Training programme provides big dreams for small town boy
Posted By: Shopprice South Africa Cape Town – As a child growing up in the small town of Zoar in the Western Cape, Ryan Adams had two dreams: to one day be More »
6 aid workers killed in South Sudan
Posted By: Shopprice South Africa Six aid workers were killed in an ambush in South Sudan on Saturday, the UN’s humanitarian coordinator for the country said. The aid workers were traveling More »
Trump: US will act unilaterally on North Korea if necessary
Posted By: Shopprice South Africa (CNN)US President Donald Trump has declared he would be willing to go it alone to restrain North Korea’s nuclear weapons program should China fail to change the More »
Climate change could render Sudan ‘uninhabitable’
Posted By: Shopprice South Africa Temperatures are rising, water supplies are scarce, soil fertility is low and severe droughts are common. After years of desertification, its rich biodiversity is under threat and More »
Farm workers still maltreated, hearings find
Posted By: Shopprice South Africa Evictions and the bad, cruel behavior of farm workers were among the troubling trends uncovered by country-wide hearings by the cover Committee on Rural Development and Land More »
Limpopo residents attack pastors and congregation
Posted By: Shopprice South Africa The Limpopo police have pushed into water a manhunt for a group of group members who attacked church pastors and their persons in great number in Mecklenburg More »
EFF to hold vigil on Sunday evening ahead of Malema’s court appearance
Posted By: Shopprice South Africa EFF first Julius Malema said to so give support to his supporters to go into land 2 years ago at the meeting of friends’ elective meeting The More »
EFF will ask Parliament to dissolve Eskom board
Posted By: Shopprice South Africa The Economic Freedom Fighters on Friday called on the board of Eskom to move after Ceo Brian Molefes example in making ready to put up with too More »
Kidnapped Cape businessman still missing
Posted By: Shopprice South Africa Cape Town business-man Naushad Deshmukh was still lost by Friday after 12 a.m. with no new developments, Western Cape police said.Representative Captain FC Van Wyk said the More »
DA to lay charges against Brian Molefe after Eskom resignation
Posted By: Shopprice South Africa The Democratic agreement (DA) will put charges against Eskom Ceo Brian Molefe supporters his statement giving up position, the meeting of friends said on Friday. Molefe resigned More »
Category Archives: Politics
EFF opens case after suspected break-in at Malema office
Shopprice S.Africa The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in Parliament says it has opened a case with the police after a suspected break-in at the office of its leader, Julius Malema. Party spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi says the lock of the door linking the offices of Malema and his personal assistant appears to have been broken and
Parliament adopts interim rules on disruptions
Shopprice S.Africa Parliament’s Rules Committee has adopted interim rules on how to deal with disruptions in the National Assembly. These will be presented to the House for approval on Thursday. The move follows recommendations by the sub-Rules Committee that members who disrupt the proceedings of the National Assembly would be physically removed if they did
Nkandla committee won’t call other witnesses
Shopprice S.Africa Parliament’s Ad hoc Committee on Nkandla has concluded that it will not call any other witnesses to appear before it. The committee was established to look into the report by the Police Minister Nathi Nhleko on how much money President Jacob Zuma should repay for non-security upgrades. Nhleko and Public Works Minister Thulas
Parliament suspends Protection Services officials
Shopprice S.Africa Parliament has place on cautionary suspension with immediate effect two senior officials of Protection Services. They are the Head of Parliamentary Protection Services, Zelda Holtzman, and her deputy Motlatsi Mokgatla. It says the suspensions have been implemented to enable investigation of alleged security breaches and other issues affecting the Parliamentary Protection Services. These
Gambia frees more than 200 prisoners including past coup plotters
Shopprice S.Africa Banjul – Gambia released more than 200 prisoners on Friday, including 31 jailed for treason during multiple plots to overthrow long-ruling President Yahya Jammeh, prison officials said. Hundreds of cheering and weeping friends and relatives gathered outside the Mile 2 prison in the tiny West African country’s capital to greet them. Those linked
Sassa’s inability to recoup money ‘concerning’ – committee
Shopprice South Africa Parliament – The inability of the SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) to recover money owed to it by fraudsters is concerning, Parliament’s portfolio committee on social development said on Tuesday. “This is an area that Sassa and the national department need to improve on. It is an intolerable situation that money that