BOSA will be in the top four in the elections – Maimane
Build One South Africa (BOSA) leader Mmusi Maimane told Polity that his party is aiming to be amongst the top four political parties in the
Kentucky Derby winner beats rival by a nose
For the 10th time in the history of the famous race, the winner in the 150th Kentucky Derby claimed first place by a nose. It
Ecuadorian beauty queen assassinated after ordering octopus ceviche
An Ecuadorian beauty queen was assassinated after her Instagram post of a plate of octopus ceviche led gunmen to the restaurant where she was dining.
Ruto to address US Congress?
For the first time in 18 years, an African leader may be invited to address the US Congress. Kenyan President William Ruto is scheduled to
Venezuela: sanctions back, taxes up
Venezuela is set to ramp up taxes after the US imposed sanctions on the beleaguered South American country last month. The sanctions were explained by
Declining vulture numbers threaten ancient Zoroastrian burial rites
For millennia, Parsi communities have traditionally disposed of their dead in structures called dakhma, or ‘towers of silence’, with the bodies being left to decompose,
Non-racial empowerment policy spelled out in new report – IRR
Far from helping South Africans, Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) has proved to be ‘one of the biggest obstacles to growth’, having ‘enriched an elite few
M23 rebels capture smartphone mineral mining town in Congo
The M23 rebel group, a group with alleged links to Rwanda, this week captured the mining town of Rubaya in the eastern Democratic Republic of
Saudi Arabia sentences online fitness instructor to 11 years in prison for ‘terrorist offences’
In a letter to the United Nations (UN), Saudi Arabia has confirmed that it has sentenced a female fitness instructor to 11 years in prison
Another fire underground in Joburg
Johannesburg’s inner city – the CBD, Braamfontein, Fordsburg, Newtown and Parktown – was without power on Wednesday evening after a fire broke out in tunnels