The debate around the world about what to do with growing waves of desperate migrants will be spurred by a Cannes Film Festival triumph for a movie that looks at the plight of a refugee hero. “Dheepan”, a French movie about a Sri Lankan former soldier’s struggles in a Paris ghetto in the grip of
Antwerp mayor receives death threats from Jihadists
Islamic extremists in Belgium have publicly threatened to kill the mayor of the Belgian city of Antwerp, Bart De Wever, if he does not convert to Islam, local media reported Monday. A sign written in French stating threats against de Wever, who is also the head of the nationalist political party the New Flemish Alliance,
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Thousands sign petition to return to Europe
The petition on the website www.change.org, had about 15000 signatures last night. It calls for the EU to allow white South Africans, Namibians and Zimbabweans to be given automatic European citizenship. The petition has over 15000 signatures. Rodrigo de Campos, a Brazilian, is behind the campaign and his motivation is that “the white South African
Trevor Noah’s third relative murdered
The family of coloured comedian Trevor Noah has suffered yet another blow following the murder of his cousin in Greytown in KwaZulu-Natal. The latest murder comes just months after Noah landed the job as the new host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, a lame anti-white American political project. Since the announcement, Noah has been
SA must learn new anthem and fly AU flag
President Jacob Zuma on Sunday urged South Africans to learn the African Union anthem, and asked companies and institutions to fly the African Union flag alongside that of the national flag. “On this 21st year of being part of the AU, we must begin a new chapter and formalise the promotion of the AU and
Flickr tags blacks as ‘apes’
Flickr is facing a user revolt after a new auto-tagging system labelled images of black people with tags such as “ape” and “animal” as well as tagging pictures of concentration camps with “sport” or “jungle gym”. The system, which was introduced in early May, uses what Flickr describes as “advanced image recognition technology” to automatically
Violence in Baltimore spikes
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake called the Baltimore’s recent spike in violence “disheartening” Thursday as police work to address a dramatic increase in homicides and nonfatal shootings in the black American city. “It’s extremely frustrating,” the mayor told reporters at a news conference. “It is disheartening, but I am still resolved to continue to reduce violent crime
Repo left unchanged but rand sinks
The rand was a touch softer against the dollar on Thursday, coming off the session’s highs after the central bank left rates unchanged despite a hawkish policy statement that had fuelled last minute expectations for a hike. Governor Lesetja Kganyago said the bank’s monetary policy committee voted 4:2 in favour of keeping the benchmark repo
Mugabe blames xenophobic violence on whites
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe laid the blame for xenophobic violence in South Africa on whites, because he said they still owned most of the land and had most of the opportunities. “It is a matter of the whites keeping things to themselves and the political dispensation brought in by Mandela, (that) did not address the
Public warned against fake armed ‘cops’
Police have warned the public of fake police who have been driving around KwaMashu, Newlands East and Greenwood Park, robbing people. Police spokesman Thulani Zwane said three men were driving around the area in a white Toyota Avanza fitted with a blue police light. “They do not use police uniform, but they pretend to be
Bomb scares at two big shopping malls
The police are investigating after bomb scares at two shopping malls in Johannesburg. Emergency Services and the police’s bomb squad evacuated Cresta in Randburg and Eastgate in Bedfordview. No devices were found. Eastgate Mall Spokesperson, Amelia Beattie says, “We receive a bomb threat this afternoon (Thursday), but we call also confirm that the centre has
Lesotho’s opposition leader flees country
Lesotho’s opposition leader has fled the country for the second time in a year, claiming that he was at risk of assassination after being voted out of power. Thomas Thabane, the former prime minister, travelled to Botswana on Tuesday night in the latest twist to a year of political turmoil for the mountainous country that
SA mining safety lagging behind
The National Union of Mine Workers (NUM) says the country’s mining sector is still far lagging behind in implementing the required health and safety measures. The union concedes that, although strides are being made by mining houses to improve safety, some mining companies are still prioritising profit over the Health and Safety of miners. These
Ilana Mercer: Iraq Liars & Deniers: We Knew Then What We Know Now
“If we knew what we know today, we would not have gone into Iraq”: This is as good an apology Republicans vying for the highest office are willing to offer, 12 years after launching a war that was immoral and unjust from the inception—as some of us pointed out from the inception—cost trillions in treasure,
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