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Tuesday, 1 August 2017

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) condemns the decision taken by a number of schools to embark on a go-slow in solidarity with Klipspruit Secondary School in Soweto.

31 July 2017

The president's son says he will not say sorry, and says the Human Rights Commission is a "vile dog". President Jacob Zuma's son Edward has been ordered to apologise for a rant, in which he called Pravin Gordhan and Derek Hanekom sellouts who were protecting white monopoly capital, Business Day reported on Monday.

31 July 2017

The ANC says if he does not retract the letter he will face a disciplinary hearing.

In the letter, Edward Zuma attacked former tourism minister Derek Hanekom and former finance minister Pravin Gordhan, accusing them of protecting white monopoly capital and being sell-outs.

31 July 2017

The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal is under pressure to take action against President Jacob Zuma’s son Edward to show it is unbiased after he wrote what many consider a racist open letter.

31 July 2017

‘One of the patients had a fit a week ago and should have had a CT scan done on the same day. A BROKEN CT scanner at Ngwelezana Hospital is endangering the lives of critically ill patients.

30 July 2017

The Minority Front says it will approach the SA Human Rights Commission as well as the High Commission of India in South Africa - over comments made by EFF leader - Julius Malema at the weekend.

30 July 2017

African National Congress (ANC) spokesperson Zizi Kodwa has described President Jacob Zuma's son Edward as extremely ill-disciplined for making negative remarks on former ministers Derek Hanekom and Pravin Gordhan in a letter.

30 July 2017

Friday was the deadline for the Department of Health to hand over an action plan to resolve the province’s oncology crisis, but any intervention will come too late for a nine-year-old boy who died while waiting for radiotherapy treatment.

Qalokusha Msweli died at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital from a cancerous tumour in his brainstem on Thursday morning. His mother, Thandi Khoza, said he was wheezing and coughing on Wednesday night. She was by his side as he let out a final cough, then took his last breath.

30 July 2017

The South African National Civic Organisation (Sanco) on Sunday rejected the resignation of a St John’s College teacher found guilty at a disciplinary hearing of making racist comments, saying he should have been fired instead.

29 July 2017

The author of a “fake social media post” containing racist remarks that referred to black people as baboons, has apologised, short-term insurance company, MiWay said on Friday.

The social media post purported to show an email written by a MiWay staff member. After an independent forensic investigation into the incident, MiWay identified former client, Mondli Madlala, as the writer.