Articles containing the tag ‘Africa’
By Oliver Ngwenya On Friday, September 4th, 2015

Zuma and Bashir Meet in an Effort to Strengthen Relations Between South Africa and Sudan

Despite the accusations faced by the South African President, Jacob Zuma on handling the exit of the Sudanese president Omar-al-Bashir, a statement has been released by the Presidency confirming that the two le... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Wednesday, September 2nd, 2015

South African Parliament Refuses to Impeach President Zuma Over Al-Bashir Saga

The South African parliament is reported to have rejected the proposal by the opposition for the impeachment of their president, Jacob Zuma following the debacle in which South Africa found itself with egg in t... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Monday, June 22nd, 2015

Mantashe Denounces the ICC Following the al-Bashir Saga

In the aftermath of the much vaunted entrance and subsequent departure of the Sudanese president, Omar al-Bashir who had come into South Africa for the African Union summit that was held in Johannesburg recentl... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Tuesday, June 16th, 2015

SA Government May Have Let Al-Bashir Go in Fear of African Isolation

Some sources in the South African government have revealed that it would have been unthinkable for their government to have arrested the President of Sudan, Omar Al-Bashir as had been requested by the Internati... Read more »
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 »