More rhinos killed in KZN parks
Rhino poaching is escalating in SA with six more killed rhino discovered in KZN on Saturday alone.
UN: ‘Israel must stop abusing Palestinian rights’
GENEVA: Israel must do more to halt a string of serious violations of Palestinian human rights documented by a 2009 fact-finding mission, according to a UN report published yesterday.
Truck drivers embark on national strike
An estimated 28 000 truck drivers across the country embarked on a national strike.
News Summary (25 Sep 2012)
1. Muslim world boycotts ‘You Tube’
2. Repatriation of South Africans killed in Afghanistan
3. ‘Corruption killing SA’
4. Motlanthe urges SA to celebrate cultural heritage
Muslim world boycotts ‘You Tube’
After a series of Facebook campaigns, Arab activists encouraged internet users to steer clear of Google and YouTube yesterday as part of a two day boycott that has rippled across the Muslim world.
Repatriation of South Africans killed in Afghanistan
The process of repatriating the remains of eight South Africans killed in a suicide attack in Kabul last week is expected to take another three weeks.
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‘Corruption killing SA’
Nigel Payne, chairman of the Durban-based Mr Price Group, unleashed a scathing attack on corruption in the government at the SA Council of Shopping Centres annual congress in Durban.
Motlanthe urges SA to celebrate cultural heritage
SA should celebrate its cultural heritage and acknowledge that cultures did not develop in isolation, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said in a speech in Upington, in the Northern Cape, on Monday.
Darul Ihsan’s Press Statement On Blasphemous Film & Cartoons
We join the Muslim community around the globe in condemning, in the strongest words, the blatant violation of religious respect that has once again been perpetrated in the form of the blasphemous and anti-Islamic film about the Prophet of Islam (pbuh) called “The Innocence of Muslims”, as well as the provocative cartoons in a French publication. This is done in the guise of freedom of expression.
News Summary (20 Sep 2012)
1. Taxpayers in the dark about arms deals
2. Requests for higher pilgrim quotas declined
3. Crime down, but still high
4. ConCourt grants govt appeal on tolls
Taxpayers in the dark about arms deals
South Africa's arms exports show that human rights are not a priority when the government takes decisions on trade policy, according to arms experts.
Requests for higher pilgrim quotas declined
The Haj Ministry issued an apology to all countries requesting an increase in pilgrim quotas this year, citing the on-going mega development projects in Makkah and Madinah as the reason.
‘Crime down, but still high’
Cape Town - Crime rates are still falling, especially in the most feared categories, but the rate of the decrease has slowed.
ConCourt grants govt appeal on tolls
Johannesburg - The Constitutional Court set aside an interim order that put on hold a plan to toll highways in Gauteng, in a judgment on Wednesday.
News Summary (19 Sep 2012)
1. Palestinian leadership considers annulling peace deal with Israel
2. Amnesty International: “Syrian forces waging ‘relentless’ attacks against its people”
3. Lonmin strikers accept 22% pay increase
4. First batch of SA Hujjaj depart for Jeddah
First batch of SA Hujjaj depart for Jeddah
A total of 345 South African Hujjaj have departed for this year’s Haj.