President Jacob Zuma says he wants to see an urgent solution to the current crisis in higher education. Government and education stakeholders will hold an urgent meeting in Kempton Park, Johannesburg on Monday morning. They will discuss the wave of violent protests in which students are demanding free education. Several campuses at universities around the country have been forced to shut down after students went on the rampage around. This […]
The South African National Civic Organisation (Sanco) and the Young Communist League (YCL) in the North West say they are concerned about their alliance with the African National Congress (ANC). They say the alliance in this province is just a marriage of convenience, especially during the election period. Sanco’s leadership met in Lichtenburg on Saturday, while the YCL held a two day conference in Stilfontein. They deliberated on what they […]
S&P Global has lowered MTN Group’s [JSE:MTN] credit rating amid Nigeria’s recent downgrade, sparking more challenges for the mobile network in the West African country. Last month, S&P lowered its long-term ratings on Nigeria to ‘B’ from ‘B+’ amid weak growth dynamics in that country. S&P, though, said that the outlook for the Nigerian economy is stable. But the downgrade further represents increased risk for the MTN Group as Nigeria is […]
Gabon's prime minister on Sunday named a new government in the wake of disputed elections, but it contained no representatives of opposition leader Jean Ping, who says the vote was rigged. According to a government statement, the only opposition leader named in Prime Minister Emmanuel Issozet Ngondet's cabinet of 40 people is Bruno Ben Moubamba, who came in a distant third in the Aug. 27 vote. Moubamba was chosen as […]
US and EU sanctions against Syria are punishing the population and make aid work in the war-torn country almost impossible, a leaked UN report and internal letters have revealed. The restrictive measures contributed to the destabilization of every sector of the economy in Syria that used to be self-sufficient before the war began in 2011. The country now heavily depends on aid, which is hard to deliver as sanctions make […]
Two of Donald Trump's senior advisors say allegations that the Republican candidate for US president avoided paying income tax for 18 years highlight his "genius" at using tax laws to his advantage. Chris Christie, a New Jersey Governor and head of Trump's presidential transition team, told Fox News on Sunday that the Republican candidate was good at figuring out how to circumvent tax laws. "There's no one who has shown […]
Voters in Colombia's referendum have narrowly rejected a peace accord between the government and the Marxist group, FARC. The outcome of Sunday's vote endangers a deal expected to end 52 years of war and allow FARC fighters to re-enter society and form a political party. With more than 99 percent of polling stations reporting, 50.2 percent of ballots opposed the accord while 49.8 percent favoured it - a difference of […]
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.
