Barrister Barbara Hewson was criticised by her own chambers after causing a furore by suggesting that the age of consent should be lowered to 13. In an article for online publication Spiked, Ms Hewson, a specialist in reproductive rights, said it was time to “end the persecution of old men” such broadcaster Stuart Hall, describing
Read more: Top human rights barrister wants age of consent to be lowered to 13
The court case between the Gauteng education department and Rivonia Primary School over admission policies is crucial for access to education, Section27 said on Wednesday. “The Constitutional Court’s decision in the case is a crucial one for the future of access to equal education in South Africa,” spokeswoman Nikki Stein said. The Constitutional Court is
Read more: Rivonia Primary case in Constitutional Court to determine fate of ‘Model C’ schools
The court case between the Gauteng education department and Rivonia Primary School over admission policies is crucial for access to education, Section27 said on Wednesday. “The Constitutional Court’s decision in the case is a crucial one for the future of access to equal education in South Africa,” spokeswoman Nikki Stein said. The Constitutional Court is
Read more: Powerful English NGO attacks Afrikaans school in court
In an experimental bid to determine whether wider gun ownership could lead to a decline in crime, a University of Houston graduate student and the Armed Citizens Project is looking to give away shotguns to residents of fifteen cities. Kyle Coplen, 29, is the founder of the Armed Citizens Project, a group which announced that
I REFER to the airbrushed piece on Oliver Tambo by your now-ubiquitous columnist Dr Z Pallo Jordan (Tambo left an indelible imprint on our politics, Business Day April 25). It is so breathtakingly unctuous that one is obliged to give some facts to the public in case they are tempted to view the African National
by Ilana Mercer Whereas American media has shed mostly darkness on the “apparently” mysterious motivation behind the ruthless, savage, April 15 attack on the Boston Marathon—a Chechen leader offered some valuable insights about these homegrown terrorists: [The] Tsarnaevs … were raised in the United States, and their attitudes and beliefs were formed there. It is
Read more: Reflections On The Boston Bombers & Boyhood In America
A major neo-Nazi murder trial opened Monday in Germany over a killing spree that embarrassed authorities, shed a spotlight on the country’s murky far-right scene, and exposed institutional racism and incompetence. The trial opened amid tight security in the southern city of Munich after a three-week delay over an outcry about media access which has
Read more: ‘National Socialist Underground’ trial starts in Germany – leader is a woman
Nearly half of Republican voters beileve that armed revolution may soon be coming to the United States, a new poll by Fairleigh Dickinson University has found. Think of it as an alternate definition for the term “gun control.” Nearly half of all Republicans surveyed said they believed that “an armed revolution in order to protect
Barbara Creecy, the MEC for Education in the Gauteng province of South Africa, has launched an all-out attack on Afrikaans high schools by threatening principals and busing in “English” (black) children to Fochville Hoërskool. Ms. Creecy studied at the exclusive private English school with a British colonial culture, Roedean, in Johannesburg. In the tradition of
Read more: Englishwoman wants to anglicise Afrikaans schools
Farm owners in Paarl, who allegedly refused a gay couple permission to get married on their land, could face legal action. The Saturday Star reported gay couple Emile Butler and Gareth O’Brien were considering taking the matter to the Equality Court. The couple had planned to get married at the Diemerskraal wine estate outside Cape
Read more: Couple facing court action over refusing gay marriage on their farm
by Neville Chamberlain Max du Preez is of the informed opinion that South Africa is not a “Banana Republic” echoing similar statements from the ruling ANC elite (or should that rather be ruling ANC regime). Admitting that the state of affairs in Africa’s economic powerhouse is following the blueprint of Africa in true African style
A stray dog scavenges for food in a dark passage leading to a nondescript apartment block in Rani Bazar, Saharanpur – a dusty, fly-infested city in northern India, nearly 200km from Delhi. Several window frames are in dire need of a coat of varnish. Old towels and two saris are draped over a wrought-iron balustrade
Read more: The rise of the Guptas: From Saharanpur to Saxonwold…
Scientists said Wednesday they had found a brain region that controls physical ageing, and could target it to manipulate the lifespan of lab mice. The findings may be a step towards finding the holy grail of slowing human ageing, but have yet to be tested in human subjects. The research, published in the journal Nature,
Writing on his Facebook page, Zimbabwean opposition politician Roy Bennett has refuted Max du Preez’s recent defence of Robert Mugabe’s so-called “land reform programme” whereby white-owned land was confiscated, plunging the country into economic chaos. According to Bennett: “There is a new fashion developing among some white journalists and academics: they have joined with Zanu-PF
Read more: Roy Bennett refutes Max du Preez’s praise of Zimbabwean land grab
