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Police avert violence as Bushbuckridge march turns volatile
Mpumalanga police were forced to intervene on Tuesday after an unsanctioned anti-immigration march in Bushbuckridge threatened to spiral into violence, with angry residents demanding...
Tony Leon hits back at ‘state capture’ claims against Resolve Communications
Former Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon has strongly rejected allegations that his public affairs firm, Resolve Communications, improperly influenced government decisions, describing the claims...
Cyril Ramaphosa removes DA’s Isaac Seithlolo, Samantha Graham-Mare as deputy ministers
Democratic Alliance government deployees Isaac Seitlholo and Samantha Jane Graham-Maré have been officially removed as deputy ministers of water and sanitation and electricity and...
Ebola outbreak could cost Africa up to $3.6-bn, UN says
The United Nations said on Tuesday that an Ebola outbreak could cost Africa up to $3.6-billion and hundreds of thousands of jobs, potentially causing...
Durban march demands stricter border control and increased BMA budget
The streets of Durban were filled with a significant demonstration on Tuesday as over 1 000 participants gathered at King Dinuzulu Park in Berea...
From Nancefield Hostel to Jabulani: Marching with Soweto hostel dwellers
An ignorant bystander would have been justified in thinking it's a group of amabutho headed to war.
But it was a spirited group of hostel...
Anti-migrant protest draws small crowd in Cape Town
Despite weeks of hype surrounding the March and March's June 30 deadline for undocumented foreign nationals to leave South Africa, only a small crowd...
Goverment promises quarterly migration updates after nationwide marches
Government has pledged to provide South Africans with quarterly progress reports on efforts to manage legal and illegal migration after nationwide anti-illegal immigration marches...
Ghost town in Sunnyside as anti-illegal immigration march reach migrant hub
What is usually one of Pretoria’s busiest neighbourhoods, bustling with foreign nationals running salons, spaza shops and small businesses, fell eerily silent on Monday...
SANs have been complaining for more than 20 years, says ATM’s...
African Transformation Movement (ATM) parliamentary leader Vuyo Zungula says South Africans are simply exercising their democratically guaranteed right to protest peacefully. Zungula spoke to...
