Zille speech interrupted Independent online DA leader Helen Zille was interrupted while speaking at a protest against Cosatu over the youth wage subsidy when violence erupted in Johannesburg on Tuesday. | Tension was in the air as she took the microphone in the city centre. | The louder she spoke, the louder chants from Congress of SA Trade U...
Gay marriage a distant dream around the world my SA | BANGKOK (AP) — China's government considered homosexuality a mental disorder until 2001. Mobs in Senegal have disinterred bodies of men they believe were gays and dragged them through the streets. In Egypt, laws prohibiting "shameless public acts" have been used to imprison gay men. | While gay-...
Tatane murder trial postponed Independent online The murder and assault trial of seven public order policemen in the Ficksburg Regional Court was postponed to August on Friday. | Magistrate Hein van Niekerk put the matter off to August 6 for the policemen’s defence counsel to finish the cross...
Malawi's President Vows To Repeal Gay Ban National Public Radio | BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — President Joyce Banda declared Friday she wants to repeal Malawi's laws against homosexual acts, going against a trend in Africa in which gays are being increasingly singled out for prosecution. | Banda, who assumed the pr...
Malawi's president vows to repeal gay ban The Guardian | RAPHAEL TENTHANI | Associated Press= BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — President Joyce Banda declared Friday she wants to repeal Malawi's laws against homosexual acts, going against a trend in Africa in which gays are being increasingly singled out for pro...
Malawi's president vows to repeal gay ban WPXI | President Joyce Banda declared Friday she wants to repeal Malawi's laws against homosexual acts, going against a trend in Africa in which gays are being increasingly singled out for prosecution. | Banda, who assumed the presidency in April when her...
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Charles Taylor convicted of aiding war crimes The Independent | After five years of hearings at a cost of $250m, the 64-year-old was found guilty on 11 counts of aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity relating to his role ...
Casino accused claim police torture Independent online Two men accused of being part of a six-man gang which robbed three casinos in KwaZulu-Natal and the Free State, claimed police officers had assaulted them and forced them to confess to the crimes. | Thulani Hlatswayo, Malvern Ndlovu, Lumkani Dube, Bo...
Casino accused claim police force Independent online Kamini Padayachee | Two men accused of being part of a six-man gang which robbed three casinos in KwaZulu-Natal and the Free State, claimed police officers had assaulted them and forced them to confess to the crimes. | Thulani Hlatswayo, Malvern Ndlo...
Ghumman to be sentenced Independent online Johannesburg - A British man who petrol-bombed the home of his ex-girlfriend's parents in Cape Town will be sentenced by the city's regional court on Friday. | Shumsheer Singh Ghumman, 33, a former investment manager at a major bank in the United Kin...
Steps from historic Durban Climate Change Conference Scoop Tuesday, 15 May 2012, 2:38 pm | Press Release: UNFCCC | Governments meeting in Bonn embark on next steps following historic Durban Climate Change Conference | Bonn, 14 May 2012 – Building on the historic results of the Durban Climate Change Conference last year, governments on Monday embarked on the next essential steps required to curb glob...
Half of South Sudan facing food shortages, warns UN BBC News More than half the population of South Sudan are facing food shortages due to the continuing conflict with Sudan, the UN is warning. | It says fighting on the border between the two countries and the shutdown of oil production have had a devastating impact on the South's economy. | It adds there are fears the situation in the South, which gain...
