A former head of the Department of Public Works in North West has been granted R50 000 bail in connection with a R470m irregular tender dating back 15 years ago. Obakeng Eden Mongale (52) handed himself over to the police on Thursday for allegedly awarding IIima Projects and Tsoga Developers a contract to build the… Continue reading Former North-West Public Works HOD In Court Over R470m Tender
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President Xi Jinping Presents Vision For China, BRICS And Global Governance
In August, the Swahili version of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China Volume I was launched in Nairobi, Kenya. This is the first time that the book is published in an African country in the local language. Xi Jinping: The Governance of China is the key for the international community to learn about contemporary China.… Continue reading President Xi Jinping Presents Vision For China, BRICS And Global Governance
Beyond BRICS: China, Africa Jointly Promote The Establishment Of A New World Order
The mutual friendship between China and Africa is founded on shared history, values and a desire for prosperity for humankind. It is a history of the fight against imperialism, colonialism, hegemony and dispossession. China’s engagement with Africa is one of equals as developing nations with the quest for a shared future characterised by social justice,… Continue reading Beyond BRICS: China, Africa Jointly Promote The Establishment Of A New World Order
Screen Officials, Introduce Drones and Patrol Back Routes To End Cross-Border Smuggling, Says Former Cop
South African authorities should screen all officials, patrol back routes and introduce technology tools such as drones on the country’s borderlines if they are serious about fighting cross-border crime and human trafficking. This is according to a former police officer turned crime researcher who spoke to African Times in the wake of the arrests of… Continue reading Screen Officials, Introduce Drones and Patrol Back Routes To End Cross-Border Smuggling, Says Former Cop
Mpumalanga Municipality In Labour Court For Alleged Discrimination Against Disabled Employee
The Ehlanzeni District Municipality in Mpumalanga has been taken to court on allegations that they illtreated an employee living with a disability. Dolfread Sihlangu, coordinator of the disability desk at the district, which sits in Mbombela, instituted the discrimination claim, which will be heard in the Johannesburg Labour Court in Braamfontein, Gauteng, on November 9.… Continue reading Mpumalanga Municipality In Labour Court For Alleged Discrimination Against Disabled Employee
ANC Activist Arrested For ‘Bombing’ EFF Councillor’s House
A well-known member of the ANC in the Blouberg subregion of Limpopo has been arrested in connection with the petrol bombing of EFF councillor Kingsley Maribeng. Maribeng was attacked at his home in Ga-Mochemi Village, Ward 14, two weeks ago. His bakkie was petrol-bombed along with his house, which had seven people inside. Police investigating… Continue reading ANC Activist Arrested For ‘Bombing’ EFF Councillor’s House
Limpopo Pupils Forced To Use Leaking Toilets With No Doors
Learners at a school in Limpopo are currently confronted with a pressing health hazard due to the deteriorated and unsanitary conditions of the toilets they are compelled to use daily. They say the provincial education authorities responsible for addressing this matter have exhibited a lack of urgency and have been slow to take appropriate action.… Continue reading Limpopo Pupils Forced To Use Leaking Toilets With No Doors
Court Scolds Nzimande For Defying Order Barring Appointment of Unisa Administrator
The North Gauteng High Court has scolded Higher Education and Innovation Minister Blade Nzimande for defying an order preventing him from appointing an administrator for the University of South Africa (Unisa) The court in Pretoria also allowed the Unisa council to lodge a possible contempt of court challenge against Nzimande’s decision to place the institution… Continue reading Court Scolds Nzimande For Defying Order Barring Appointment of Unisa Administrator
The ICC is The West’s Apparatus To Coerce The Developing World
At the dawn of the 21st century, a trend in political development (and beyond) has been observed towards the reduction of national sovereignty and transfer of several control functions to supranational structures, in the context of the march of globalization. The refraction of this trend in International Law is, obviously, the International Criminal Court (ICC).… Continue reading The ICC is The West’s Apparatus To Coerce The Developing World
Unisa Honours ‘Visionary Leader’ Bishop Engenas Lekganyane
The University of South Africa (UNISA) has honoured St. Engenas Zion Christian Church (ZCC) spiritual leader, Bishop Dr. Engenas Joseph Lekganyane, for outstanding leadership and for promoting African spirituality and values. The revered Bishop, the head of one of the two Z.C.C churches, was also recognised for his commitment to peace, social justice and the… Continue reading Unisa Honours ‘Visionary Leader’ Bishop Engenas Lekganyane