# The Congress of South African Trade Unions has welcomed the International Court of Justice’s case in defence of workers’ inalienable right to strike. The ICJ opened hearings on Monday to determine whether the right to strike is protected under international law. This is the first time the world’s top court has been asked to […]
# Vandag is die tweede herdenking van die dodelike Hamas-geleide aanval op die suide van Israel op 7 Oktober 2023. Een-duisend-200 mense is in die aanval dood, en nog 251 is gyselaar geneem. Die Israelse weermag het in reaksie ‘n inval in Gaza in van stapel gestuur. Sedertdien is 67-duisend-160 Palestyne dood en ongeveer 170-duisend […]
# Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer has rejected president Donald Trump’s claim that negotiations with the Democrats are underway. Two proposals to fund the government, one from Democrats and one from Republicans, both failed in the Senate on Monday evening. This means the government shutdown is now in its seventh day. Schumer says if Trump […]
# Die Amerikaanse Hooggeregshof het geweier om ‘n appèl van Jeffrey Epstein se medewerker, Ghislaine Maxwell, teen haar skuldigbevinding aan sekshandel aan te hoor. Sy is in 2022 tot 20 jaar in ‘n federale tronk gevonnis vir die uitvoering van ‘n jare lange skema met Epstein om minderjarige meisies voor te berei en seksueel te […]
# Today marks the second anniversary of the deadly Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on 7 October 2023. One-thousand-200 people were killed in the attack, and 251 others were taken hostage. The Israeli Defence Force launched a campaign in Gaza in response. Since then, 67-thousand-160 Palestinians have been killed and about 170-thousand wounded in military operations. […]
# Die Departement van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking het bevestig dat die groep Suid-Afrikaners, wat deel was van die Global Sumud-flottielje en daarna deur Israelse owerhede aangehou is, vandag vrygelaat sal word. Die groep, insluitend Mandla Mandela en skrywer en kulturele aktivis Zukiswa Wanner, is verlede week aangehou terwyl hulle probeer het om humanitêre hulp […]
# The US Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from Jeffrey Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell against her sex-trafficking conviction. She was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison in 2022 for carrying out a years-long scheme with Epstein to groom and sexually abuse underage girls. Epstein died in prison in 2019. Maxwell’s appeal centred on […]
# The Department of International Relations and Cooperation has confirmed that the group of South Africans, who were part of the Global Sumud Flotilla and subsequently detained by Israeli authorities, will be released today. The group, including Mandla Mandela and writer and cultural activist Zukiswa Wanner, were detained last week while attempting to deliver humanitarian […]
# Die Wêreldgesondheidsorganisasie sê e-sigarette dryf ‘n ontstellende nuwe golf van nikotienverslawing aan, met miljoene kinders wat tans verslaaf is aan damprook. Lande wat die data kan verskaf, toon kinders is gemiddeld nege keer meer geneig as volwassenes om e-sigarette te rook. Die VN se gesondheidsagentskap sê die bedryf bevorder damprook as minder skadelik as […]
