Small group gather on Constitution Hill to protest the Hani killer parole
A small group of unions and politicians gathered outside the ConCourt to protest the release of Janusz Walus. Around 50 people gathered on Constitution Hill on Saturday to protest the parole of Chris Hani's killer, Janusz Walus. News24Alfonso Nqunjana, News24 News24Alfonso Nqunjana, News24 News24 Alfonso Nqunjana, News24"We are prioritising the release of Walus over the victims of apartheid," he said in part referring to the protesters comping outside the building. He said the judgement should have done more to address the Hani family and that the decision to parole Walus essentially killed Hani a second time. READ | Janusz Walus parole: ANC, alliance partners to picket against Constitutional Court decisionThe unions are planning to fight the Constitutional Court ruling.
Source:News 24
November 27, 2022 08:02 UTC
World Cup 2022: 'Where there is Lionel Messi, there is hope for Argentina'
Argentina knew defeat would effectively end their World Cup after two games following the embarrassment of the loss to Saudi Arabia in the opener. Messi knew this would mean the major honour that has eluded his grasp in a glittering career would be forever out of reach. Messi had brought life to Argentina's World Cup. This was the closest he has come to laying hands on the World Cup. For now, however, Argentina's World Cup show is back on the road because where there is Lionel Messi, there is hope.
Source:The Star
November 27, 2022 07:17 UTC
'This decision is painful': Hani's friends share stories about his kindness as they protest Walus parole
Unions and politicians protested against the release of Chris Hani's killer, Janusz Walus, on Saturday. Almost 30 years after his death, those gathered say it feels as if Hani's death had just occurred. The parole of Janusz Walus is a "second death" for Chris Hani, say the slain leader's friends. ALSO READ | 29 years in jail for Chris Hani's murder: Who is Janusz Walus? This decision [to parole Walus] is painful.
Source:News 24
November 27, 2022 06:12 UTC
Suspected EACC impostor arrested at Quivers Lounge
The EACC has confirmed the arrest of a man posing as the agency's investigator and extorting individuals he purports to be investigating. The suspect was arrested on Friday evening at Quivers Lounge following a report from a complainant. AdChoices ADVERTISINGThe complainant was among the millers who had been enlisted by the government to supply subsidised maize flour just before the August 2022 general elections. The suspect went ahead and summoned the complainant to appear before him on Friday, November 25, at EACC Integrity Centre Offices for an interview and statement recording. The suspect was arrested by EACC detectives while waiting to receive the complainant at the Lounge and taken to the Integrity Center police station for interrogation.
Source:The Star
November 27, 2022 06:10 UTC
'We must sustain the heat': Hlophe's shocking racist land rant
Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe contends that "white colonisers" continue to own the majority of South Africa's land and suggested that the only way to get it back from "thieves" was through nationalisation. "I'm not advocating that farmers must be killed, no. I'm not advocating violence, I'm a farmer myself. "But let us engage them and remind them, remind them how they acquired this land and remind them that without the land being restored and shared and distributed properly, there is no dignity. There is no dignity," Hlophe told a Black Lawyers Association (BLA) event last weekend in Durban.
Source:News 24
November 26, 2022 23:38 UTC
Kenya, South Korea settle on free trade agreement
The government of Kenya and South Korea have made a deal on free trade agreement between the two. The deal was made during bilateral talks between South Korean Trade minister Dukgeun Ahn and his Kenyan counterpart Moses Kuria. The two further agreed to conclude a Trade and Investment Promotion Framework scheduled to be signed next year in January. Trade and Investment Promotion FrameworkThe framework will also address trade imbalance that hugely favours South Korea whose exports’ worth to Kenya stands at $500 million (Ksh60 billion) compared to Kenya’s exports to Korea at $25 million (Ksh3 billion). Earlier Kenya’s President announced that the country will partner with South Korea to develop manufacturing plants in the Konza Technopolis, an export promotion zone dedicated expected to also drive Kenya’s trade and investments.
Source:Standard Digital
November 26, 2022 21:17 UTC
Coca-Cola Christmas Truck Tour hit by 'rebel elves' protest on second UK stop
Join the Secret Elves for exclusive news on the year's best giftsThe Coca-Cola Christmas Truck Tour has got off to a rough start with protesting activists who warn they won't go away. This weekend marked the launch of Britain's most iconic festive roadshow where Coca-Cola fans can revel in the fact that the 'holidays are coming'. Plastics Rebellion told the Star: "We visited the cola truck in Beckton today. "We do not view Coca-Cola as an ethical company as long as they remain the world’s top plastic polluter. "Wouldn’t it be terrible if they had to cancel the tour like they did a couple of years ago?"
