South Africa’s legal team in the genocide case against Israel has won praise. Who are they?

South Africa’s legal team in the genocide case against Israel has won praise. Who are they?

By Narnia Bohler-Muller, Human Sciences Research Council South African justice minister Ronald Lamola led a top legal team to argue the country’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on 11 January. South Africa argues that Israel’s indiscriminate retaliatory bombing and siege of Gaza contravenes the Genocide Convention. More than 23,000 Palestinians, including at least 10,000 children, have been killed. Narnia Bohler-Muller, an international law […]

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Namibia

Footsteps For Africa unveils renovated Eros Girls’ School hostel

Footsteps For Africa Founder, Austin Cameron, on Friday unveiled the newly renovated hostel at the Eros Girls' School. The hostel's renovation, which was done at a cost of N.dollars 1 million, was the brainchild of Footsteps For Africa, aided by their donors. Speaking at the unveiling ceremony in the capital, Jordania Andima, Footseps For Africa's country representative, outlined the process of having this project completed. “We visited the school […]

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World

Trump leading polls as Iowa gears up for first in the nation caucuses

The US state of Iowa is gearing up to vote in the Iowa caucuses which traditionally kick-start the US primary campaigns. As our US correspondent Jagruti Dave, there's a certain former president who is leading the polls.

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South Africa

SA’s President commends the ANC for what he calls, its transformative impact on South Africa since 1994

SA President Cyril Ramaphosa has commended the ANC for what he calls, its transformative impact on South Africa since 1994. Speaking at the 112th birthday celebrations in Mbombela, Mpumalanga, Ramaphosa highlighted what he deemed significant positive changes in the country compared to the apartheid era. He emphasised the progress made over the past 30 years, stating today’s South Africa is a vastly improved version. Ramaphosa says the party’s 112th anniversary […]

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Sport

Fleetwood denies McIlroy in Dubai Invitational

Tommy Fleetwood conjured up a birdie-birdie finish to deny Rory McIlroy and win the Dubai Invitational on Sunday. "It was amazing winning," Englishman Fleetwood said. "Like almost everybody else in the world of golf, I don't win anywhere near as much as I would like to but just that winning feeling great." Fleetwood enjoyed a one-shot lead over McIlroy going into the fourth round. And he was a […]

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Sport

Exciting cycling season lying ahead

The 2024 men's cycling season gets underway at the Tour Down Under this week at the start of a year which will see a potentially spectacular Tour de France and the Paris Olympics. Here AFP Sport takes a look at what to expect in 2024: Remco Evenepoel and Mathieu van der Poel are the two favourites to succeed Ecuador's Richard Carapaz as Olympic champion. This summer's 273km road race […]

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Sport

Murray’s playoff birdie delivers emotional Hawaii PGA victory

Grayson Murray sank a 38-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole to win a three-man playoff on Sunday at the US PGA Tour Sony Open, completing a stunning personal comeback. The 30-year-old American, who battled back from alcohol abuse and mental issues, beat countryman Keegan Bradley and South Korean An Byeong-hun to capture his second career tour title. Murray, who claimed his only prior PGA Tour title at […]

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World

N Korea says it successfully launched solid-fueled ICBM

North Korea says a projectile it launched on Sunday was carrying a hypersonic warhead. It’s claiming it successfully launched a solid-fueled intermediate range intercontinental ballistic missile, which fell into the Sea of Japan. Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo.

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Sport

Injured Williamson set to miss remainder of Pakistan series

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson, who suffered a hamstring injury in the second Twenty20 against Pakistan, is unlikely to take any further part in the series, coach Gary Stead said Monday. Williamson was already set to miss the third game on Wednesday, and with the first Test against South Africa less than three weeks away, Stead said his star batsman would probably sit out the final two games as […]

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