Mugabe Dismisses Gay Rights at the UN General Assembly

On September 28, at the 70th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA ) meeting, Robert Gabriel Mugabe, the President of Zimbabwe, dismissed calls from the United Nations to administrate gay rights in Zimbabwe. Speaking at the UNGA meeting, Mugabe said that upholding human rights is the obligation of all member states, but intensely rejected the infliction of what he called “new rights” for gay marriage that have been encouraged and supported elsewhere in the world. The nona... Read more »
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By Oliver Ngwenya On Saturday, September 26th, 2015

Tshwane Metro Police Director Left Safe and Sound After Hijack

Sean Bolhuis, a Tshwane Metro Police Director and his wife were hijacked and released safe and sound in Pretoria. Mike Bolhuis, who is a security specialist, private investigator and brother to Sean Bolhuis, sa... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Friday, September 25th, 2015

Saudi Authorities Blamed for Hajj Stampede that Claimed Over 700 Lives

Witnesses to a tragedy that took place at the hajj in Saudi Arabia on Thursday blamed Saudi authorities and said they were afraid to continue the rituals. The tragedy left more than 700 people dead. During the ... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Friday, September 25th, 2015

EFF Calls for the Removal of All Symbols of Colonialism and Apartheid

In its Heritage Day statement yesterday, the Economic Freedom Fighters said celebrating Heritage Day without the rightful return of land to those who were dispossessed and the removal of all symbols of colonial... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015

Police Officers Attacked In Broad Daylight

Two Inanda police officers were robbed of their guns, stripped of their uniforms and shot, in an impudent attack on Tuesday in broad daylight. A 38-year-old sergeant was killed and left in the back of his polic... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Monday, September 21st, 2015

The Six Nations Championship has Come a Long Way

The Six Nations Championship started as a competition in 1883 and was originally known as the Home Nations Championship. It was started by the perennial rivals which were originally under one kingdom, the Unite... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Sunday, September 20th, 2015

Maimane Kicks-off Local Government Election Campaign

The first black leader of the Democratic Alliance, Mmusi Maimane who was elected in May has announced that he is about to start a campaign since next year’s local government elections are around the corne... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Thursday, September 17th, 2015

Parties To Institute Disciplinary Action Against Malema

On Wednesday parties agreed to institute disciplinary action against the Economic Freedom Fighters leader, Julius Malema for causing disruption in the House last week. The EFF leader was forcibly removed from t... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Thursday, September 17th, 2015

Load Shedding A Necessary Measure To Protect The Power System: Eskom Says

Eskom announced on Monday evening that it had implemented stage 1 load shedding after managing to keep the country’s lights on for five weeks. It is said that the power system was stable for most of the day t... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Thursday, September 17th, 2015

IPID To Oppose A VIP Member’s Bail

A member of the VIP protection unit at the Union Buildings and warrant officer,  who shot  his wife and daughter to death on Saturday will remain in jail for another week before he applies for bail. It is sa... Read more »