International outrage over Iranian rapper’s death sentence

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An Iranian court has sentenced a popular dissident rapper to death following his outspoken support of the 2022 women’s rights movement.  Rapper Toomaj Salehi (33)

BBC – Iranian teenager killed by Iranian security unit, not by suicide

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An Iranian teenager was sexually assaulted and killed by three men working for Iran’s security forces, according to a leaked document understood to have been

C-owl-ateral to open a bank account

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Customers and staff at an Absa branch in Gauteng were dumbstruck when a customer tried to open a bank account using a live barn owl

The mining industry is retrenching further

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On Friday, the second-largest platinum producer in the world, Impala Platinum, said it was entering retrenchment talks that could affect 3 900 jobs, while Sibanye

Neal Froneman says it like it is which is not good, but it can be better

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Neal Froneman, Sibanye-Stillwater’s CEO, said of the current investment context: ‘…if investors are going to be constantly threatened with expropriation without compensation and nationalisation of

Ellies unplugged!

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Ellies, a supplier of electrical and hi-tech electronic goods, including photovoltaic solar power and other alternative energy solutions, is going into liquidation. In January, Ellies

Senior US officials cast doubt on Israeli assurances – State Dept memo

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An internal State Department memo indicates that some senior US officials have advised secretary of state Antony Blinken that they do not find ‘credible or

New Iraqi law criminalises same-sex relationships

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Jail terms of between 10 and 15 years are provided for in a new law passed by Iraq’s parliament that criminalises same-sex relationships. According to

Titanic pocket watch breaks auction record

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A gold pocket watch recovered from the body of the richest man on the Titanic, businessman John Jacob Astor, was sold at the weekend for

Cadre deployment: ANC seeks to appeal contempt of court ruling

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The ANC is seeking leave to appeal a Johannesburg high court ruling that it is in contempt of court for failing to hand over all