# Open Doors Southern Africa has condemned the brutal attack on a Catholic church in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where at least 49 people, including nine children, were killed. Armed men believed to be linked to the ISIS-backed Allied Democratic Forces group attacked worshippers during a night vigil on 27 July in Ituri province, […]
# Switzerland’s president Karin Keller-Sutter is on her way to Washington in a last-minute push to stop steep new tariffs that have blindsided the Alpine country. Switzerland faces a 39-percent duty, one of the highest among the dozens of economies that will be hit by new tariffs expected to come into force from Thursday. US […]
# Die minister van Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding, Buti Manamela, is bekommerd oor bewerings van manipulering met graderings en wangedrag by die Departement van Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling aan die Universiteit van Kaapstad. ‘n Voormalige departementshoof het beweerde rasse-vooroordeel in akademiese assesserings uitgewys. Daar word beweer wit studente het beter punte gekry. Manamela sal na verwagting met […]
# Die Siektebewaker van die Gautengse Gesondheidsdepartement, Mashaole Makwela, sê die provinsie se massa-inentingsveldtog teen masels en Duitse masels wil verseker dat leerders ten volle beskerm word. Volgens die department kry meer as 370 gevalle tans behandeling. Makwela het by die Laerskool Steve Biko in Orange Farm gesê die veldtog is gerig op skole en […]
# Russia has criticised US President Donald Trump’s threat to raise tariffs on India over its purchases of Russian oil, a key source of revenue for Moscow’s military offensive on Ukraine. Trump has given Moscow until Friday to make progress on a peace deal with Kyiv or face new economic sanctions that could include punishments […]
# NotInMyName International het toenemende boelie-voorvalle in skole veroordeel, veral in Mamelodi, die Oos-Kaap en die Vaal. Die organisasie se sekretaris-generaal, Themba Masango, sê geweld en intimidasie vernietig leerders se selfvertroue en hul onderrig en noem dit ‘n nasionale krisis. Masango eis dringende optrede van die Departement van Basiese Onderwys, skoolbeheerliggame en gemeenskappe, insluitend sterker […]
# The DA says deputy president Paul Mashatile’s clean cities and towns campaign in the Free State is a desperate public relations stunt to cover up his scandals and the ANC’s failures in the province. The party criticised Mashatile’s recent ethics violation for not declaring a diamond gift and failing to disclose a 29-million-rand property. […]
# Die DA het ’n Privaatlede-wetsontwerp voorgestel om te voorkom dat afgedankte ampsdraers weer ‘n openbare amp kan beklee. Die wetsontwerp wil die grondwet wysig om afgedankte regters en voormalige hoofde van Hoofstuk Nege-instellings wat weens wangedrag verwyder is, te verhinder om lede van die parlement, die provinsiale wetgewers, of munisipale rade te word. Die […]
# The Legal Resources Centre says the Ingonyama Trust Board’s announcement that it has begun refunding residents unlawfully charged rental under lease agreements on trust-held land is a positive step. This follows a 2021 High Court ruling that the leases violated constitutional rights to customary land use. After withdrawing its appeal, the Board has now […]
