Al-Bashir: What was Zuma thinking when defying SA Judiciary (ie his boss)?
Has South African President Jacob Zuma finally over-reached? After spending R250m of taxpayer’s money on his Nkandla Homestead and his Government treating his countrymen as idiots by claiming the $10m...
View ArticleBring on 2016 Elections – a chance for nation to send message to arrogant ANC...
By Alec Hogg While much of South Africa was enjoying the long weekend, politicians and lawyers were wading through the minefield surrounding Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir. Most of the world wants...
View ArticleSudan denies holding SA peace troops ‘hostage’ during ICC dispute
By Bassem Abo Alabass Mohammed Bloomberg – Sudan’s army has denied a report that its troops surrounded bases in Darfur where South African peacekeeping forces are stationed while President Omar...
View ArticleSANDF: not true that SA soldiers were held hostage in Sudan
By Thomas Hartleb Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir waves to supporters in the capital Khartoum, on arrival after attending an African Union conference in Johannesburg. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin...
View ArticleUPDATED WITH COMMENTS: SA actions on al-Bashir “a cause for dismay”
Repercussions from President Jacob Zuma’s overruling of his own Judicial system in the al-Bashir saga is sure to haunt the country for a long time. After the Nkandla pillaging and FIFA World Cup...
View ArticlePeter Wilhelm – The advancing might of South Africa’s Zumocracy
By Peter Wilhelm Another first for our stunning nation! Someone has managed to print an artificial hand. Assuming this meant I could print a hand, I placed my paw in the copy tray of my fax and pushed...
View ArticleSA govt to appeal Al-Bashir court ruling
As if it doesn’t have better things to do and better people to protect, the government is appealing the Pretoria High Court ruling that its failure to detain Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir when he...
View ArticleUnfortunate, but SA had to disobey court on Al-Bashir – Duarte
I’m not sure which is more unfortunate: deputy ANC secretary general Jessie Duarte’s use of the word, or the sentiments she expresses in trying (and failing hopelessly) to justify the government’s...
View ArticleAl-Bashir: ICC gives SA ‘second chance’, ANC seeks exit
JOHANNESBURG, Oct 16 (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court has given South Africa more time to explain why it failed to arrest Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, accused by the ICC of war...
View ArticleSupreme Court dismisses Bashir appeal – failure to arrest unconstitutional
By Jeanette Chabalala and Ahmed Areff, News24 Bloemfontein – The Supreme Court of Appeal has dismissed the State’s appeal against a high court ruling that government’s failure to arrest Sudanese...
View ArticleAl-Bashir: What was Zuma thinking when defying SA Judiciary (ie his boss)?
Has South African President Jacob Zuma finally over-reached? After spending R250m of taxpayer’s money on his Nkandla Homestead and his Government treating his countrymen as idiots by claiming the $10m...
View ArticleBring on 2016 Elections – a chance for nation to send message to arrogant ANC...
By Alec Hogg While much of South Africa was enjoying the long weekend, politicians and lawyers were wading through the minefield surrounding Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir. Most of the world wants...
View ArticleSudan denies holding SA peace troops ‘hostage’ during ICC dispute
By Bassem Abo Alabass Mohammed Bloomberg – Sudan’s army has denied a report that its troops surrounded bases in Darfur where South African peacekeeping forces are stationed while President Omar...
View ArticleSANDF: not true that SA soldiers were held hostage in Sudan
By Thomas Hartleb Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir waves to supporters in the capital Khartoum, on arrival after attending an African Union conference in Johannesburg. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin...
View ArticleUPDATED WITH COMMENTS: SA actions on al-Bashir “a cause for dismay”
Repercussions from President Jacob Zuma’s overruling of his own Judicial system in the al-Bashir saga is sure to haunt the country for a long time. After the Nkandla pillaging and FIFA World Cup...
View ArticlePeter Wilhelm – The advancing might of South Africa’s Zumocracy
By Peter Wilhelm Another first for our stunning nation! Someone has managed to print an artificial hand. Assuming this meant I could print a hand, I placed my paw in the copy tray of my fax and pushed...
View ArticleSA govt to appeal Al-Bashir court ruling
As if it doesn’t have better things to do and better people to protect, the government is appealing the Pretoria High Court ruling that its failure to detain Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir when he...
View ArticleUnfortunate, but SA had to disobey court on Al-Bashir – Duarte
I’m not sure which is more unfortunate: deputy ANC secretary general Jessie Duarte’s use of the word, or the sentiments she expresses in trying (and failing hopelessly) to justify the government’s...
View ArticleAl-Bashir: ICC gives SA ‘second chance’, ANC seeks exit
JOHANNESBURG, Oct 16 (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court has given South Africa more time to explain why it failed to arrest Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, accused by the ICC of war...
View ArticleSupreme Court dismisses Bashir appeal – failure to arrest unconstitutional
By Jeanette Chabalala and Ahmed Areff, News24 Bloemfontein – The Supreme Court of Appeal has dismissed the State’s appeal against a high court ruling that government’s failure to arrest Sudanese...
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