Current Affairs (podcast) Articles

RAMAPHOSA LIKELY TO SURVIVE, ANC WON’T

By Neelam Rahim The Phala Phala scandal, or "farmgate" or "dollar gate" as President Cyril Ramaphosa's million-dollar theft at his farm was dubbed, will not fatally wound the president. Still, it has undoubtedly hastened the demise of the ANC. This is the view of the...

Protect the Rohingya

By Neelam Rahim June 13th marks black 4 Rohingya day, where people stand up to remind the world about the persecution the Rohingya still face. In December 2021, cox bazaar refugee camp, the largest refugee camp in the world, saw the Bangladeshi government shut down...

Key players Rajapaksa siblings in Sri Lankan politics

By Neelam Rahim The brother of Sri Lanka’s President and the country’s former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa says he resigned from parliament. He is now the second politician from the influential Rajapaksa family to step away from government amid a severe economic...

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE RAHIMA MOOSA HOSPITAL AFTER PAEDIATRIC DOCTOR’S SHORT SUSPENSION

By Neelam Rahim The SA Human Rights Commission will be visiting the embattled Rahima Moosa Hospital this morning after it was mired in controversy last week. Paediatric Dr Tim de Maayer was briefly suspended last week after he wrote an open letter to the Gauteng...