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A Gauteng woman who was fired for smoking cannabis after work for medical reasons took her fight to the Labour Appeal Court of South Africa and emerged victorious. Bernadette Enever filed an appeal against Barloworld South Africa’s decision to dismiss her on April 20, 2020, for going against their zero-approach policy to drugs and alcohol. […]
Namibia Media Holdings (NMH) has announced that it has rebranded. Speaking during the official opening of the Tourism Expo in Windhoek on Wednesday, NMH chief executive Albe Botha said the move aims “to embrace the message of media beyond our traditional borders”. “From now on, we will be known as Network Media Hub,” Botha said. […]
The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism has urged the public to report acts of public indecency within national parks, saying they are looking into possibly blacklisting those found in contravention. This comes after a picture of naked tourists taking photos at the crest of the Big Daddy Dune at Sossusvlei in the Namib-Naukluft National […]
Last month, President Cyril Ramaphosa signed off on Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe’s removal from office after Parliament impeached him. However, the 16-year saga is now before the Constitutional Court in Hlophe’s last throw of the dice. mpeached Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe has suggested that the Constitutional Court should appoint several acting […]
A third of 11-year-olds and more than half of 13-year-olds in England have drunk alcohol – putting it top out of 44 countries examined in a report by global health experts. Girls were found to be more likely than boys to be drinking and getting drunk aged 15 in England, Wales and Scotland. The World […]
Employees of a well known furniture store at Swakopmund have accused their general manager of racism, threatening behaviour and unfair dismissal. The manager, who cannot be named as she has not been arrested or made an appearance in court, allegedly dismissed an employee and ordered security guards to assault him when he refused to leave […]
Walvis Bay residents have been urged to honour their commitment to the municipality by paying their debts. This plea was made by local authority councillor Ryan Gordon after a council meeting on Tuesday, where councillors demanded the termination of RedForce Debt Management’s contract. A motion to terminate the company’s operations with immediate effect was tabled […]
Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) Oshana regional coordinator Theofelus Kamati was sworn in as a member of parliament on Thursday. This follows the resignation of party legislator Vipuakuje Muharukua from the National Assembly and the party earlier this month. Kamati was the PDM’s candidate for the Oshakati East constituency by-election in 2019, but lost to Swapo’s […]
For the last ten days, thousands of Georgians – many in their late teens and early twenties – have been bringing the traffic of the capital, Tbilisi, to a standstill. They demand that the government scrap plans to introduce a controversial bill – dubbed the “foreign agent” law – many say is inspired by authoritarian […]
A historic case, one that could affect both Donald Trump’s legal and political fates and define the scope of presidential power, lands before the nine justices of the US Supreme Court on Thursday. Lawyers for Mr Trump and Special Counsel Jack Smith will square off in a hearing on whether former presidents have immunity from […]