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Interfaith Vigil: SA Muslims condemn violence in name of Islam

With the rise in power of extremist groups such as Boko Haram and ISIS, many muslims condemned the violence perpetrated in the name of Islam. Muslims in South Africa have added their voices and Faithworks, a network of South African Muslims, are hosting an interfaith vigil in Johannesburg on Sunday…

12 Sep 2014 10AM 5 min

Interfaith Vigil: SA Muslims condemn violence in name of Islam

With the rise in power of extremist groups such as Boko Haram and ISIS, many muslims condemned the violence perpetrated in the name of Islam. Muslims in South Africa have added their voices and Faithworks, a network of South African Muslims, are hosting an interfaith vigil in Johannesburg on Sunday…

12 Sep 2014 10AM 5 min

BDS court victory

Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) South Africa and the Palestine Solidarity Alliance (PSA) announced their victory in a court case against the billboard advertising company, Continental Outdoor Media yesterday. The case related to the companies removal of a series of billboards taken out by BDS and the PSA, highlighting the…

12 Sep 2014 10AM 5 min

BDS court victory

Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) South Africa and the Palestine Solidarity Alliance (PSA) announced their victory in a court case against the billboard advertising company, Continental Outdoor Media yesterday. The case related to the companies removal of a series of billboards taken out by BDS and the PSA, highlighting the…

12 Sep 2014 10AM 5 min

Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide

The story on every ones lips today is the judgment in the Oscar Pistorius trial – a verdict that left many mouths wide open. It appears that the Paralympian athlete will remain free while he awaits sentencing for his culpable homicide conviction, which will take place in October. Daily Maverick…

12 Sep 2014 10AM 19 min

2-day Leadership and Relationship Seminar

The Madina Institute 2-day Leadership and Relationship Seminar this weekend. The seminar will be held on Saturday - Sunday ( 13 & 14th September) at their campus in Lower Long Street, Cape Town. Topics to be discussed includes the power of intention, listening and forgiveness as well as anger management…

11 Sep 2014 10AM 17 min

Pistorius Trial

Oscar Pistorius will not be convicted of pre-meditated murder or murder, but it's still unclear if the athlete will face a culpable homicide conviction for killing Reeva Steenkamp. As the court adjourned for an early lunch, Pistorius was seen sobbing and hugging his siblings and other relatives, the relief evident…

11 Sep 2014 10AM 9 min

Julius Malema addresses Cape Town Press Club

Julius Malema has taken parliament by storm since his party received over six percent of the national vote in May. He has been joined in parliament by a sizeable team of 24 other MPs and representatives in most provincial legislatures. His party, which fought the national election for the first…

11 Sep 2014 10AM 5 min

Afghan Elections

Afghanistan has suddenly grown tense as presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah publicly declared himself the winner of June’s disputed run-off presidential elections on Monday. This statement came days before the announcement of audited election results, which are expected to give the election to Abdullah’s rival, Ashraf Ghani. Ghani is a Pashtun…

10 Sep 2014 11AM 19 min

Burma

This week Thein Sein, President of Burma, will be visiting The Hague, in the Netherlands. As a man with a lot of blood on his hands, you might be thinking this is long overdue. But instead of being indicted at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his involvement in war…

10 Sep 2014 10AM 9 min

Sanral wants to expand GP e-tolling

Sanral has called for the additional phases of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project to go ahead to ease Joburg’s congested roads. Sanral’s statement has come after nearly three weeks of presentations at the Gauteng e-toll panel, which have mainly been against e-tolling. The South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) said…

10 Sep 2014 10AM 14 min

Committee to probe SABC chair qualifications

South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) chairperson Ellen Tshabalala's qualifications will be investigated by Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Communications. The committee decided to launch the probe yesterday after Tshabalala failed to provide proof of the Bcom she claims she holds from the University of South Africa. If Tshabalala is found to…

10 Sep 2014 10AM 6 min

Thuli Madonsela

The 4-6 pm current affairs Drivetime Show is hosted by veteran journalist Shafiq Morton, winner of two Vodacom Awards, and an AfriCAN author’s award. Analytical and thought-provoking, Morton brings his decades of experience as a photo-journalist, historian and broadcaster to the show, added with his unique brand of humour and…

10 Sep 2014 10AM 4 min

Al Quds Delegation in SA

A delegation of five senior representatives and trustees of the al-Quds International Foundation arrived in South Africa on Friday, to participate in a host of public programs across the country. The delegation, who will be visiting from the foundations head offices in Beirut, Lebanon, will be in the country until…

9 Sep 2014 11AM 22 min

Shrien Dewani pre-trial hearing

The legal team representing British honeymoon murder accused Shrien Dewani has requested records of prison visits received by two of the hitmen he allegedly hired to kill his wife, Anni. In addition, the team also want records of when the hitmen, Zola Tongo and Mziwamadoda Qwabe, were booked out of…

9 Sep 2014 10AM 7 min

A big, fat Maphatsoe Mess

Pressure is mounting for Deputy Defence Minister Kebby Maphatsoe to retract his statement about Public Protector Thuli Madonsela being a spy. At the weekend Maphatsoe, who is also chairperson of the Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association,accused Madonsela of being deployed as a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) spy, to destabilise…

9 Sep 2014 10AM 5 min

Launch of R2K's Secrecy Report

The right to know - to access and share information, to organise, protest and speak out – is the foundation of a just society. Information rights were a driving principle in the struggle against apartheid, and at the centre of the democratic gains achieved in the 1990s.Twenty years into South…

9 Sep 2014 10AM 11 min

Sexual abuse by African Union Soldiers

An African military force in Somalia, has been hit by allegations that its soldiers raped and abused vulnerable Somali women and girls. The allegations, by Human Rights Watch, are based on interviews with 21 women and girls in Mogadishu, some as young as 12, who said they were raped or…

8 Sep 2014 11AM 17 min

Farlam inspects Marikana

A large crowd of lawyers, police officers, journalists and evidence leaders gathered in Marikana, North West, on Monday for an inspection "in loco" by the Farlam Commission of Inquiry. A lengthy convoy formed along the dusty Lonmin Platinum mine roads as the team moved through areas related to the August…

8 Sep 2014 10AM 9 min

Oscar Pistorius to learn his fate

It is one year and seven months since Reeva Steenkamp was shot dead -- six months since her boyfriend, Oscar Pistorius, went on trial accused of murdering her. In a few days' time, the question at the heart of this case -- whether he knew that it was his girlfriend…

8 Sep 2014 10AM 5 min