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For two weeks, the walkway of the Waldorf Arcade has housed rows of makeshift bedding, screaming children and exhausted refugees begging the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to remove them from South Africa.
Machel, daughter of former first lady Graça Machel, recounted her experience as a survivor of violence at the opening plenary for the 2019 Sexual Violence Research Institute Forum held on Tuesday in Cape Town.
Four years ago, on 17 October 2015, Machel was assaulted by her then-partner, a wealthy Maputo businessman, inside his car. She was hit on the head three times and lost her sight in one eye.
In 2016 and 2017, 46.7% of those assaulted in South Africa were women according to a 2018 Statistics SA report. Out of the overall sexual offences, 68.5% of victims were women. The report also noted that while the overall crime rate has decreased between 2013 and 2017, violent crime against women has drastically risen.
Refugees and asylum seekers have camped outside the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) at the Waldorf Arcade in Cape Town for over a week. There are over 200 people participating in this protest. They say they are victims of xenophobia and are demanding to be resettled outside of South Africa.
Farm workers packed the back rows of the courtroom on the second day of the campaign by Philippi farmers against the City of Cape Town and the MEC for Local Development, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning.
Farmers and workers held posters and sang on the steps of the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday. They were protesting against plans to rezone part of the Philippi Horticultural Area (PHA) in Cape Town for development.
One in seven of the thousands of plants and animals assessed by the South African National Biodiversity Institute in its latest four-year study is threatened with extinction.
Republican candidate Julie Cho fell short of Democrat incumbent Robyn Gabel on Tuesday, losing the District 18 State Representative election by a current tally of 42 percentage points.
Music pulsed and echoed throughout the open loft, as pink, blue and purple lights fused together, illuminating the runway and mirroring the fusion of genders traditionally associated with those colors.
Hospitals and healthcare systems must find ways to reduce costs without reducing the quality of care. Optimum Healthcare IT has created a program to stay ahead of the curve of these ever-changing technology systems.
Tucked away in Southside is Alluvion Staffing, a company dedicated to providing top-tier talent for the Jacksonville business community. Their rapid growth is a testament to this commitment.
As Phillips put it, “We’ve given them their life back; they were doing the same work we are now, but between 8 p.m. and midnight.”
After surviving a gruesome attack earlier this year, Arthur William “Bill” Bloxham, 60, was finally getting back on his feet. Following an extended stay at the Bethesda Center for the homeless, he was eligible for transitional housing, and had started up his daily visits to the Reynolda Manor Branch of the Forsyth Public Library again in Winston-Salem, NC.
First Street has been in chaos due to the rerouting of a new water line in preparation for the $99 million remodel of Business 40, which will begin in 2018. The water-line work is being completed in 2-block segments along 1st Street between Church Street and Peters Creek Parkway.
Many people know BJ Coleman as a former quarterback for the Green Bay Packers, but he’s hung up his jersey and traded in for a nice suit.
