strike has killed a senior leader of Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, the former Syrian branch of al-Qaeda, the group has announced, shortly after the Pentagon said it targeted him near Idlib. Ahmed Salama Mabrouk, an Egyptian also known as Abu Faraj, "was martyred after a coalition air strike in the west of Idlib province", Jabhat Fateh al-Sham said in a statement on Monday on the Telegram app. […]
The recent debate by National Treasury around the feasibility of VAT exemptions on sanitary products called to the fore the fact that thousands of impoverished women who are unable to afford sanitary products, battle to go about their lives. In response, one organization has headed their call and developed a product that will provide menstruating pupils the ease to continue attending school. Dignity Dreams, a non-government organization (NGO), has developed […]
Just as the Haj 2016 season ends, social media is abuzz with reports that both hajj and umrah visa fees have been revised for repeat pilgrims. According to the Saudi Gazette, the Ministry of Haj and Umra, which is located in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is reportedly instituting new charges from Muharram 1, 1438. The article indicates that while first time hajj and umrah pilgrims will not be charged […]
There is no trace of a home loan in the name of President Jacob Zuma to repay his Nkandla debt of R7.8m, Netwerk24 reported on Sunday. VBS Mutual Bank claims to have lent Zuma the money, but no such a bond has been registered in the deeds office in Zuma's name. Legislation demands that a home loan must be registered at the deeds office. VBS' standard requirements for a home […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
