An agreement has been reached on the repatriation of Libyan funds and assets from South Africa, the Treasury said on Thursday. “The Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan, has agreed with the Libyan government that the repatriation from South Africa of Libyan funds and assets will be handled in terms of United Nations (UN) protocols,” it
Read more: South Africa to return Gaddafi billions to new Libyan government
Sergio Garcia received a warm welcome from US Open spectators on Thursday despite his recent racist remark toward Tiger Woods, but US star Phil Mickelson was the clear fan favorite. Philadelphia sports fans have a reputation for toughness across the United States, notoriously having booed Santa Claus at an American football game, and their reaction
Read more: Sergio Garcia gets booed for ‘racism’ after ‘chicken’ jibe to Tiger Woods
Recent acts of racism in the country should be strongly condemned, Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane said on Thursday. In a statement following Wednesday’s fortnightly Cabinet meeting, Chabane said this should especially be stamped out in school classrooms. “There is no room for racism in our country and democracy, let alone in our schools,
Read more: South African cabinet denounces ‘recent acts of racism’
Eight months after attorneys for Abigail Fisher argued in front of the Supreme Court that the University of Texas’ affirmative action admissions policy discriminates against white students, the justices still have not handed down their decision in the potentially paradigm-shifting case. The unusual delay has many court-watchers stumped, though as with everything Supreme Court-related, all
Read more: Unusual delay in Supreme Court’s decision on Abigail Fisher and race-based admissions
Windhoek — The days are numbered for Buffalo’s bar in Gobabis, the latest flashpoint in an alleged racist attack, warned Prime Minister Dr Hage Geingob. He said “undesirable establishments like Buffalo’s bar and similar places which are scattered all over the country,” should be closed down for being racist outposts. Geingob made the remarks on
Read more: Namibian PM wants to close down ‘racist outposts’ after interracial brawl
President Jacob Zuma denied on Thursday being responsible for the sharp decline in the value of the rand. Responding to the Presidency Budget Vote debate, Zuma roasted opposition parties for linking his news briefing more than two weeks ago on the state of the economy to the depreciation of the rand, hours after he spoke.
A man was arrested at London’s Westminster Abbey on Thursday for defacing a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II commissioned to mark her 60 years on the throne. “In an incident at lunchtime today, a visitor to the abbey sprayed paint on the Ralph Heimans portrait of the queen, presently on display in the Chapter House,”
Read more: Man arrested for defacing Queen’s portrait in London
One thousand police officials have been arrested for crime in the past three years, Gauteng police commissioner Mzwandile Petros said on Thursday. The arrests were made between September 2010 and April this year, he said at a New Age breakfast on government’s drug clean-up campaign. With a police station comprising about 300 officials, this meant
by Dan Roodt One of the biggest liberal myths in South Africa is that whites own 87% of the land. If you consider that 70% of the country consists of the Karoo desert, there is only 30% with any rainfall to speak of. Blacks have always owned at least half of that in the form
A statue of former president Nelson Mandela may be erected in front of the Cape Town city hall where he delivered his first speech after being released from prison, the Cape Times reported on Thursday. Democratic Alliance councillor Leonore van der Walt reportedly proposed at a council meeting on Wednesday that a naming committee be
Former president Nelson Mandela is responding well to treatment, Cabinet said on Thursday. In a statement following its regularly fortnightly meeting, Cabinet wished Mandela a speedy recovery and reassured the nation he was receiving the best medical care. “Cabinet is pleased that he is responding well to treatment and reiterates the request for the media
Read more: Mandela responding well to treatment: South African cabinet
A crowd of people rushed to steal pigs from an overturned truck near Badplaas in Mpumalanga, Beeld reported on Thursday. NSPCA inspector Petro Oosthuizen said the truck, carrying 139 pigs to an abattoir, overturned near the town on Tuesday afternoon. The driver was seriously injured and transported to hospital. She said she and four colleagues
Read more: Black crowd steal pigs from overturned truck while South African police look on
Colombia’s defense ministry is alarmed about an exodus of top soldiers to the United Arab Emirates to join a highly paid U.S.-led mercenary force organized by Erik Prince, billionaire founder of the security firm Blackwater. Prince, who sold Blackwater in 2010 after it was involved in killings and scandals in Iraq, went to Abu Dhabi,
Steven Spielberg on Wednesday predicted an “implosion” in the film industry is inevitable, whereby a half dozen or so $250 million movies flop at the box office and alter the industry forever. What comes next — or even before then — will be price variances at movie theaters, where “you’re gonna have to pay $25
