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Apr
14
2021
By The African Mirror
I did not try to influence the Chief Justice – Gordhan

I did not try to influence the Chief Justice – Gordhan

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER SOUTH African Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan has denied that he sought to influence the appointment of a judge in a discussion, in 2016, with Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng. Gordhan wrote to the Judicial Services Commission (JSC), issued public denial and clarifcation after Mogoeng disclosed during an interview in which Judge Dhaya Pillay was being interviewed for a post on the Constitutional Court, that Gordhan had spoken to him about Judge Pillay. Mogoeng said;; Gordhan admitted talking to Mogoeng about Pilay but said he did so in passing. He denied attempting to influence the appointment of Dhaya,…
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Apr
13
2021
By The African Mirror
Zuma must pay at least R16-million in legal fees

Zuma must pay at least R16-million in legal fees

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER FORMER South African president Jacob Zuma’s legal woes mounted after he failed in his attempt to overturn a high court ruling that stopped the state from paying for his legal fees for his corruption trial. Five judges of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) today dismissed Zuma’s appeal, he must now pay back an estimated R16-million in legal fees incurred by the state.  Zuma went to the SCA after the Gauteng High Court found that there was no sound legal basis for the state to pay for his defence in the corruption trial where he faces over…
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Apr
14
2021
By The African Mirror
Gigaba’s wife summoned to testify

Gigaba’s wife summoned to testify

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER NORMA Gigaba, the estranged wife of former South African finance minister Malusi Gigaba has been summoned to testify at the judicial commission of inquiry into state capture after her 11th-hour cancellation of a scheduled appearance. Norma’s lawyer Gcwalisile Makhathini yesterday told Deputy Judge President Raymond Zondo that her decision to withdraw her participation in the commission. Makhathini said her client was not happy with how the commission has handled her scheduled appearance. Her withdrawal follows notice from her husband that he intended to apply for his wife’s testimony to be heard in camera. Norma’s testimony was expected…
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Apr
14
2021
By The African Mirror
Mali’s lack of anti-FGM law challenged

Mali’s lack of anti-FGM law challenged

NEWS
LEADING women’s rights organizations have jointly filed a case at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice in Abuja, Nigeria, to challenge Mali’s failure to prohibit Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) by adopting a legal and policy framework that would criminalize the practice.  Currently, there is no legislation that addresses FGM, leaving women and girls without recourse or protection from this human rights violation.  The case, which was filed by Equality Now, Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA), Association Malienne pour le Suivi et l'Orientation des Pratiques Traditionnelles and Association pour le Progrès et…
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Apr
14
2021
By The African Mirror
Security boost for LGBT+ refugees camp

Security boost for LGBT+ refugees camp

NEWS
NITA BHALLA SECURITY will be beefed up for LGBT+ people living in a Kenyan refugee camp, a U.N. official said on Tuesday, following the death of a gay man who was set alight in the latest attack targeting sexual minorities at the Kakuma camp. The 32-year-old Ugandan died on Monday in a Nairobi hospital where he and another LGBT+ refugee were being treated for burns sustained in the March 15 attack. The other man is expected to be discharged soon, the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) said. Witnesses told the Thomson Reuters Foundation a petrol bomb was thrown near the man…
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Apr
14
2021
By The African Mirror
Nearly a million going hungry in Mozambique

Nearly a million going hungry in Mozambique

NEWS
ALMOST one million people are facing severe hunger in northern Mozambique where hundreds of thousands have fled worsening Islamist violence, the U.N. food agency said yesterday. Islamic State-linked insurgents last month attacked Palma, a town in the northernmost province of Cabo Delgado next to major gas projects under development by companies including Total and Exxon. The World Food Programme (WFP) said in a briefing in Geneva that 950,000 people are now hungry in Mozambique. It is appealing to donors for $82 million to confront the crisis. "Families and individuals have had to abandon their belongings and livelihoods and flee for…
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Apr
13
2021
By The African Mirror
‘We are Nelli Tembe, and she is us’

‘We are Nelli Tembe, and she is us’

NEWS
AFRICA MIRROR REPORTER THE tragic death of 22-year-old Anele Nelli Tembe, the fiance of rap superstar AKA has brought into sharp focus the plight of millions of South Africans battling with mental health. Tembe fell to her death from the 10th floor of a hotel in Cape Town on Saturday, leaving AKA and her family devastated. Yesterday, many South Africans who struggle with and manage depression and other mental ailments on a daily basis, took to social media not only to identify with Tembe but to push for the destigmatization of mental health. The social media movement came on the…
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Jul
06
2021
By The African Mirror
ANC slams Zuma supporters

ANC slams Zuma supporters

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER SOUTH African governing party, the ANC, has come out strongly against the conduct of supporters of former president Jacob Zuma, who gathered in big numbers to protest against the 15-month sentence imposed by the Constitutional Court. The national executive committee (NEC) of the ANC met yesterday to consider developments that took place outside Zuma’s home in Nkandla. In a strongly-worded statement, the NEC said any attempts to respond to legal and judicial matters through threats and acts of violence were abhorrent and would not be tolerated. The NEC said it must always be clear that the interests…
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Jul
06
2021
By The African Mirror
Ex-DRC PM’s immunity lifted, faces graft allegations

Ex-DRC PM’s immunity lifted, faces graft allegations

NEWS
DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo's former prime minister Matata Ponyo Mapon's parliamentary immunity has been lifted, as the Senate leadership announced it had authorised a criminal investigation into allegations he misappropriated $140 million. Congo's public prosecutor last month accused Matata of ordering payments to people without valid claims to government compensation under a law meant to reimburse foreign businesspeople who had their properties seized in the 1970s. The prosecutor, Jean-Paul Mukolo, said Matata personally benefited from the payments while serving as finance minister in 2011, but Mukolo did not provide evidence of this. Matata, who served as prime minister from 2012-2016,…
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Jul
06
2021
By The African Mirror
Parents plea for return of 150 abducted students

Parents plea for return of 150 abducted students

NEWS
DOZENS of distraught parents gathered at the Bethel High School in northwestern Nigeria, some weeping and crying out, standing in groups awaiting news about the 150 students who were kidnapped by armed men. Discarded sandals lay strewn nearby. Dormitories containing metal bunk beds and cupboards were deserted. "May God take away their tears and the suffering that they will face in the hands of the kidnappers," said a woman pointing at a hole in the school's perimeter where the attackers entered. His voice breaking, parent John Evans said he had recently told his daughter that God would protect her while…
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