Amid worsening violence in Sudan’s Darfur region, a frustrated International Criminal Court prosecutor pleaded on Monday for the United Nations Security Council to take action to ensure justice “for the long-suffering victims of atrocity crimes.” Wanted President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has traveled freely within Africa and has not yet been arrested. The Hague-based court issued
Facebook comes to Africa
Social media network company Facebook, has opened its first office in Africa and South Africa is the host country. The office is based in Melrose Arch in Johannesburg. It is aimed at furthering the company’s commitment to help businesses connect with people and to grow locally and in the region. The number of Facebook active
Tunisia faces massive tourist losses after beach attack
Tunisia expects to lose at least $515-million (R6,3-billion) this year, or about a quarter of its estimated annual tourism earnings, following last Friday’s attack on a beach hotel that killed 39 people, mostly British holidaymakers. The attack by an ISIS gunman on the Imperial Marhaba beach hotel in the popular resort town of Sousse came
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UCT’s SRC vice riles gays
A Facebook status update written by UCT’s black SRC vice-president Zizipho Pae has sparked massive uproar on social media and the student community in Cape Town. Many interpreted Pae’s status as being related to the US Supreme Court ruling last week requiring states to allow same-sex marriages. ”We are institutionalising and normalising sin! Sin. May
Contact lost with Freedom Flotilla
Contact has been lost with the Swedish boat Marianne, which had been leading the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla, after other boats turned back. The IDF announced that they intercepted and searched the vessel which had tried to “breach the maritime blockade.” The Freedom Flotilla Coalition lost contact with the flagship of the flotilla at 10:57pm GMT,
Greek crisis ignites
Banks in Greece and the country’s stock exchange will be shut all week in a sign of the deepening financial crisis. The drastic move comes after people rushed to withdraw their cash amid panic ahead of the referendum on bailout terms. Under the controls, there will be a daily €60 limit on withdrawals from cash
The “R” in evolution.
The world has had its fair share of revolutions in the past few centuries, most notably the French, the Russian and perhaps slightly less so the South African “transformation”. The narrative abounds that life has become either too complicated or daunting to continue on its path and therefore is in need of change. The desire
‘Racist attack’ charges withdrawn
Delia Adonis, a coloured woman, has spent the weekend in tears after charges against three men, who she claimed had assaulted her during a racist attack, were withdrawn on Thursday. It’s a bitter end to a trial almost a year in the making for the Cape Town cleaner who feels she has been denied justice.
ANC to appeal Bashir ruling
The government is to appeal the North Gauteng High Court’s judgment relating to Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir. A statement released by the government’s communications department on Monday said the reasons for the appeal would be stated in the affidavit. Bashir left the country while the ruling was being made by the court on whether or
Landmark case exposes ArcelorMittal pollution
In 1994 a number of people bought property in a farmland area of the Vaal known as Louisrus and Steel Valley, in the south of Johannesburg. They bought property close to the Iscor steel plant, which has now become part of ArcelorMittal South Africa (Amsa). Two years later residents noticed oil in their borehole water
Patients killed by load shedding
Another family member of one of three patients who allegedly died during a spell of load shedding at the Letaba Hospital in Limpopo has contradicted claims by the health department that only one death can be linked to the power outage. Merlyne Mabunda of Nkambako Malubane village outside Tzaneen says she is the mother of
Grexit? Eurogroup says ‘Greece has closed the door’ with its referendum idea
AFP reports that Eurogroup head Jeroen Dijsselbloem on Saturday said Greece’s decision to hold a referendum over the future of its bailout programme was a “sad” decision that shut the door to further talks. “The Greek government has apparently rejected our last proposals… that is a sad decision for Greece because it has closed the door
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White babies a minority in US
Non-white children under the age of five are now the majority of the US population, according to the Census Bureau. Thus more whites are dying than being born. New population estimates released Thursday reveal a striking shift in the composition of America’s population as racial and ethnic minority births are also outpacing minority deaths. Meanwhile
Univision president likens Donald Trump to Dylann Roof
Just days before Univision announced it would host a Republican debate, one of its top executives likened a Republican candidate to alleged mass murderer Dylann Storm Roof. Alberto Ciurana, Univision’s president of programming and content, made a post on his official Instagram account last week that appeared to indicate that there were similarities between Trump
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