Cosas member threatens to kill white people coming out of race-row school: Protesters said their fight was for education and democracy, which has been a constant battle in South Africa post 1994, and one had even made death threats to any “white person coming out of the school”. Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi said ... Source: "South Africa" - BingNews Resumption of … [Read more...] about SA News: Cosas member threatens to kill white people coming out of race-row school
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‘People are dying’: Joburg neighbourhood demands police station
‘People are dying’: Joburg neighbourhood demands police station: ‘People are dying’: Joburg neighbourhood demands police station: “Crime is too high and people are dying. We need our own police station.” This is the plea of Tshepisong residents, a neighbourhood in the west of Johannesburg, which has been without a police station for about 20 years. Click HERE to … [Read more...] about ‘People are dying’: Joburg neighbourhood demands police station
Disabled people in Africa get a raw deal. What’s been done to fix this | The Conversation
Disabled people in Africa get a raw deal. What's been done to fix this: The African Commission has adopted the final draft of a protocol that will protect the rights of persons living with disability Crazymedia/ShutterstockThe African Commission has drafted a new protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights that emphasises the importance of the right of people … [Read more...] about Disabled people in Africa get a raw deal. What’s been done to fix this | The Conversation
226 people injured in South Africa trains collision
226 people injured in South Africa trains collision: 226 people injured in South Africa trains collision: Two trains collided in Geldenhuys Train Station, Germiston, a small city east of Johannesburg in South Africa on Tuesday morning, leaving 226 passengers injured. Metrorail spokesperson Lilian Mofokeng said at the scene that the incident happened at around 6:45, as a train … [Read more...] about 226 people injured in South Africa trains collision
More people went hungry in Africa in 2017. But new initiatives also bore fruit | The Conversation
More people went hungry in Africa in 2017. But new initiatives also bore fruit: Affordable tractors improved food security in Nigeria Mugisha Don de Dieu/FlickrThe number of people experiencing food insecurity in Africa rose from 220 million people to 224 million people this year. The Food and Agriculture Organisation’s regional overview for the year attributes this to … [Read more...] about More people went hungry in Africa in 2017. But new initiatives also bore fruit | The Conversation
