Trump drags cats and dogs into racism as US presidential campaign slides off decorum to white supremacism
Following Donald Trump’s comment during the debate in Philadelphia, Vance doubled-down on the claim when asked by NBC News Washington Correspondent Yamiche Alcindor what is his message to Haitian Americans and Haitian immigrants who say the false claim is putting their lives at risk?
Law that gives South African government control over language of education opposed by Afrikaans speakers
Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen said he would meet President Cyril Ramaphosa before he signs the bill into law on Friday. One civil society group has said it would take legal action to oppose the bill once Ramaphosa signs it.
Kenyan and Zambian currencies to hold steady against green buck as Nigeria’s and Uganda’s fluctuate
The local unit rallied strongly early this year as concerns eased that the East African country would default on a $2 billion Eurobond that matured in June, but it lost momentum from April onwards.
Jajja and Misambwa: Culturalists concur the guile Ugandan president used to defile totemic Bujagali Shrine is an indigenous rights crime
It is unbelievable that without being consulted by the clans of Basoga could have participated in consensus-building to bring about the extinction of the rich Basoga culture and spirituality. Even the living Budhagali whom proponents of the dam claim “agreed” that the shrines could be transferred has on several occasions pronounced itself to the “non-listening proponents” of the dam that he has no power to do so since the decision to move or not to move the shrines is spiritual rather than human
Taking healthcare to the sick: South Africa’s travelling ‘health train’ is threatened by systemic corruption
When the train began in 1994, many Black people in South Africa still lived in rural villages with little access to health facilities. It was a period of change in the country. The train began as an eye clinic, but it soon became clear that needs were greater than that.
Taylor Swift wins big at MTV Video Music Awards on a day she endorsed Kamala Harris, US marked 9.11
Taylor Swift’s awards haul brings her to a career total of 30, tying her and Beyonc for the title of most-awarded musician in VMA history. Eminem is now the male artist with the most VMAs, at 14.
Sudan and UAE trade accusations over 17-month war, with Khartoum claiming paramilitary is being armed by Abu Dhabi
Sudanese Ambassador Al-Harith Mohamed accused the UAE of providing the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), known as the RAF, with heavy weapons, missiles and ammunition – and of “profiting from this war through the illegal exploitation of gold.”
Trump’s false claims about immigrants are ‘eating the dogs’ heightens Haitian Americans safety fears
Donald Trump’s Tuesday remark that “they’re eating the dogs, the people that came in, they’re eating the cats” is the latest in a long line of lies about immigrants that have defined his political career. It followed a similar false claim spread by his running mate, US Senator JD Vance of Ohio, on social media about Springfield’s new residents.
Sexual abuse, including rape, rocks US spy agency CIA but hushed as ‘national security’ issue
Florida Republican Marco Rubio, vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said that lawmakers will continue to “hold agency leaders accountable” after pushing for reforms in the CIA’s misconduct reporting process.
