Only hours before the start of Fifa’s Congress in Zurich, six senior Fifa officials have been arrested in early-morning raids by Swiss authorities – with 14 people understood to be facing corruption charges worldwide. Officers carried out the dawn raid at the five star Baur au Lac hotel in Zurich, with the Fifa vice-president Jeffrey
Read more: Six top FIFA officials arrested for corruption in Zurich
The DA will file affidavits alleging “bad language” after an MP was physically threatened by Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Mzwandile Masina. During the presidency budget vote on Tuesday Steenhuisen said Masina had mouthed: “I will f*&k you up”. “He looked straight at me and said I will f*&k you up. Members
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Disgruntled parents of single-medium Afrikaans schools dragged Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi to court and won the first round. Fedsas said Lesufi’s decision to make parents apply for admission electronically was merely an effort to take control of the placement of pupils. The Federation of Governing Bodies of SA Schools’ (Fedsas) chief executive officer, Paul
Read more: Afrikaans schools win first round against forced anglicization
Russia lifted a ban on sending Iran its sophisticated S-300 surface-to-air missile system, officials said Monday. The weapons could be shipped shortly, giving Tehran a new way to defend itself against any future bombing campaign. The decision was made as Iran continues to negotiate with the United States and five other world powers about its
Security issues are an important sphere in the activity of BRICS member states (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) and they are related to the challenges the world community is currently facing, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday at a meeting with the Security Council secretaries of the BRICS countries. “Obviously, for our
As US mass surveillance continues to make headlines, one man has had enough. Philip Zimmermann, creator of one of the most widely-used encryption systems, has moved his company to Switzerland, claiming societies need to “roll back” surveillance tactics. Expressing his concerns about mass surveillance, Zimmerman told the Guardian that “every dystopian society has excessive surveillance,
Read more: Silent Circle moves to Switzerland to bypass US surveillance
Michael Schumacher’s wife Corinna Betsch seems to be accepting the fact that her husband likely never will be the same. The legendary Formula One driver remains paralyzed and unable to speak after a devastating ski accident in December 2013. Now, Betsch has sold Schumacher’s private jet and Norwegian vacation home. Betsch has taken over the
In a recent survey conducted by AlJazeera.net, the website for the Al Jazeera Arabic television channel, respondents overwhelmingly support the Islamic State, with 81% voting “YES” on whether they approved of ISIS’s conquests in the region. The poll, which asked in Arabic, “Do you support the organizing victories of the Islamic State in Iraq and
A 68-year-old black principal of a Johannesburg crèche, pleaded guilty to a charge of compelled rape after telling two young children to have sex and allegedly filmed the act. The owner of the creche in Alexandra who ordered two toddlers to re-enact a sex scene after they were caught in a toilet and filmed them
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The Gauteng Education Department’s decision to change single-medium Afrikaans schools into parallel-medium schools will be challenged in the Johannesburg High Court. The Federation of Governing Bodies of South African Schools are calling for the preservation of Afrikaans as a language of instruction. But Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi said he wants to address overcrowding in
Economic growth in the first quarter is expected to have slowed mainly due to the electricity supply constraints. Most economists have projected that gross domestic product (GDP) will decline sharply from 4.1% to 1.4% quarter-on-quarter. On Tuesday, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will release the growth numbers and the country’s unemployment rate. Economist at Sasfin
There was no celebrations to mark Africa Day in Kenya, but the country’s President Uhuru Kenyatta is urging the continent to work together to fight extremism. Africa has 54 countries, but only six; Ghana, Mali, Namibia, Zambia, Lesotho and Zimbabwe observe the day with a public holiday. Celebrations in these countries began early. Africa Day
Sunday Times editor Phylicia Oppelt on Monday said she stands by an article stating that comedian Trevor Noah’s cousin was murdered and buried in KwaZulu-Natal at the weekend. On Sunday night, Trevor Noah tweeted: “Thanks to some crafty journalism my family and I have spent the whole day trying to figure out which one of
Justice Minister Michael Masutha acted in accordance with the law when he denied terminally-ill Clive Derby-Lewis parole, the High Court in Pretoria heard on Monday. “We submit that the decision by the first respondent [Justice Minister Michael Masutha] was a rational decision taken in accordance with the law in consistency with the requirements of the
Read more: ANC-lawyer tries to keep terminally ill Derby-Lewis in jail
