South Africa: Watershed Judgment Clarifies Limits of Religion in South Africa’s Public Schools: [The Conversation Africa] A High Court in South Africa recently handed down a landmark ruling with far-reaching implications for religion in the country’s public schools. The court decided that a school may not promote a single religion, or brand itself as such. This means that a school cannot, for example, call itself a Christian school. ……
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South Africa: Gupta Family is Parasitic, Says SA Communist Party: [News24Wire] The “parasitic bourgeoisie” in the form of the Gupta family is the greatest threat facing the tripartite alliance and has contributed to its deterioration, the SACP said on Wednesday. ……
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Malawi Mourns Death of Jazz Music Maestro Ray Phiri As Tributes Pour in: [Nyasa Times] South African jazz legend Raymond Chikapa Phiri on Wednesday succumbed to lung cancer at the age of 70. ……
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South Africa: Nzimande Re-Elected SACP General Secretary: [News24Wire] The South African Communist Party has given Blade Nzimande a mandate to continue leading the vanguard. ……
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Bodyguard protecting Stanfield nabbed at hospital: Cape Town – A man, believed to be a bodyguard of suspected 28s gang boss Ralph Stanfield, has been arrested with an illegal firearm and ammunition at a city hospital where he is being treated. Police say the 39-year-old man was nabbed at the private hospital on Wednesday at 10.50am, for allegedly being in possession of an unlicensed gun. Cape Flats crime fighters said the move was an expected one from Stanfield, who would be “surrounding himself with…
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Slain Jeremiah’s mom pleads innocence in letter: Cape Town – A woman who was arrested for the murder of her one-year-old toddler, has pleaded her innocence in a letter to her parents. Abigail Ruiters, 30, the mom of slain Kensington toddler Jeremiah Ruiters, says all she wants to do is come home and work for her remaining two children. She is also six months pregnant. Ruiters and her 26-year-old boyfriend Ameerudien Peters appeared in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, where they tried to apply for bail. Ruiters is charged with murder…
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Mabelane family hopes Ahmed Timol death inquest will open doors: The family of Matthews Mabelane, who died while he was in detention at John Vorster Square in 1977, hopes the Ahmed Timol inquest will help them in finding answers about the cause of his death. ……
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DA wants Mkhwebane to answer to Parliament: The DA is not letting Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane off for her recent controversial remarks on the role of the South African Reserve Bank. Members of the DA have announced that they would request that Parliament’s justice committee summon her to explain herself. In a…
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Public protector lashes ‘errant’ Zuma: Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has accused President Jacob Zuma of undermining the Chapter Nine institution by failing to comply with her predecessor’s remedial action to institute an inquiry into state capture. This is the second time Mkhwebane has accused the president of undermining the protector. In papers filed with the high court, Mkhwebane invoked the Constitutional Court’s judgment on Nkandla that reaffirmed the public…
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Green Bond to help with ‘new normal’ of water shortages: A University of Cape Town senior lecturer has suggested that the City of Cape Town should spend some of the R1bn raised in its first Green Bond on installing digital water-use devices in homes. ……
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