The FW de Klerk Foundation on Thursday formally accepted the apology of a man who allegedly posted a racist tweet. The foundation said spiritual leader Kemo Waters had apologised for the tweet. In January last year, the foundation laid a complaint with the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) about the Twitter post. Waters allegedly tweeted
Read more: FW de Klerk accepts apology for ‘kill whites’ tweet
Israel plans to declare legal four unauthorized West Bank settler outposts, a court document showed on Thursday, days before U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry returns to the region to try to restart peace talks. Israel has been sending mixed signals on its internationally condemned settlement policy as Kerry pursues efforts to revive negotiations Palestinians quit
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The Voortrekker Monument won a prestigious gold award for overall performance at the China Outbound Travel and Tourism Market, the Pretoria municipality said on Wednesday. Strategic Executive Director, Nomasonto Ndlovu said in a statement the City of Pretoria were concluding its exhibition at Indaba 2013. “What a fantastic way to end our participation at Indaba 2013. This is
Read more: Voortrekker Monument gets gold award from China – 50% of all Chinese tourists go there
It seems increasingly popular to speak of racial and ethnic diversity as a civic strength. From multicultural festivals to pronouncements from political leaders, the message is the same: our differences make us stronger. But a massive new study, based on detailed interviews of nearly 30,000 people across America, has concluded just the opposite. Harvard political
During a press conference Monday night investigators said they had secured an arrest warrant for Akein Scott, 19, and pleaded with the public to help bring the alleged shooter to justice. City law enforcement officials publicized a mug shot of the young man, who they say was released from jail on a bond on April
Read more: New Orleans mass murderer is 19-year old black man
THE World Economic Forum on Africa is one fabulous talk shop. Recurring themes are the need for investment, transparency, regulatory reform and infrastructure development. Much is being made of the fact that on average African country growth is among the fastest in the world. Africa’s time, it is said, has arrived. Yet one wonders, why
A 13-year-old girl has become the youngest South African to win the world chess federation title of Woman International Master, it was reported on Monday. Charlize van Zyl, of Collegiate Girls High School in Port Elizabeth, won the women’s division of the FIDE (Fédération Internationale des Échecs) Africa zone’s 4.3 championships in Gaborone, Botswana, last
Six people were wounded when a gang tried to rob a Cape Town shop at the weekend, it was reported on Monday. The Daily Voice reported that a group of armed men entered a clothing shop in Gugulethu Square on Sunday and demanded cash. Gugulethu is a mainly black area. A shoot-out ensued between the
UK intelligence agency MI5 reportedly terminated a failed multimillion-dollar IT project to centralize the agency’s data stores. The system was supposed to be ready ahead of last year’s London Olympics, but the consultants hired by MI5 failed to deliver. The new digital records management (RM) system was supposed to allow for search queries and returns
Read more: British Intelligence wastes $140m on failed data project
While Julius Malema may have little power left politically, he certainly wielded his weight at the MTN South African Music Awards (Samas) this weekend. The disgraced former leader of the ANC Youth League made sure that South Africa’s current favourite musician, Dr Malinga, got to perform in the early hours of yesterday morning at the
As South African troops prepare for deployment to the violence-racked east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the enemy is gearing up for full-scale war.
As South African troops prepare for deployment to the violence-racked east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the enemy is gearing up for full-scale war.
On May 3, a Vosloorus Taxi Association member was shot and killed during a shootout at the Windmill Park taxi rank. According to JJ Dlamini, chairman of the association, this is now the 13th member they have lost during the ongoing taxi violence. At the recent Reiger Park Taxi Association elections, both Dlamini, as well
The capitalist system is the real enemy in South Africa, Congress of SA Trade Unions general-secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said on Friday. Problems such as xenophobia, corruption, gender-based violence, and substance abuse were rooted in economic misery, he said in Johannesburg. “All of these are rooted in another set of three even bigger
On behalf of the Pro-Afrikaans Action Group (Praag) and all Afrikaans speakers in the country, I strongly object to your sensationalist headline: “My child hates Afrikaans people” (City Press, May 5). The rest of the article displays a distinct bias against Hoërskool Fochville and Afrikaans in general by selectively quoting from affidavits filed by an
