Author: Kgaogelo Magolego
The Africa for Palestine movement says there’s no hope of a negotiated settlement of the conflict without Israel largely because of the latter’s continued indiscriminate bombing of the Gaza Strip where more than three thousand civilians have already been killed and over a million displaced. Shehryar Khan, an activist for the interest group said on the sidelines of a picket outside the Israeli embassy in Pretoria that pressure should be applied on the Zionist state to abandon what he says is a plot to massacre Palestinians so as to make way for more Israeli settlements. “ They have only one…
South Africans of voting age who have never cast a vote have become primary targets as political parties prepare to battle it out in the 2024 national and provincial elections. 20 million or so stayed away in previous elections with more than half of them not even bothering to register. Opposition parties believe the participation of these people, may tip the scales against the ANC which has been in power since the dawn of democracy in 1994. The EFF is hoping to benefit from this number. The party went on a drive and succeeded in recruiting a million signed up…
Hundreds have reportedly been killed after an Israeli Defence Force targeted and hit the Baptist Hospital in Gaza. According to the Palestinian health ministry, victims include healthcare professionals and people who were being treated after sustaining injuries in prior bombings. While initial reports were that up to 500 people died in attack, authorities have so far confirmed 300 deaths including those of already wounded people. The strike on the facility comes on the back of a desperate plea by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. The bombing also comes an hour after US President Joe Biden announced he was headed for…
The ANC says it is satisfied that South Africa is nowhere near being broke. President Cyril Ramaphosa says the ruling party’s National Executive Committee received a convincing report from the Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana on the fiscal situation or position of the country. “The NEC is reassured that South Africa is not running out of money”, said Ramaphosa in his closing address to the NEC meeting on Monday evening. Ramaphosa suggested the party’s youth wing as well as alliance partners Cosatu and SACP don’t know what austerity means. The three have criticised Godongwana accusing him of undermining the ANC’s developmental…
Busisiwe Mkhwebane who fought to the bitter end until her removal through a parliamentary vote announced her decision during a press conference held in Mpumalanga on Monday. The party also unveiled former Director General and Jacob Zuma spokesperson Mzwanele Manyi who has since been sworn in as a member of parliament. Most recently the red berets welcomed former ANC Youth League National Coordinator Magasela Mzobe. “Advocate Mkhwebane has been servant of the people of the people of South Africa for the last seven years, and has been a thorn in the side of the establishment and those who abuse their…
In a bid to improve access to justice the justice department is expected to facilitate the appointment of over 250 additional magistrates to be assigned to courts across the country. Some 1000 candidates are to be interviewed in what is by far the largest intake of judicial officers in the country. The first round of interviews scheduled to start on the 17th of this month will be for candidate eying positions in the North West, Northern Cape and the Western Cape. There’s been increased interest in the selection of judicial officers and researcher at interest group Judges Matter Zikhona Ndlebe…
Egypt has rejected a proposal by Israel and the West to allow Palestinians into the Sinai Peninsula as fighting continues between the Israel Defense Force and resistance movement Hamas. The Egyptian government is instead insisting that the blockade around Gaza be lifted to allow aid into the besieged area where tens of thousands have been displaced, more than 5 thousands injured while over 1200 have been killed as a result of heavy bombardment by Israeli forces. The Egyptian government website said President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi received a phone call from Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak and conveyed…
Following Israel’s threat to stop Egyptian aid trucks from traveling to Palestine yesterday, there are fears that a full-fledged Middle East war will break out. This comes as tens of thousands of people have been forced from their homes in the West Bank due to Israel’s week-long indiscriminate bombing campaign, which has also claimed the lives of 2,000 civilians, including women and children. Egypt has refused to heed the Islamic state’s warning with the government reiterating its intention to send truck loads of supply to besieged Palestinians and warning its forces would respond ruthlessly to any bombing. The tension between…
There’s increased pressure on Israel to end its 75 year old brutal occupation of Palestine and negotiate peace based on the so called ‘two-states solution’ negotiated previously with the help of the international community which would see the Jewish State exist side by side with an Independent Palestine that would have the currently disputed East Jerusalem as its capital. The call for peace talks have been accompanied by condemnation of Israel’s continued occupation of Palestine. Saudi Arabia which was normalising relations with Israel, a process that was to result in among others diplomatic ties and trade has since abondoned the…
The government is pursuing criminal charges against the man who has been exposed as an imposter after shooting to fame as one of the youngest doctors. Social media users unmasked Matthew Lani as a fraud after he assumed several identities including that of Sanele Zingelwa while he posed as a doctor working at a state hospital. The Gauteng Health Department whose facilities the 27 used to film himself purporting to be a medical practitioner at work says it has laid criminal charges.. The department said in a statement Lani was never in its employ but rather gained access into facilities…