The US, Hungary and Fiji intervened for Israel; Namibia, the Netherlands and Iceland for South Africa. And Israel’s twice-extended counter-memorial deadline passed. [...]
Most guidance our young people get arrives as condemnation, not education. SAMNET proposes a six-step coalition programme — starting by educating the experts. [...]
A consumer ordered soft drinks and found a 4% alcohol mixer added as a “freebie”, not listed on the invoice. SAMNET has asked the authorities to investigate. [...]
R2.6 million accepted in six days, and no law under which the operator can be held to account. Scale the same proportion down to a household with R50 000 and the picture is identical. [...]
A congregant walking home from Masjid us Salaam was attacked by four teenagers. Most such incidents are never formally reported — and a pattern that is not counted is not policed as one. [...]
Three countries have withdrawn from Eurovision 2026 and three more are considering it. Broadcasters and sponsors pay for an audience — an audience leaving is the message that gets read. [...]
Tax gives government an incentive to keep the industry alive and hands lobbyists a permanent argument. Legislate the word “gambling”, not “gaming” — and withdraw the support it depends on. [...]
More than a hundred organisations signed a declaration calling for a complete ban on online gambling, an advertising ban and a freeze on new licences. [...]
Four October 2025 by-elections decided by 454, 465, 325 — and two votes. Many wards now turn on fewer than 500 votes, about 150 households. [...]
A recruitment route into the UN Secretariat. The composition of international institutions reflects who applied a decade earlier. [...]
Regulation creates a monopoly within each faith, and a dependence that blurs the duty to speak truth to power. The CRL has signalled interest in the Rwandan model. [...]
Quebec has produced recommendations restricting religious expression. In South Africa the CRL’s Section 22 proposals point the same way — and a campaign that waits to see how it turns out is not a campaign. [...]