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Tunisian Referendum Amendments Possible Return To Autocratic Rule
Umamah Bakharia Tunisians have voted in a referendum on a new constitution that critics of the president fear will...
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s trip to Iran deems favorable
By Neelam Rahim Russian President Vladimir Putin, shunned by much of the world after he invaded Ukraine, travelled to...
AmaBhungane Win War Against SARS For Zuma’s Tax Records
By Umamah Bakharia The High Court ruled that former president Jacob Zuma hand over tax information has prompted a public debate, arguing that the taxpayer’s confidentiality has been overlooked. The Pretoria High Court granted amaBhungane and Financial Mail an...
Venezula’s Flawed Elections: US
By Umamah Bakharia Venezuela’s regional elections held on Sunday were distorted by an uneven playing field, violence and sanctions against opposition leaders. Nicolas Maduro’s United Socialist Party of Venezuela and its allies won big at the regional elections and was...
Budget speech has ‘unmet expectation’
By Umamah Bakharia 16:11:2021 Post Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana's Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement, the health care systems and policies still face uncertainties. Program manager for health systems and policy at the WITS University, Russell Rensburg, expresses...
Budget Speech Has ‘Unmet Expectation’
By Umamah Bakharia Post Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement, the health care systems and policies still face uncertainties. Program manager for health systems and policy at the WITS university, Russell Rensburg expresses his views...
[LISTEN] When Political Parties Blame Everything Except Themselves
Ebrahim Deen On Monday, 1 November 2021,South Africans elected over 10 000 candidates to run the country’s 270 local municipalities, and over 5000 wards and councils, in a process which was slow at best. While the vote was largely free, the Independent Electoral...
[LISTEN] Assange’s Extradition Appealed and the Double Standards of Whistleblowing Advocacy
Ebrahim Deen Lawyers from the United States this week appealed a January 4 decision declining the extradition of Wikileaks founder Julien Assange to the US from the UK. Assange faces 18 charges under the espionage act in the US, for leaking thousands of classified...
Nivedita Menon: Explains India’s Hindu right-wing hate of the Urdu language
By Umamah Bakharia 28:10:2021 Hindu nationalist groups argue that Urdu is a ‘Muslim’ language after clothing brand ‘FabIndia’ uses an Urdu word for a Diwali advertisement. The ad reads “Jashn-e-Rivaaz”. “Jashn” in Urdu means a celebration while “Riwaaz”, which is...
Who should we vote for?
Mumtaz Moosa Saley 26:10:2021 The elections are just a stone's throw away, with many parties are campaigning hard to ensure a seat in their respective municipalities. In the ward I live in, Ward 73, I only know of two candidates in the running. There has been no list...
[LISTEN] Manifesto Launches – Same Issues, Different Solutions
Staff Writer Electioneering for the 1 November 2021 local government elections kicked into gear this weekend with the two largest opposition parties, the Democratic Alliance (DA) and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), launching their manifestoes. The DA’s was virtual,...