Articles containing the tag ‘Africa
By Oliver Ngwenya On Sunday, June 14th, 2015

South Africa May Arrest Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir

After rolling out the red carpet for all the African leaders in South Africa for the African Union Summit which is currently being held in Sandton in Johannesburg, the ANC-led government seems to have found its... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Sunday, June 7th, 2015

FIFA Crisis: Morocco, not South Africa, Should Have Hosted the World Cup in 2010!

As the FIFA crisis deepens, more absurd and dramatic claims are beginning to emerge. One of the revelations is that the right to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup was won by Morocco rather than South Africa, who bec... Read more »
By Chelsea-Summer Lodewyk On Wednesday, May 20th, 2015

MTN Employees Go on Strike

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has gone on strike today. The union, whose members include MTN employees, is demanding a 10% salary increase and larger bonuses. MTN, one of the largest mobile service prov... Read more »
By Chelsea-Summer Lodewyk On Thursday, April 30th, 2015

Pretoria High Court Rules in Favour of Assisted Suicide

The Pretoria High Court has ruled in favour of former advocate Robin Stransham-Ford’s court bid to end his life. 65- year-old Stransham-Ford was diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer in late 2013. With... Read more »
By Brian Harry On Thursday, April 30th, 2015

Robert Mugabe Criticizes Migrants at SADS Summit

President Jacob Zuma was in Harare on Wednesday to discuss the measures of how the South African government is going to deal with the recent wave of xenophobic attacks that occurred in Durban and Johannesburg, ... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Tuesday, April 28th, 2015

Zuma Says African Countries Should Take Some of the Xenophobia Blame

President Jacob Zuma of South Africa came out with guns blazing on Monday when he told people that had attended the Freedom Day celebrations that the problem of immigrants to his country were not of his country... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Monday, April 27th, 2015

Xenophobia: Nigeria Starts Taking Action

The South African government has condemned and described as “an unfortunate and regrettable step”, the move taken by the Nigerian government to recall their two top envoys to South Africa as a react... Read more »
By Brian Harry On Saturday, April 25th, 2015

Tremor Hits Johannesburg

Areas including Kagiso, Mellville and some parts of Soweto experienced a tremor at around 8:30 am today morning. The tremor, the cause of which is clearly unknown at this moment, caused a great amount of fear a... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Saturday, April 25th, 2015

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman Fires Back Over Nzimande Visa

The Israeli government on Friday reacted to the South African Communist Party’s (SACP) statement in which it said it would further intensify its campaign against the Israelis after they denied their leade... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Friday, April 24th, 2015

“Corruption and Lack of Quality Leaders to Blame for Xenophobia”

Former treasurer in the ANC Matthews Phosa and human rights lawyer George Bizos have blamed the recent spate of violence and other problems facing the country on corruption and the poor leadership. Speaking at ... Read more »