The ministerial task team President Jacob Zuma set up to look into the crisis in higher education was an attempt to avoid dealing with the real crisis, some student leaders said on Wednesday. "He can’t go around establishing task teams and commissions, when all we want is free education. At this rate he will set up a commission for a mere pothole," University of Limpopo student leader Isaac Hlungwana said. […]
Dear Mr President, This is my second open letter to you. I am a naturalized South African of Palestinian origin. I earned a PhD from the University of Johannesburg and lectured at the-then Vista University in Soweto and University of Johannesburg. The lessons that I learned from your struggle against apartheid are a torch in my life and an inspiration to all the Palestinian people in their fight for freedom, […]
There is still hope for President Jacob Zuma when it comes to the DA’s court case to have the decision to drop corruption charges against him overturned. On Friday, the DA announced that the Constitutional Court had dismissed an application by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) for leave to appeal directly to that court. That was after a full bench of the Pretoria High Court in April overturned the NPA’s […]
The Constitutional Court says it would not be in the interests of justice to hear the NPA's request for leave to appeal the reinstatement of corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma at this stage. Court papers show an order dated September 28 dismissing a request for leave to appeal the High Court in Pretoria's April ruling, that was filed by National Director of Public Prosecutions Shaun Abrahams. The court ruled […]
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.
