PROTESTERS OUTSIDE JOBURG NPA BUILDING DEMAND: “GNU: HANDS OFF XOLANI KHOZA!”
Dozens of people demonstrated peacefully outside the Johannesburg office of the National Prosecuting Authority to demand that the charges against Xolani Gregory Khoza be dropped at once. Khoza will appear in court on 9 July in Mbombela. A member of the Economic Freedom Fighters and trade-unionist, Khoza is being charged under the apartheid-era Riotous Assemblies […]
PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA ARRIVES IN THE US ON A TRICKY WORKING VISIT
The Red Carpet was roll-out as South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa arrived at the Joint Base Andrews Airport in Washington, US, for a high-stakes diplomatic visit. This working visit is aimed at mending the increasingly strained relationship between South Africa and the United States. Once considered a stable partner on the African continent, South Africa […]
REMOVAL OF MANDELA’S STATUE FROM ANY PUBLIC SPACE CANNOT OBLITERATE HISTORY
The US Democrats’ reported call for the removal of the statue of anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela from Washington, if true, exposes their sheer lack of understanding and/or appreciation of the freedom fighter’s enormous contribution to humanity. Some few weeks ago, in July, Democrats’ House leader, Senator Chuck Schumer, was quoted as saying: “We should never […]