Security forces in South Africa are struggling to contain spreading unrest, with dozens dead after violent scenes that President Cyril Ramaphosa admitted have “rarely [been] seen before in the history of our democracy”. The immediate trigger for the violence was the jailing last week of Jacob Zuma, the former president, for contempt of court for his refusal to attend an inquiry into corruption during his nine-year tenure. Zuma, who still has strong support within the ruling African National Congress and in his home state of KwaZulu-Natal, has denied all wrongdoing and says the charges are politically motivated. South Africa’s domestic…
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Ines Boubakri battled through injury to win Olympic bronze in RioWinning Olympic bronze in Rio allowed Ines Boubakri to realise she no longer had to prove herself to anyone. The Tunisian had had a lifetime of doing that. But in that moment, dropping her mask to the floor and her foil to her side as she became the first African and Arab woman to win a medal in fencing, she knew every hurdle had been worth overcoming.”You remember all that you sacrificed, how it was hard, because in fencing, we don’t have this tradition,” she said.”When I started to be…
Ramaphosa addressed the nation Monday evening, calling for calm after at least six people died in the violence and hundreds were arrested.As Zuma’s lawyers argued for a sentence reduction Monday, protests and looting centered in two provinces escalated.”We will not hesitate to arrest and prosecute those who perpetrate these actions and ensure they face the full might of the law,” Ramaphosa said in a national address, as local media played live pictures of malls being looted in Durban.”It is this rule of law that enables our society to function and our economy to develop in the interests of the people…
July 13, 2021 | 6:04pm | Updated July 13, 2021 | 6:04pm Enlarge Image Corey Hawkins (left) and Leslie Grace star in a romantic scene from “In the Heights.” Macall Polay/Warner Bros. Entertainment via AP Spielberg’s back with “West Side Story.” Golden musicals are returning — many onto the silver screen. Like Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “In the…
How do BTS always have such tight dance moves? With lots of practice. The seven members of the world’s biggest K-pop group released a video Tuesday (July 13) of their choreography rehearsals for the “Permission to Dance” music video. The new video features RM, Jin, J-Hope, V, Jung Kook, Jimin and Suga working hard to prep…
After a long beta cycle, Apple has seeded the macOS 11.5 Release Candidate to developer and public beta testers today. The release comes with bug fixes for the Music app and an update for the Podcasts app. If you’re enrolled in the developer or public beta program, the OTA for macOS 11.5 RC should be…
BTS is creating with each song that they release. Their first English language song titled Dynamite was a hit. Their second song titled Butter had also garnered a lot of love from the fans. Now, their recently released song, Permission To Dance, is also getting the same response. Suga from the band has even said…
New guidance from the Oklahoma Board of Education will begin limiting teachings on race and gender in K-12 classrooms. In a 5-1 vote on Monday, the board voted to approve emergency rules which will give public school districts guidance on the implementation of GOP-backed House Bill 1775, which will prohibit educators from teaching certain topics…
The streets of Alexandra in Johannesburg were covered with clouds of teargas smoke and the sound of rubber bullets on Wednesday morning as the unrest in the township spilled into the area. Scores of residents swarmed into the Pan Africa Mall and the surrounding local supermarkets, looking for basic goods. The township’s main shopping district…
A former school official at one of China’s most prestigious music conservatories has been sentenced to seven years in prison for molesting a student who later killed herself, the student’s mother told Sixth Tone on Monday. The case grabbed national headlines in late 2020 when the mother, who requested to only use her surname Liu…