Barbados has announced it wants to replace the Queen with a ceremonial president in 2016. Other Commonwealth countries are considering a similar constitutional change
Barbados has announced it wants to replace the Queen with a ceremonial president in 2016. Other Commonwealth countries are considering a similar constitutional change
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The Office of the Presidency has denied that President Jacob Zuma was escorted to safety as maidens at Enyokeni Palace, under “demon attack”, caused a commotion at the reed dance ceremony. The Mercury reported on Monday that during a commotion on Saturday when black maidens were pushing each other towards an area where Zuma and
Lorraine Kekana, 30, was made to listen to the groans of her four dying children who had just had their throats slit, allegedly by their father. Minutes before, her black husband had allegedly phoned her to ask whether she had any final words for her children before they died. The four boys, aged 13, 10,
Read more: Black husband kills four kids by slitting their throats
The leader of Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FPO) has blamed the United States and the NATO Western military alliance for triggering the refugee crisis that has overwhelmed Europe. “The USA and NATO have destroyed Iraq and Libya with their military intervention, bombs and missiles; provided financial, logistical and military support to the opposition against President
Read more: Austrian far-right leader blames US, NATO for migrant crisis
For a short while, the thing called “gun violence” was uppermost in the minds of the blabbering class. Two lovely young people, Alison Parker (news reporter) and Adam Ward (photojournalist), of Roanoke, Virginia, were gunned-down on live TV, is a scene reminiscent of the film “15 Minutes,” in which an anchor’s drive for ratings and
I write in English to accomodate readers who aren’t bright enough to speak more than one language; those who do not understand Afrikaans. I write anonymously as I am not pursuing a career in politics or in media. Further I don’t want to be tarred and feathered or championed by any group. Also as I
Read more: Letter: By what right may government decide what language I should use?
The influx of refugees into Europe threatens to undermine the continent’s Christian roots and governments must control their borders before they can decide how many asylum seekers they can take, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said. In an opinion piece for Germany’s Frankfurt Allgemeine Zeitung, Orban said the people of Europe were at odds with
The Israeli parliament has passed a law banning journalists working for the country’s public broadcast authority from expressing their opinions on air. The law, passed early Thursday in the middle of the night, drew criticism from journalists, who accused the government of trying to stifle dissent. The law says broadcasts should “avoid one-sidedness, prejudice, expressing
2016 Republican frontrunner Donald Trump told Breitbart News that former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush should be speaking the language of the majority. Jeb Bush spoke Spanish, the migrant language, to attack Trump in Miami this week—on the campaign trail. Trump had harsh words for Sen. Marco Rubio as well and lit into the donor class,
Read more: Trump tells Jeb to speak the language of the majority
The government of Russia has announced a sweeping new policy commemorating the victims of past repressions during the era of the Soviet Union. Not that you’ll hear about in the Western press which will continue to insist Putin sees Stalin as a role model and would like to rehabilitate Stalinism. The ‘State Policy on Commemorating
Read more: Russia to redouble efforts to honor victims of Stalinism
President Obama – who graduated Columbia University with a degree in political science – became an environmental and ecological expert Monday night in time to decry America’s contributions to global warming and the alleged melting of Arctic ice caps at this year’s GLACIER Conference, predicting a dire future for humanity. During the GLACIER event, which
The Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday banned a documentary film about a doctor who treats war rape victims, leading the filmmakers to say the government was trying to silence debate about sexual violence. Media Minister Lambert Mende gave no reason for the decision to ban The Man who Mends Women (L’Homme Qui Repare Les
Two 16-year-old black youths carrying pangas in a street in Knysna were arrested by police. Sergeant Chris Spies said the two teenagers were walking down Peter Street and Khayelethu in Knysna on Monday afternoon. “Members of the police received information about juveniles with possible sharp objects in their possession. The police responded and found the
At least 18 people died when a pirogue carrying passengers on the River Niger in central Mali capsized on Wednesday, said a spokesperson for the country’s department of homeland security and emergency preparedness. There were four missing and 70 survivors from the accident that took place around 05:00 in the rural community of Deboye in
