...For there our captors required of us songs, and our tormentors, mirth, saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!” How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land?...
Psalm 137 ESV
#MyCountry#MyHistory#MyCulture#MyHeritage
So if the departure of "Africans" leads to "South Africans" owning Spaza Shops, should the logical conclusion be that the departure of Europeans and Asians will lead to SAns owning Land, Mines, Banks, Supermarkets, Insurance Companies, Industries, etc?
The number of people displaced in Haiti is approaching a record 1.5 million amid a worsening humanitarian crisis driven by violence.
@UNmigration continues to deliver life-saving assistance, but needs are immense & sustained funding is critical. https://t.co/UJoKwYhYzB
South Africa’s ongoing struggle with colonial legacies is under the spotlight, as this powerful opinion piece critiques how Africans are demonised while Western interests are courted. The article challenges readers to reflect on identity, justice, and the lingering effects of colonialism in shaping today’s politics and society.
#news #opinion #ColonialLegacy #AfricanIdentity #justice
Read on https://t.co/fj04SVH1eB
HAPPENING NOW | SACP General Secretary Solly Mapaila is currently briefing the media after the Conference of the Left in Boksburg. He says what binds them is unity against colonialism.
eThekwini Mayor Cyril Xaba says nearly all the foreign nationals transported from the Diakonia Centre in central Durban have been verified as being in the country legally following a Home Affairs screening process. https://t.co/HysXB6F6qi
NEWS: Reuters just dropped its first 30-min doc, a reconstruction of the massacre of civilians by Sudanese paramilitary forces, who recorded themselves killing civilians while conquering the city of al-Fashir https://t.co/9XgbOpZhDy
WATCH | Police have opened fire with rubber bullets on foreign nationals marching in central Durban. Three have been injured. The group is calling on authorities to intervene and protect them after they sought refuge at a police station. Jayde Paulse reports.
WATCH | A six-year-old girl in Mandela Park, Mthatha, has been found caring for her grandmother, her mentally ill mother and her two-year-old sibling. Full report available on the SABC News YouTube channel.
The war in Sudan is tearing apart the country.
Civilians are paying an unconscionable price, with women & children suffering most.
I repeat my call for an immediate cessation of hostilities, a sustainable ceasefire, and a Sudanese-led, civilian, democratic transition.
The Israeli Knesset has just approved what is known within Israel as the “Elite Trials” by a majority of 93 members. These are military trials targeting Palestinian prisoners.
Judges will be able to issue death sentences against those accused, and those convicted will never be released even as part of future hostage exchange deals.
The law authorizes the court to impose the death penalty.
It also states that anyone sentenced to death, or charged with an offense punishable by death, cannot be released in any future prisoner exchange agreements.
Indictments are expected to be filed against more than 400 defendants.
A special military court will be established in Jerusalem.
The trials will be divided according to geographic areas — for example, a trial for the Be’eri area, another for the Nir Oz area, and another related to the Nova festival area.
IN PICTURES | Two four-year-old twin children died on Tuesday morning when a fire swept through the Zamimpilo informal settlement west of Johannesburg.
The fire reportedly started when people fled a police and military operation, leaving a stove unattended while cooking. The flames spread quickly, destroying eight shacks.
A 42-year-old man, who tried to rescue the children, was injured and taken to hospital.
Credit: Luyanda Danca