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Iran releases Spanish woman after three months in jail over protests

A Spanish woman imprisoned in Iran since November on espionage charges after she was arrested during anti-government protests in November has been released, the Spanish Foreign Minister said on Sunday, Reuters reports. An activist who works for a human rights NGO, 24-year-old Ana Baneira Suarez was detained in Iran during nationwide protests sparked by the death in custody of a young woman in September. "My congratulations for the release of Ana Baneira. […]

27 February 2023

Local

Oscar Pistorius’ hopes of spending the festive season at home dashed

Former Paralympian gold medallist Oscar Pistorius is set to spend another festive season in jail. He will only be eligible for parole in March next year. The hopes of Pistorius to spend the festive season at home have been dashed after the Supreme Court of Appeal said he was not yet eligible for parole. Pistorius is serving a 13-year sentence for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day in 2013. He shot dead […]

3 November 2022

Local

More police officers deployed in parts of Gauteng amid violent protests

The situation is tense in many parts of Johannesburg where sporadic incidents of violent protests and looting have been reported. Police say more officers have been deployed to Maimai Hostel in Johannesburg and they are ready for Monday’s Constitutional Court hearing of former president Jacob Zuma’s rescission application. Gauteng Acting Police Commissioner Major-General Tommy Mthombeni says their intelligence team is on the ground gathering crucial information. The affected areas include […]

11 July 2021

Local

IN QUOTES | ‘There’s no need for me to go to jail today’: 5 quotes from Zuma’s ‘defiant’ address

Former president Jacob Zuma on Sunday denied he refused to appear at the state capture inquiry, and claimed there is a narrative and propaganda to paint him as being defiant of the inquiry. Zuma was addressing a media briefing from his Nkandla home in KwaZulu-Natal after a chaotic day that saw scores of his supporters flock to his residence to “prevent his arrest”. Last Tuesday the Constitutional Court found Zuma […]

5 July 2021

International News

Egypt court sentences 71 persons to 10 years in jail for protesting

An Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced 71 persons to prison for 10 years each for “protesting without a security permission and inciting riots” over protests that took place in November 2016 and were dubbed in the media as “The Poor’s Uprising” protests, Anadolu Agency reported, citing the defendants’ lawyer. Amr Faramawy told the news agency that the defendants were sentenced in absentia. One defendant in the same case was present […]

11 January 2018

Jail

Iran releases Spanish woman after three months in jail over protests

Oscar Pistorius’ hopes of spending the festive season at home dashed

More police officers deployed in parts of Gauteng amid violent protests

IN QUOTES | ‘There’s no need for me to go to jail today’: 5 quotes from Zuma’s ‘defiant’ address

Egypt court sentences 71 persons to 10 years in jail for protesting

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