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Advocacy groups gear-up for the 16 Days of Activism

As women the world over suffer physical and emotional abuse in silent, local advocacy groups are using the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence to create awareness about the reasons why women choose to remain in abusive relationships. Forming part of an international campaign, the 16 Days of Activism falls between November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and December 10, Human Rights Day. […]

15 November 2016

News

Gift of the Givers’ Dr. Sooliman scoops Global Citizen Award

This week, renowned humanitarian, Dr Imtiaz Sooliman scooped the Global Citizen Award for his work with relief organisation, Gift of the Givers Foundation (GOGF). On Friday, November 11, 2016, international advisory firm, Henley & Partners, honoured Sooliman at the prestigious event, which was hosted London. As the founder of the GOGF, Sooliman has provided much needed relief to numerous local communities, as well as providing aid to war torn countries, such […]

15 November 2016

Opinions

Houthi attack on Makkah exposed as ‘false flag’

OPINION by Shafiq Morton THE other day I was vilified for urging caution on what I believe was a manufactured diplomatic crisis, even a false flag event, surrounding the alleged Houthi scud attack against Makkah on 27 October. I was called a rotten journalist, a ‘Saudi hater’, the ‘Voice of America’ and a ‘garden variety dumbass’ for questioning the veracity of the rocket being aimed at the Ka’bah. I was […]

15 November 2016

Opinions

What Trump teaches us about state capture

OPINION by Steven Friedman We don’t know what a Donald Trump presidency will mean for South Africa. But what South Africans should know is that America has just elected its most dangerous president ever because it has not dealt with two problems the country has also ducked: inequality and race. Our future, too, may be perilous if we ignore this warning. Whatever Trump does in office, the stark reality is that […]

15 November 2016

Local

Terror-accused Thulsie twins back in court

The case against terror-accused twins Brandon-Lee and Tony-Lee Thulsie is expected to resume in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on Tuesday. The twins were arrested in July, and face three counts of contravening the Protection of Constitutional Democracy Against Terrorist and Related Activities Act. On November 7, the case against the Thulsie twins who are accused of plotting terror attacks on American and Jewish interests in South Africa, was postponed. At […]

15 November 2016

Local

DA ‘will unravel Jacob Zuma’s criminal network’

DA leader Mmusi Maimane will on Tuesday lay criminal charges against President Jacob Zuma for refusing to answer questions about the “State of Capture” report. In parliamentary replies released on Monday, Zuma gave a standard answer to 10 different questions from opposition MPs regarding his relationship with the Gupta family, Maimane said. In addition, Zuma had refused to give former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela any answers during her investigation into […]

15 November 2016

Local

Zuma accepts SABC board resignations

President Jacob Zuma has accepted the resignation of two more SABC board members. "President Jacob Zuma has received and accepted the resignations of Ms Vuyo Mhlakaza and Dr Aaron Tshidzumba as members of the board of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), with immediate effect," the Presidency said in a statement. "The president has thanked the two former board members for their contribution during their tenure at the SABC and […]

15 November 2016

International News

Congo cabinet resigns as part of deal for Kabila to stay

Congo's prime minister and cabinet resigned on Monday as part of a deal that extends the tenure of President Joseph Kabila, who also defended the right of the Congolese people to change the constitution currently barring him from running again. Kabila is supposed to step down when his mandate runs out on Dec. 19, but his ruling coalition and part of the opposition agreed last month to delay a presidential […]

15 November 2016

International News

Noisy mosques bill ‘will drag region into disaster’ – Palestinian leader

The Palestinian Authority has expressed outrage and concern about the introduction of a new Israeli bill that would muffle the traditional Muslim call to prayer. Speaking from Turkmenistan, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh said in a statement that the proposed law, which would ban the use of loudspeakers for the muezzin’s call to prayer, “will drag the region into a catastrophe.” “These measures are completely unacceptable and […]

15 November 2016

VOC

Advocacy groups gear-up for the 16 Days of Activism

Gift of the Givers’ Dr. Sooliman scoops Global Citizen Award

Houthi attack on Makkah exposed as ‘false flag’

What Trump teaches us about state capture

Terror-accused Thulsie twins back in court

DA ‘will unravel Jacob Zuma’s criminal network’

Zuma accepts SABC board resignations

Congo cabinet resigns as part of deal for Kabila to stay

Noisy mosques bill ‘will drag region into disaster’ – Palestinian leader

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