Veteran anti-apartheid activist and UK politician Lord Peter Hain combines lived experience with sharp political insight in his book about democracy, corruption and justice.

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Nov 5 (Reuters) – Unionised Starbucks baristas voted to authorise an open-ended strike ahead of Starbucks’ high-traffic holiday season, announced Starbucks Workers United on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON, Nov 5 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump’s administration has revoked around 80,000 non-immigrant visas since its inauguration on January 20 for offences ranging from driving under the influence to assault and theft, a senior State Department official said on Wednesday.

SEOUL, Nov 6 (Reuters) – North Korea slammed the US President Donald Trump’s administration for imposing sanctions that “antagonise” it, and vowed to respond correspondingly, state media KCNA said on Thursday.

CHICAGO, Nov 5 (Reuters) – A Spanish-language immersion daycare in a leafy residential neighbourhood on the North Side of Chicago was raided by federal immigration agents on Wednesday and a teacher was taken away, panicking school administrators and parents of infants, toddlers and pre-kindergarten children at the centre, a staff worker at the daycare told Reuters.

Luyanda Mboniswa, who was released on parole in 2023 for murdering Marike de Klerk, the ex-wife of former apartheid president FW de Klerk, has confessed to the murder and expressed remorse.

Minister of Higher Education and Training Buti Manamela admits that NSFAS faces challenges after its board chairperson, Dr Karen Stander, resigned with immediate effect over the weekend after citing a ‘toxic’ work environment marked by racism, bullying, intimidation and personal threats at the entity.

The Democratic Alliance will push for South Africa’s foreign policy to be ‘genuinely non-aligned’ and not ‘ideological’, says the party’s leader.

A senior leader and two ward councillors from the Western Cape ANC have defected and joined the DA, as the party seeks to reinforce its claim as the most credible party ahead of the 2026 elections.

Treasury Director-General Duncan Pieterse has proposed alternatives to fight child malnutrition — one being an audit of social grants to stamp out fraud.

Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia says the disbandment of corruption-busting unit the Scorpions was a blunder, and that the problems South Africa now faces prove it. He also detailed the crimefighting methods he believes the country needs.