South African rights groups have vowed to petition the United Nations and African Union over the latest ruling that the country’s Olympic 800-metre champion Caster Semenya cannot compete unless she takes hormone-suppressing drugs. Switzerland’s Supreme Court last week dismissed Semenya’s appeal against a decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on eligibility criteria for […]
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SA COVID-19 death toll ticks up to 15,772 as 67 more fatalities recorded The Health Ministry said that 2,128 new infections were picked up over the past day, pushing the number of known cases in this country to over 655,000. The Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku with teams of field workers in Ekurhuleni District, Glen […]
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President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered the eulogy at late human rights lawyer Advocate George Bizos’ funeral on Thursday. President Cyirl Ramaphosa delivers the eulogy at the funeral of human rights lawyer Advocate George Bizos on 17 September 2020. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter CAPE TOWN – President Cyril Ramaphosa has stressed that the country’s laws must continue to be […]
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Family, friends and the healthcare fraternity gathered outside Munshi’s home in Houghton on Thursday to pay their final respects to the doctor following his murder this week. Healthcare workers gathered outside the home of Dr Abdulhay Munshi in Houghton to express their condolences to the family of the slain doctor and stand in solidarity with […]
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In a wide-ranging interview with EWN, DA interim leader John Steenhuisen lambasted Mbali Ntuli for criticising the party in the media. FILE: Interim DA leader John Steenhuisen. Picture: @alanwinde/Twitter DURBAN – Democratic Alliance (DA) interim leader John Steenhuisen said that criticism of the party’s federal legal commission by former youth leader Mbali Ntuli was not […]
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Tharina Human is starting her effective 10-year sentence after she formally confessed to kidnapping the child last year and threatening to extort R2 million from her parents. FILE: Tharina Human has pleaded guilty to being the mastermind behind the kidnapping of a 6-year-old girl from her Vanderbijlpark school. Picture: EWN JOHANNESBURG – The lawyer representing […]
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Gender violence researcher at the University of Johannesburg, Lisa Vetten, said that the plan was just the latest in a succession of plans. President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter CAPE TOWN – A well known gender-based violence specialist has poked holes in the president’s hot spot approach to the problem. On Wednesday, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced […]
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The administrators took control of state-owned SAA in December after almost a decade of financial losses and published a rescue plan in June following repeated delays and wrangling over its future. FILE: South African Airways planes. Picture: Facebook.com JOHANNESBURG – Administrators at struggling South African Airways (SAA) have called creditors to a meeting for Friday […]
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The Department of Basic Education announced that it was replacing the exams for grades 10 and 11 with controlled tests due to the trimmed curriculum. JOHANNESBURG – As final school year exams draw closer, teachers’ unions on Thursday said that the Department of Basic Education’s (DBE) decision to scrap exams for grade 10 and 11 […]
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CEO of the South African Liquor Brandowners Association, Kurt Moore, said that the extension of trading days was a step in the right direction but not far enough for the sector that was struggling to recover from the two waves of bans on sales during the lockdown. FILE: SAB beer crates are being gathered as […]
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