By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Le Monde
The 85-year-old South African magistrate Navanethem Pillay served on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in the 1990s. She recently chaired a UN commission of inquiry that concluded there was a “genocide” in Gaza, according to Le Monde.
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South African jurist Adekeye Adebajo believes the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Navi Pillay should strengthen her commitment to the rule of law in South Africa. In this opinion article, he highlights the laureate’s role in defending human rights and the work of the UN commission of inquiry on Gaza, according to Mg.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Source: Mg ·
South African courts have refused bail to Shadrack Sibiya, a former deputy police commissioner charged with rape, human trafficking and the sexual exploitation of a 16-year-old girl. The magistrate said he had failed to demonstrate exceptional circumstances, and the case will return to court on 24 November for the continuation of the investigation, according to Scrolla.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Source: Scrolla ·
Barack Obama’s intervention criticising the investigation into US Representative Ilhan Omar has already been covered in our previous articles. This report adds no new information, according to Zambian Observer.
🌍 World · Source: Zambianobserver ·
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has 35% of voting intentions in Johannesburg, compared with 21.8% for the African National Congress, according to an eNCA/MarkData poll. The results point to another hung municipal council after the local elections, reports TimesLIVE.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Source: TimesLIVE ·
Intellinexus and Apeiros unify Achievement Awards Group’s data in South AfricaIntellinexus and Apeiros have completed a cloud data platform for Achievement Awards Group, a South African company specialising in human resources and customer experience. Built on Snowflake, it unifies the company’s data and is expected to support analytics and future artificial intelligence tools, according to Intellinexus.The week in Africa
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