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Gov seeks to repeal apartheid era trespass law

LOCAL The Department of Justice and Correctional Services is seeking to repeal an apartheid era trespass law, saying that it has lost its relevance in a constitutional democracy. The department has published the draft Unlawful Entering on Premises Bill for public comment. The new bill is aimed at replacing the old laws and to reintroduce regulations prohibiting unlawful entry to premises, and provide for matters connected to that. Department spokesperson […]

18 August 2022

Local

DIRCO condemns recent Israeli attacks on Gaza

LOCAL The Department of International Relations and Cooperation(DIRCO) has condemned the recent Israeli attacks on Gaza. The attacks resulted in the death of over 10 people, including a five-year-old child, over the past 48 hours. Israel said the strikes followed an immediate threat from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group. The department says the international community must ensure that international law is not violated indiscriminately, and urgently stop the Israeli occupation […]

7 August 2022

International

France: MPs sign draft resolution condemning Israel’s apartheid

Some 38 far-left French MPs have signed a draft resolution condemning Israel's "institutionalisation of an apartheid regime against Palestinian people," news agencies reported on Friday. The draft resolution was originally submitted on 13 July by Communist MP Jean-Paul Lecocq but stirred a public debate on Friday. Signatories include former presidential candidate Fabien Roussel and deputies from the France Proud radical left party, such as Adrien Katniss, Socialist Christine Pierce-Bonn and Aurelian […]

23 July 2022

Local

AfriForum goes to SCA in an attempt to legalise the display of the apartheid flag

LOCAL The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in Bloemfontein will on Wednesday hear arguments by Afriforum in an attempt to legalise the display of the 1928 apartheid flag. AfrifForum is appealing against the Equality Court order that ruled that gratuitous display of the old national flag constitutes hate speech, unfair discrimination, and harassment. The order favoured the application by the Nelson Mandela Foundation that the display of the flag constitutes among […]

11 May 2022

News

Former apartheid president FW de Klerk has died

Former apartheid President, FW de Klerk, has died. The FW de Klerk Foundation's spokesperson Dave Steward confirmed his death earlier today. "The former president died earlier this morning at his home in Fresnaye after his struggle against cancer. He was 85-years-old. He is survived by his wife Elita, two children Susan and Jan, and his grandchildren,” confirmed Steward. President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to announce details of De Klerk's state […]

11 November 2021

International News

Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of ‘apartheid’ crimes against Palestinians

An international rights watchdog accused Israel on Tuesday of pursuing policies of apartheid and persecution against Palestinians - and against its own Arab minority - that amount to crimes against humanity. New York-based Human Rights Watch published a 213-page report which, it said, was not aimed at comparing Israel with apartheid-era South Africa but rather at assessing "whether specific acts and policies" constitute apartheid as defined under international law. Israel's […]

27 April 2021

Local

Foundation expresses SA support for UN’s Global Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people

The Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation says Israel's occupation of Palestinian land continues to defy international law and expanding settlements effectively choke the possibility of a two-state solution. Today marks the United Nations Global Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people. The foundation says in a statement the liberation of Palestine stands to liberate Israel as well. It says the divisions have been exacerbated by US foreign policy that […]

30 November 2020

News

Muslim Enclaves of the Cape: Claremont

At the tail end of heritage month, former Claremont resident, 79-year-old Abdullah Abdullah shared his glorious childhood memories and what has moulded into his heritage with VOC journalist Aneeqa du Plessis. A nostalgic Abdullah travelled back in time to Stegman road in Claremont, 60 years ago before apartheid and all its anguish. “I can’t identify a single memory but I can assure you that my entire childhood was a total […]

25 September 2020

News

‘Colonial symbols add no value to post-apartheid South Africa’: activist

As South Africa celebrates Heritage Month, questions have been raised over the relevance of pre-democratic era symbols throughout the country. It comes as Parliament’s Department of Sport, Arts and Culture has been instructed to conduct an audit on all statues and monuments, to ensure they reflect the current heritage landscape “and how Cabinet responds to the historical and critical values of the Constitution”. Cabinet has proposed that the removed structures […]

15 September 2020

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