Blantyre, Malawi — Activists in Malawi suspended planned anti-government protests, following the abduction Wednesday night of one of the protest organizers. A witness says men grabbed Sylvester Namiwa as he was leaving a press conference, pushed him into a car and drove away. Malawi’s president has condemned the abduction and police say they are investigating. […]
Tag: Legal and Judicial Affairs
In what is seen as a dual victory for transparency and wildlife conservation, the Eastern Cape High Court on Tuesday ordered the provincial MEC for Environmental Affairs to disclose previously sealed records of all permits issued to trap, kill, hunt or translocate endangered leopards in the Eastern Cape since 2017. ‘I believe we have lifted […]
Nairobi — The High Court has dismissed the case by Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko to have the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (EBC) chairman Wafula Chebukati held in contempt for failing to clear him to vie for the governship seat despite a pending case in court. The Mombasa High Court ruled that the Supreme […]
The Zimbabwean Immigration Federation seeks to defend the rights of Zimbabweans living in South Africa The Zimbabwean Immigration Federation is to challenge the decision by the South African government to scrap permits for Zimbabweans. The federation says the permit system was a solution that substantially reduced pressure on asylum management and curbed the ineffective deportation […]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday unsealed a warrant for the arrest of former Central African Republic government minister and rebel leader Mahamat Nouradine Adam. Prosecutors accused him of crimes against humanity and war crimes, including torture, imprisonment, persecution, enforced disappearance and cruel treatment at detention centers run by the then-ruling regime. The warrant […]
This week’s visit to Benin by French President Emmanuel Macron was marked by the release of 30 opposition figures, imprisoned during the April 2021 election campaign. Macron’s host, President Patrice Talon, comfortably won that election, from which the vast majority of opposition candidates were barred. The 30 men were freed during the visit by French […]
And a move to depose Tauriq Jenkins as supreme high commissioner of the Goringhaicona Khoi Khoin Indigenous Traditional Council is struck from the urgent roll by High Court A contempt of court case against the company directors for proceeding with construction on the River Club development despite a High Court interdict has been postponed. Also […]
The Director-General of the Internal Audit Agency, Dr Oduro Osae, has advocated that as part of the fight against corruption the Attorney General’s department should be decoupled from the Ministry of Justice. He insisted that he had been making this over the years part of his advocacy towards the fight against graft. The Afrobarometer report […]
Kwame Agbodza, the Ranking Member for the Roads and Transport Committee of Parliament, is not enthused about the government’s intent to charge road tolls after the completion of expansion works on the Tema Motorway Road. He described the move as annoying, the Minister of Finance should probably resign for introducing unfavourable policies and his attempt […]
The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has called on the public to report any act of misconduct by staff of the Authority including bribery to the Road Safety Information Centre for appropriate redress. It asked the public to do so by calling 194 on all networks as a whistle-blowing tool adding that it would not […]
The judge, who ordered the journalist’s arrest, sent a human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, to prison for alleged contempt of court. The PREMIUM TIMES reporter, Saviour Imukudo, who was detained on Wednesday, on the order of the Akwa Ibom Chief Judge, Ekaette Obot, has been released. Mr Imukudo was released at about 5 p.m. Wednesday […]
The Ondo State Police Command confirmed the incident, saying its operatives were on the ground to calm the situation. Explosions and gunshots have occured in Owo, Ondo State, with an unspecified number of people sustaining varying degrees of injuries. There are fears that there may be fatalities, but the police in Ondo have yet to […]
As CDC – COP counters SUP Liberia’s 175th Independence Day celebration turned bloody on Tuesday, 26 July 2022 when government supporters countered student protesters. The ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) supporters calling themselves CDC Council of Patriots (CDC-COP) attacked and wounded several students of the campus – based Vanguard Students Unification Party (SUP) of […]
Lottery grant was meant to rebuild a Limpopo school that burned down during protests Money from the National Lottery was intended to rebuild a Limpopo school which had been gutted by fire. Instead the money was used to buy a R3.6-million house in a golf estate near Hartbeespoort Dam for the Commissioner of the National […]
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) says it is committed to investigating credible allegations of corruption “without fear or favour”. This after media reports that the unit is allegedly being used for nefarious political acts following proclamations authorising the SIU to investigate at least 14 state departments and entities. SIU spokesperson, Kaizer Kganyago, said reports that […]
Rising above partisan politics or personal relationships, over 80 senators across political parties and a majority of House of Representatives members, yesterday, agreed to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari, if the growing insecurity across the nation persisted beyond six weeks, being the ultimatum handed the government before the legislature shut down till September 20. The decision […]
Nairobi — The High Court has nullified the candidature of Mohamed Gedi, an aspirant for the Fafi parliamentary seat for holding citizenship in three countries. Gedi holds the citizenship of America, Kenya, and Somalia. The electoral agency had already cleared Gedi who is vying under the Amani National Congress (ANC) party ticket to contest for […]
Sifelani Tsiko — Farirai Masocha, a 21-year-old University of Zimbabwe Computer Science student has come up with a livestock tracking application that can work as a digital defence to help prevent stock theft and alert farmers to the condition of animals. The young innovator said the livestock application takes the traditional animal ear tag commonly […]