Global News Dispatches: 4 Stories
From Peoples Dispatch / Globetrotter News Service Headlines in This News Package: Questions Grow About Tunisian Government Response to Yet Another Migrant Boat Tragedy The latest migrant tragedy off the Tunisian coast, in which at least 14 people were killed during the first week…
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Ganja: race, politics and legalisation
BY LOUIS EA MOYSTON, PHD From Caribbean Life The issue of legalisation of ganja has become a popular issue in the global discourse on drugs since the pioneering role of countries such as Uruguay and Canada led the way regarding…
Official: SAfrica ‘Close to War Zone’ with 57 murders a day
From Newsmax South Africa’s murder rate rose again last year, official statistics showed Tuesday, with over 20,000 people killed across the country — about 57 a day — as police admitted they were struggling to keep control. A total of…
More South Africans are looking at these 5 Caribbean countries for ‘cheaper’ passports
From Business Tech The poor economic outlook, weak investment climate and concerns about property ownership are all reasons affluent South Africans are looking for a second citizenship as a matter of priority, says Nadia Read-Thaele, director of LIO Global, World…
OP-ED: 30th July – World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
By Mahimbo Mdoe – UNICEF Representative and Alice H. Shackelford – UN Women Representative After being abducted, two young South Africans, one a 20 year old woman and the other a 14 year old boy, were smuggled across borders and…
Winnie Mandela: Statement by Sir Shridath Ramphal
From Caribbean News Now As South Africa marks the passing of Winnie Mandela with a state funeral, the Commonwealth and the Caribbean must let South Africans know that we are there in spirit. In the days before Nelson Mandela was…
Ahmed Kathrada, anti-apartheid activist and Mandela ally, dies
By David McKenzie, From CNN Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN) Internationally, Ahmed Kathrada didn’t have the name recognition of his close friend and cellmate Nelson Mandela, but he was one of South Africa’s best-loved and revered anti-apartheid activists — and a…
Cayman Islands lure South Africans with tax-free pay, opportunities
By Ingé Lamprecht From Moneyweb NZ UK, Australia remain most popular destinations for chartered accountants. JOHANNESBURG – If you pushed your trolley down an aisle of the main supermarket in Grand Cayman, you’d be forgiven if you thought you were…
Court Greenlights Massive Class Action Against South African Mines
By Julie Triedman, From Global Lawyer News In a historic class action decision spearheaded by U.S. plaintiffs firms Hausfeld LLP and Motley Rice and their South African counsel, a court in Johannesburg on Friday greenlighted a four-year-old class action against…
The pioneering woman the world forgot
By Martin Vennard BBC World Service The name Nokutela Dube is not well known – but a century ago she made a big contribution to South Africa’s black-empowerment movement helping to form the country we know today. Now, the director…
