Alfred Mutua Tears Into Wavinya Ndeti

[Nation] Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua on Thursday tore into his main opponent Wavinya Ndeti of the Wiper Democratic Movement – Kenya, dismissing her as a “project” whose political ambition is a “pipe dream”.

[Nation] Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua on Thursday tore into his main opponent Wavinya Ndeti of the Wiper Democratic Movement - Kenya, dismissing her as a "project" whose political ambition is a "pipe dream".

source: AllAfrica News: Kenya

“Fuck White People”: Court Correct Not to Find the Work of Art to be Hate Speech

[Constitutionally Speaking] It is not surprising that the Chief Magistrate of Cape Town earlier this week ruled that the work of art by Dean Hutton (which includes a repetition of the phrase “Fuck White People”) did not constitute hate speech. The Prom…

[Constitutionally Speaking] It is not surprising that the Chief Magistrate of Cape Town earlier this week ruled that the work of art by Dean Hutton (which includes a repetition of the phrase "Fuck White People") did not constitute hate speech. The Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act (PEPUDA) specifically excludes bona fide engagement in artistic creativity from the ambit of the hate speech provision, which means that one is unlikely ever to win a hate speech case against the creator of a work

source: AllAfrica News: South Africa

Raila Odinga Book Author Babior Resurfaces

[Nation] Controversial author Newton Ochieng’ Ong’ele, aka Babior, has resurfaced five days after the distributor of his book on Raila Odinga reported that he was missing.

[Nation] Controversial author Newton Ochieng' Ong'ele, aka Babior, has resurfaced five days after the distributor of his book on Raila Odinga reported that he was missing.

source: AllAfrica News: Kenya

IEBC Moves to Calm Fears About Electoral Register

[Nation] Seven of the 92,277 listed as dead after an audit of the electoral register were actually registered candidates in the August 8 General Election, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission said on Thursday.

[Nation] Seven of the 92,277 listed as dead after an audit of the electoral register were actually registered candidates in the August 8 General Election, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission said on Thursday.

source: AllAfrica News: Kenya

Wear Black Armbands At Urgent Application Against Blf, Sanef Asks

[News24Wire] The South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) on Wednesday called on journalists and supporters of media freedom to wear black armbands at the organisation’s urgent court application against Black First Land First (BLF) at the South Ga…

[News24Wire] The South African National Editors' Forum (Sanef) on Wednesday called on journalists and supporters of media freedom to wear black armbands at the organisation's urgent court application against Black First Land First (BLF) at the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Thursday.

source: AllAfrica News: South Africa

It’s Wiyeta V Ibinzo in Girls Football Final

[Nation] Wiyeta Girls and Ibinzo on Friday booked their spots in the football final of the Airtel Rising Stars National Secondary Schools Term Two B Games at Moi Nyeri Complex Primary School.

[Nation] Wiyeta Girls and Ibinzo on Friday booked their spots in the football final of the Airtel Rising Stars National Secondary Schools Term Two B Games at Moi Nyeri Complex Primary School.

source: AllAfrica News: Kenya