(2024-02-04). United States Ramps Up War Crimes After ICJ Rules Against Israel. popularresistance.org On December 29, 2023, the Republic of South Africa charged Israel with violating the United Nation's Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in regards to its assault on the population of Gaza. On January 26, 2024 the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that claims of genocide against Israel are plausible and that the killing of Palestinians in Gaza must end. Despite attempts to obfuscate or to claim an Israeli victory, the meaning of the court ruling could not have been clearer. | The ICJ did not use the word "ceasefire" as many people had hoped, but judges did say that the ki…
(2024-02-04). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 120: Gaza's Economy In Shambles. popularresistance.org Top Hamas leaders are still debating a US-backed ceasefire proposal that would facilitate a six-week cessation of hostilities for the delivery of humanitarian aid into Gaza and the release of Israeli civilian hostages. While Qatar claims that Hamas has received the proposal "positively," key Hamas officials are asking for more concessions, most importantly including a permanent ceasefire, before signing off on the proposal. | Most people in Gaza do not have time to wait; the Israeli military prepares a military incursion into Rafah, Gaza's southernmost district on the Egyptian border, where 1.9 million Gazans are…
(2024-02-04). Condolences for President Geingob. sanews.gov.za Condolences for President Geingob | President Cyril Ramaphosa has extended his deep condolences to the Government and people of Namibia especially First Lady, Madame Monica Geingos and the family following the passing of Dr Hage Gottfried Geingob, President of the Republic of Namibia. | On behalf of the Government and people of South Africa, President Ramaphosa further extended his sympathy to acting President of the Republic of Namibia Dr Nangolo Mbumba, the Cabinet of the neighbouring state and the leadership and members of the SWAPO Party at this time of mourning. | "Today, South Africa joins the people of our…
(2024-02-04). Term of appointment of the EAPASA extended. sanews.gov.za Term of appointment of the EAPASA extended | The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Barbara Creecy, has extended the appointment of the Environmental Assessment Practitioners Association of South Africa (EAPASA) as the single registration authority for the regulation of environmental assessment practitioners for a period of 24 months. | In a statement the department said the extension permits EAPASA to continue being the single registration authority for the regulation of environmental assessment practitioners until 07 February 2026. | "The Environmental Assessment Practitioners Association of…
(2024-02-04). Black History Month observances. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic and area community organizations have planned a range of events in February to honor and celebrate Black History Month. The monthlong commemoration is a way to recognize the many significant contributions of African Americans to the nation and Mayo Clinic. Mayo Clinic is lighting the Plummer Building at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota; Mayo Clinic Hospital in Arizona; and Mayo Clinic Hospital in Florida in red, yellow and green on Thursday, Feb. 1,…
(2024-02-04). National minimum wage increases. sanews.gov.za National minimum wage increases | Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi has announced a new National Minimum Wage (NMW) determination which will go up from R25,42 to R27,58 for each ordinary hour worked. | In a statement on Saturday, the Department of Employment and Labour said the new NMW will come into effect from 1 March 2024. | "The National Minimum Wage determination also includes the vulnerable sectors of farm workers and the domestic workers — whom since 2022 were aligned with the NMW rates. | "However, the workers employed on an expanded public works programme are entitled to a minimum wage of…
(2024-02-04). Prisoners Are A Hidden Workforce Linked To Popular Food Brands. popularresistance.org Angola, LA – A hidden path to America's dinner tables begins here, at an unlikely source — a former Southern slave plantation that is now the country's largest maximum-security prison. | Unmarked trucks packed with prison-raised cattle roll out of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, where men are sentenced to hard labor and forced to work, for pennies an hour or sometimes nothing at all. After rumbling down a country road to an auction house, the cows are bought by a local rancher and then followed by The Associated Press another 600 miles to a Texas slaughterhouse that feeds into the supply chains of giants…