Source:The Star
November 26, 2022 21:11 UTC
I Supplied the Coke, Guns and Cash for ‘Scarface’
And he provided Tony Montana with all manners of guns, cash and cocaine. ‘The plutonium Doc Brown used in the first Back to the Future picture? I did all the Back to the Future pictures, and the third one was my favorite because it was a western. The plutonium Doc used in the first Back to the Future picture? I doubt real plutonium looks anything like that, but how many people have seen plutonium anyway?
Source:The Star
November 26, 2022 18:39 UTC
Landslide tears through homes on Italian island
A number of people are feared to have been killed after a mudslide triggered by heavy rains swept away homes on the island of Ischia, near Naples. The body of a woman was reported to have been found under the mud, and several other people are still missing. Dozens of homes are cut off and some people are reportedly stuck in a hotel. Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi told reporters the situation was "very complicated" and that the people missing were believed to be trapped under the mud. Earlier, Infrastructure Minister Matteo Salvini said eight people had died in the landslide, adding: "From north to south, this country needs to be protected because it is the most beautiful country in the world."
Source:The Star
November 26, 2022 18:37 UTC
England turn clock back to dismal summer but are still on track
England turned the clock back to the dismal days of summer as their laboured style returned, along with the jeers from supporters, following the undistinguished draw with the USA at Al Bayt Stadium. But this was a chance to secure qualification after two games were missed and an element of jeopardy remains. If the trouncing of Iran suggested Southgate had taken the handbrake off England then this was reverting to type, pedestrian and conservative. England captain Harry Kane was full of praise for Maguire, saying: "Harry put in a fantastic performance. And there can certainly no complacency if England play as badly as this again.
Source:The Star
November 26, 2022 17:33 UTC
In a devastated Ukrainian village, winter brings more misery
Without the wood, Khmil says he will probably freeze amid the ruins of his destroyed village of Kamyanka. Nearly all the roofs in Kamyanka village are damaged or outright destroyed. In March, the village was shelled before infantry and tanks stormed the area as Russian forces advanced. Nearly all the roofs on the 550 homes and buildings in the village have been damaged or outright destroyed. In Kamyanka, Lyubov Perepelytsya drifts between recounting the horrors experienced during the Russian occupation and sharing her fears about the coming winter.
Source:The Star
November 26, 2022 16:55 UTC
My home is Barack - Michelle Obama
Former US First Lady Michelle Obama has described her husband Barack Obama as her home. Taking to social media, Michelle said as an adult, she had lived in a number of places, but has only had one real home. My home is Barack," she said. She said this in relation to her new book The Light We Carry. In her new book The Light We Carry, Michelle admits she struggles with negative thoughts about her appearance and her "fearful mind" adding that women need to "learn to love ourselves as we are".
Source:The Star
November 26, 2022 16:54 UTC
Argentina look to Messi to salvage World Cup bid
Photo: JUAN MABROMATA / AFPSource: AFPArgentina face a battle to stay alive at the World Cup on Saturday, with Lionel Messi and his teammates preparing to take on Mexico in a match they cannot afford to lose. Australia's Mitchell Duke celebrates scoring against Tunisia at the World Cup in Qatar. Belgium star Eden Hazard admitted the nation's much-vaunted "Golden Generation" were past their best on the eve of his team's match against Morocco. On Friday, host nation Qatar crashed out of their own World Cup. An uninspired England, who won their opening match against Iran 6-2, missed the chance to wrap up qualification for the knockout phase following a 0-0 draw with the United States.
Source:The Star
November 26, 2022 14:17 UTC
Pit bull ownership banned on East London farm where baby was mauled to death
The owner of Hallows Farm, outside East London, where a pit bull mauled an infant to death on Wednesday afternoon, has banned anyone from owning the breed on his property following the tragic incident. The attack on one-year-old Reuben Roux horrified the close-knit community of about 20 families staying on Rod Young's farm in Gonubie, north-east of East London.
Source:News 24
November 26, 2022 13:54 UTC
‘He’s one of our own’ is a crippling mindset for nation
The post, innocent on the surface, indicates that Kenya, and Africa by extension, has never really moved away from a virulent and crippling mindset. This mindset gauges an ethnic community’s progress by the number of tribesmen appointed as Cabinet ministers, principal secretaries and heads of parastatals. When a person runs down a ministry or bankrupts a parastatal, everyone, including the community from which the managers belong, suffers. All who dared to do so ended up in jail, or worse, irrespective of their ethnic nationality. AdvertisementThere are two competing ideas that will determine whether we remain a backward nation characterised by poverty and dysfunction.
Source:Daily Nation
November 26, 2022 11:51 UTC