Newsflashes

UN Needs Millions for Zim Humanitarian Aid

16 January, 2013

The UN needs US$131 million in humanitarian assistance to meet food, water and emergency needs in Zimbabwe

Activist Arrested for Alleged Election Fraud

15 January, 2013

Zimbabwean police arrest and charge a director of a human rights organisation for alleged election fraud

Annan’s Book Focuses on UN Experiences

15 January, 2013

Annan says his new memoir came about because he was witness to some of the major events of our time

Call for Violence-Free Elections in Zim

15 January, 2013

Zimbabwe's top judge calls for elections slated for later this year to be violence-free

SJC, Zille Welcome Khayelitsha Ruling

15 January, 2013

The SJC welcome the outcome of a court ruling on 14 January 2013 that a commission of inquiry into alleged police inefficiency in Khayelitsha was indeed legal

Fear Grips NGOs Over 'Apartheid Laws'

15 January, 2013

The government plans to regulate thousands of nonprofit organisations with the imposition of ‘apartheid-era laws’

e-Tolls Appeal Dead in the Water - Expert

10 January, 2013

Experts downplay the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance’s prospects of success in its continued legal challenge of the implementation of Gauteng's e-tolling system

Google Launches Election Tracker Tool

10 January, 2013

Google launches a platform that promises to change the way citizens participate in election processes

Govt Calls for Peaceful Protests

10 January, 2013

Government urges Western Cape farmworkers to be peaceful and remain calm when they take part in the strikes

OUTA Confident of Winning e-Toll Appeal

10 January, 2013

OUTA legal representatives are confident an appeal against a December High Court judgment which paved the way for e-tolling to commence could be won

100 iShacks for South African Squatters

10 January, 2013

About 100 iShacks to be erected in 2013, following a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Microsoft to Replace Messenger With Skype

10 January, 2013

Microsoft to retire its Messenger online chat feature on March 15 and replace it with the Skype Internet telephony service

SECTION27 Satisfied With Textbook Delivery

10 January, 2013

SECTION27 expresses satisfaction with the delivery of textbooks and workbooks to Limpopo schools

Lonmin Nominated Worst Company

9 January, 2013

groundWork nominates mining giant, Lonmin, as one of the world’s worst companies of 2012

9 January, 2013

OUTA calls on Gauteng motorists to lend financial support in the battle against the e-tolling in the Province