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Taliban stopped plan to open girls’ schools
Contrary to their undertaking, the Taliban have suddenly halted a plan to reopen secondary schools for girls. Most schools for girls over sixth-grade have been
Foo Fighters drummer, Taylor Hawkins, dies
Taylor Hawkins, the drummer for rock band, the Foo Fighters, has died at the age of 50. The band is currently on tour in South
Procurement ruling welcome, but race-based risk remains – IRR
The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) has welcomed the Treasury’s announcement that it has granted exemptions from race-based procurement tests for new contracts offered by
Iran is voted onto UN body for women’s rights
Yesterday Iran began a 4-year term on the United Nations’ (UN) top women’s rights body. Iran joined the Commission on the Status of Women, the
South Africa spends millions for Cuba to train our military
SA has spent R359m on having members of the military trained in Cuba since 2014. The courses included training for air force pilots, air traffic
Brackenfell’s not racist – SA Human Rights Commission
An unofficial matric ball for pupils at Brackenfell High School in Cape Town in 2020 did not exclude anyone on the basis of race, a
Holocaust survivor killed by a Russian strike
Boris Romanchenko, a 96-year-old Holocaust survivor, was killed when shelling hit his ordinary flat in the war-ravaged Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. He survived the Nazi
Slavery ‘forever stains our history’ – Prince William
The Duke of Cambridge expressed his ‘profound sorrow’ over slavery in a speech at a dinner in Jamaica during his and the Duchess of Cambridge’s
Yuri Gagarin cancelled by Space Foundation
Yuri Gagarin, Soviet cosmonaut and first person in outer space, has had his name removed from an event celebrating his remarkable contribution to space exploration.
Frank book pulled
A book published earlier this year, which claimed to reveal the person who betrayed Anne Frank and her family, has been pulled by its publisher.