Day 8 of the Trial of the Plant was rocked with the usual arrogance of the state and 8th defendant, Doctors for Life. Who unwittingly has been providing the judge with more reasons Marijuana should be legalized and regulated as alcohol is, instead of what they intended to do. This is down to the current…
The SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has been preparing to take Velaphi Khumalo to court for alleged hate speech after his Facebook post in early 2016, calling for the country to be cleansed of white people. “The SAHRC has consolidated all the individual matters on Velaphi Khumalo and registered a new complaint in the name…
The European Space Agency (ESA) has called for increased international cooperation to head off a threat posed to its network of satellites by debris flying around space. “No country can stand or act alone,” Jan Woerner, the chief of ESA, told an international conference in the western German city of Darmstadt on Tuesday. “It’s clear…
“A number of individuals were injured following the violence‚ including an EFF member who had a gash to his head‚ as well as the chairperson of Ward 112‚ Andrew Osmond‚ who was hit with a brick on the back of his head with such force that he was concussed and had to be taken to…
Durban – The ANC Youth League (ANCYL) in KwaZulu-Natal has reiterated that it will not apologise for “unruly behaviour” at the memorial service of struggle stalwart Ahmed Kathrada in Durban. Instead it wants to meet the organisers of the service to discuss the matter. The ANCYL had until Saturday, April 15, to apologise for the…
Hevisaurus is a Finnish heavy metal band formed in 2009 whose music is aimed at children. The band members typically wear dinosaur costumes. Hevisaurus’ debut concert was at the Elämä Lapselle charity event on September 9th 2009. Their first tour started from the Tavastia Club in Helsinki on November 22nd 2009. After Rantanen (a prominent…
Johannesburg – President Jacob Zuma has likened himself to Jesus saying that he too has been betrayed by people close to him. “We were never loved. Even when we were in the struggle we were called terrorists… because we are doing good things we are hated… Even those who were with Jesus turned against him.”…
A new law presented to Zimbabwean Parliament will enforce commercial banks to accept livestock as collateral for cash loans to informal businesses. Vehicles, television sets, refrigerators, computers and other household appliances will also become acceptable as collateral.
Cape Town – The ANC in the Western Cape has lost more than 30 000 members since he was asked to step aside, Marius Fransman has told the Cape Argus in an interview in which he reaffirmed his support for President Jacob Zuma. Fransman, who had himself been mired in controversy after he was accused…
Cape Town – Six rifles have been stolen and soldiers held up during a robbery at a military base in Harare, Khayelitsha, early on Friday. News24 understands that five armed suspects stormed the 9 South African Infantry Battalion Base, overpowering guards at the gate and stealing their R4 rifles and ammunition. The robbers forced the…
Black nationalism advocates a racial definition (or redefinition) of national identity for black people. There are different indigenous nationalist philosophies but the principles of all black nationalist ideologies are unity and self-determination—that is, separation, or independence, from European society. Black separatism and black supremacy are subtypes of black nationalism. Separatists seek a black-only state, while…
We may look back on the days in April 2017 when tens of thousands of South Africans marched demanding that President Jacob Zuma should fall as the beginning of something bigger. There’s been a wistful glint in the eyes of ageing activists as they gear up for action again, predicting a return to the 1980s.…
Many black people think stress is something that only affects white people. Some even laugh at those who say they are stressed, saying: “You have a white person’s condition.” President Jacob Zuma is one of those people. During an interview with Putco Mafani on Umhlobo Wenene’s morning radio show, Breakfast Eyondlayo Ekuseni, he reportedly said:…
Former African Union Commission chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has called on schools to transform, saying learners are taught that the ANC is “useless” and “corrupt”. Dlamini-Zuma addressed a crowd of ANC members at an ANC Cadres Forum in the Free State on Thursday afternoon. She is widely considered to be running for the position of ANC…
Cape Town – There are no exceptional circumstances warranting the United Democratic Movement direct access to the Constitutional Court, National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete believes. Furthermore, the UDM had not exhausted other alternatives before approaching the court with an application for a secret ballot in the motion of no confidence against President Jacob Zuma, she…
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