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The parents of a rape complainant have appeared in court for allegedly accepting a R500 000 bribe to drop the rape charges against a police officer's husband, the head of security for self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri.
Critics have called it a stunt to invite sympathy. Yet Amuriat says campaigning without shoes is a protest and that those who do not get its symbolism are missing a point.
Uganda is due to hold a general election on January 14. Amuriat and another opposition candidate, Bobi Wine have had their rallies violently dispersed by security forces or been arrested.
In mid-November, scores of people were killed as security forces attempted to quell protests against the arrest and detention of Bobi Wine.
Police has accused the candidates of addressing huge gatherings in contravention of regulations on COVID-19 prevention.
Swollen feet
In an interview with one of the dailies in Uganda, Amuriat said his feet hurt a lot and has to pour cold water on them in between campaign stops for some relief.
Doctors have cautioned him on the potential danger of contracting tetanus from cuts to his feet.
Yet Amuriat remains adamant. He says by refusing to wear shoes, he’s standing in solidarity with people whose wealth and opportunities have been stolen by the country’s longtime ruler Yoweri Museveni.
JUST IN: FDC presidential candidate Patrick Amuriat has been arrested at the border of Rubirizi and Bushenyi districts. The reason for his arrest is yet to be known📹 @MukhayeD#MonitorUpdates#UGDecides2021 pic.twitter.com/xopK4FMoD0
— Daily Monitor (@DailyMonitor) December 4, 2020
Museveni, in power since 1986 is seeking a new term. In 2017, he changed the constitution to remove age limits that would have stopped him from seeking re-election.
FDC is Uganda’s largest opposition party. In 3 previous elections, the party fronted veteran activist and retired army colonel Kizza Besigye for president.
Back when street hustlers and killers called him “Glaze,” the crack cocaine king of New York was among the most feared men walking the streets of new York. But in 1990 the enforcer for a [...]
Jasmine Hartin, a Canadian businesswoman who partners with the son of a British billionaire, has been arrested and charged in the shooting death of Henry Jemmott, a police officer in Belize.
ANC deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte says the violence in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng has nothing to do with ethnicity.
Thousands of viewers have watched a Facebook/YouTube clip of a knife-welding young man brandishing his weapon menacingly at a knot of Colombian police officers. The man taunted, waved his knife, and even lunged at officers. The officers cordoned him off, waited patiently, and continued to talk to him. The stand-off ended when one officer rushed the suspect from behind with a deft move that knocked the knife out of his hand. He was quickly subdued. Neither he, the officers, or any civilians were injured. Why is he alive, then, and Walter Wallace Jr. isn’t?
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The National Department of Health will not pay for uninsured walk-ins who visit private COVID-19 vaccination sites.
Mozambican port authorities denied any knowledge of the ship carrying the cargo of ammonium nitrate said to have caused the devastating explosion in Beirut.
Chinese investors have been wise to the opportunities presented by Port St Johns for the past few years, as the 'new coastal city' prepares for an overhaul.
Several people have been injured in a multiple vehicle accident on the N1 freeway near the Lynnwood offramp in Pretoria.
Durban citizens have been left to fend for themselves during the riots along with the police whose resources were stretched on Monday.
Section 10 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act does not allow an unmarried father to register his child's birth under his surname, unless the mother is present or gives consent.
Canadian musician Tory Lanez reportedly told Megan Thee Stallion via text he shot her because he was ‘just too drunk’ several hours after the infamous July 12 incident that left the rapper injured in both feet and in need of surgery to “to remove the bullets.” The said text message, which was obtained by TMZ,...
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The DA have had enough of Military and Defence Minister Mapisa-Nqakula and what they describe as the 'extortion of the SANDF's budget'.
The Mpumalanga High Court has sentenced serial rapist Thabiso Oscar Mathumba to eight life terms and 46 years in jail.
Excess natural deaths reported are, in some provinces, 100% higher than confirmed Covid-19 deaths, showing the effects of health system constraints and possible under-reporting, researchers say.
The Zondo Commission has filed papers at the Constitutional Court asking it to dismiss, with costs, former president Jacob Zuma's rescission application.
A police officer is under cross-examination in the murder trial of former North West deputy police commissioner William Mpembe and five other officers.
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has been accused of focusing on alcohol restrictions while rail infrastructure in Kliptown is non-existent.
By Diana Danis Service: Women Who Serve Military Women’s Coalition, Sexual Violence Policy Chair The hashtags that steer women and men assaulted in the military are abundantly clear: #MeToo, #MeTooMilitary. Why aren’t we saying #ArrestThePerps? Heck of an introduction to a theme common in the military, on our campuses, and in many American workplaces. Because […]
Mamelodi Sundowns are heading for defeat in their final group CAF Champions League match against CR Belouizdad at Loftus Versfeld.
By Thomas E. Mitchell, Jr. (Editor’s Note: This article contains a paragraph of a sensitive, explicit nature in describing what happened to article’s main subject and is only mentioned to give the article context.) David Ali Shabazz, a former inmate at Waupun Correctional Institution with several disabilities, who claims he was a victim […]
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As the vaccine rollout begins in South Africa, we are publishing all the latest updates related to the biggest immunisation drive in our history.
