Johannesburg – ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe first personally attacked a journalist at a media briefing on Sunday, before threatening to block all “hostile” journalists. It all started with a follow-up question on the Marikana report, at a briefing in Johannesburg after the African National Congress’s national executive committee meeting at the … [Read more...] about Mantashe threatens to “block all hostile journalists”
block
South Africa: Separate protests block tourist spot near Mandela’s old home, disrupt Cape Town
Protesters in South Africa burned tires and piled rocks across the road leading to the Soweto home of the late Nelson Mandela on Wednesday, in a demonstration against electricity bills. Residents blocked the streets of the Soweto neighborhood that was once home to anti-apartheid icons Mandela and Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu, and now a popular tourist spot in Johannesburg. Read … [Read more...] about South Africa: Separate protests block tourist spot near Mandela’s old home, disrupt Cape Town
