Staff Writer
author
Articles By This Author
Russian artist jailed for seven years for anti-war messages
A Russian court has sentenced an anti-war activist to seven years in a penal colony for replacing supermarket labels in a St Petersburg supermarket with
Taiwan opposition forms alliance
As a presidential election set for January 2025 approaches, Taiwan’s two largest opposition parties, the Kuomintang and Taiwan People’s Party, have agreed to work together
Come clean on NHI, IRR urges Discovery
Discovery must come clean on where it stands on South Africa’s proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme. This is the gist of a letter the
Hate speech Bill approved, but amendments to be considered
The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) during its hybrid plenary this week passed the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill. The
France issues warrant for Syria’s Assad
As South Africa calls for the arrest of Israel’s leadership, France has issued a warrant for the arrest of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad. According to
Murder rate at two-decade high – report
South Africa’s murder rate has reached its highest mark in 20 years, reports News24. This emerges from a report by the Institute for Security
ANC holds seat in Eastern Cape by-election
The ANC has successfully defended a seat in a by-election in Mhlontlo in the eastern part of the Eastern Cape, close to its borders with
Starmer faces parliamentary rebellion
Sir Keir Starmer, the leader of the British Labour Party, was faced with a party rebellion when more than 50 of his party’s MPs voted
Ditch BEE for ‘pro-growth, non-racial policy alternatives’, IRR urges govt
Only by engaging in ‘frank discussions with key stakeholders, such as the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), that have formulated pro-growth, non-racial policy alternatives’ will
Kenyans given holiday to plant 100 million seedlings
Kenya gave its citizens a holiday this week to go out and plant trees. The objective was to get people to plant 100 million trees,