(2024-02-04). Mo Salah asked for 20% of income, government responds. albawaba.com ALBAWABA — The leader of Egyptian opposition and head of Wafd Party, Abdel-Sanad Yamama, has been a subject of public controversy and backlash after he suggested that the Liverpool footballer Mohammad Salah should provide 20 percent of his monthly income to his home country Egypt, to help with the economy situation, saying he plans to provide the House of Representatives with his proposal for a discussion.Mo Salah reportedly earns around $25 million a month, third highest paid player in the English Premiere League, with Yamama explaining that his draft would force Egyptians abroad to transfer 20 percent of…
(2024-02-04). Home Affairs pleased with response to extension of operating hours. sanews.gov.za Home Affairs pleased with response to extension of operating hours | The Department of Home Affairs has assisted more than 33 500 people in its offices and 105 mobile units that were deployed in the first two days of the service delivery blitz during the Voter Registration Weekend. |
| The majority of the people, that is, more than 25 700, visited on Saturday, 03 February 2024. Nearly 7 900 visited during the two additional operating hours from 4pm to 6pm on Friday, 02 February 2024. |
| "This public response is galvanizing us to do more as we prepare to welcome those people who want to visit our offi…
(2024-02-04). Congratulations Bafana Bafana! sanews.gov.za Congratulations Bafana Bafana! | Sport, Arts and Culture Minister, Zizi Kodwa, has congratulated Bafana Bafana on their 2-1 win against Cape Verde on Saturday night. | "To the semifinals we go. Well done Bafana, you have made the nation proud!" the Minister said in a social media post on X. | This as the team faced off against Cape Verde in the Africa Cup of Nations Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament currently underway in Cà¥te d'Ivoire. | With their win, the men's senior national football side are through to the semifinals of the tournament. | "Goalkeeper and captain Ronwen Williams saved four penalti…
(2024-02-04). Good start to second voter registration weekend. sanews.gov.za Good start to second voter registration weekend | The Electoral Commission has announced that 304 221 voters have visited voting stations in the initial hours of the first day of the second voter registration weekend. | This was ahead of the country's 2024 National and Provincial Elections. | Of these, 55 019 were persons who were registering for the first time. | "The Electoral Commission is pleased to report that the second registration weekend for the imminent 2024 National and Provincial Elections got off to a good start. | "This early turnout not only sets a positive tone for the registration period but als…
mauinews.com (2024-02-04). Israel should comply with ICJ's rulingIt is a bitter twist of history that 75 years after the horrors of the Holocaust saw the UN adopt the genocide convention, Israel is likely to find itself in the dock of the international court of justice accused of being intent on destroying the Palestinians "in whole or in part".
(2024-02-04). Cuba lamenta fallecimiento de presidente namibio, Hage G. Geingob. radiohc.cu La Habana, 4 de feb (RHC) El presidente de Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, expresó hoy profundo pesar por el fallecimiento de su homólogo de Namibia, Hage G. Geingob, a quien calificó de entrañable amigo de su país.
(2024-02-04). Fallece el presidente de Namibia, Hage Geingob. telesurtv.net El presidente Hage Geingob padecía cáncer de próstata y en enero volvió a someterse a terapia tras detectarle nuevamente células cancerígenas.
(2024-02-04). Reinstate Namibian Hasab Mine Unionist Marcia Kauatjitotje. indybay.org Namibian unionist Marcia Kauatjitotje is a union leader at the second largest uranium mine in the world owned by Chinese state owned China General Nuclear Power Group CGNP. She was fired after exposing the conditions at the mine and participating in the Namibian Labour Tribunal last October in the capital Windhoek. She also went to the media and that was one of the charges against her. The Chinese owners said that she had exposed the work conditions embarrassing the company and it's subcontractor Eagle Night Watch. These workers are forced to do mine work at substandard wages with no healthcare and benefits. Sinc…
(2024-02-03). Falleció presidente de Namibia, Hage Geingob. radiohc.cu Windhoek, 4 feb (RHC) El presidente de la República de Namibia, Hage Geingob, falleció hoy a las 00: 04 horas en el Hospital Lady Pohamba de esta capital, donde recibía tratamiento médico, anunció aquí un comunicado oficial.
reuters.com (2024-02-03). U.S. launches strikes in Iraq, Syria, nearly 40 reported killedThe White House said the United States had informed Iraq ahead of strikes. Baghdad later accused the United States of deception, saying a U.S. claim of coordination with the Iraqi authorities was "unfounded".