An audio interview with Mohamed Beissat – Ambassador of Western Sahara

I am interviewing Mohamed Beissat who has just presented his credentials to President Cyril Ramaphosa as the Ambassador of Western Sahara. This is the second time that he has represented the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic in Pretoria, Beissat explains what coming back to South Africa means.

Truck attacks: criminals or xenophobes?

Police are deploying additional personnel along the arterial motorway between the commercial capital Johannesburg and the port city of Durban following a string of attacks on heavy trucks spurred by local drivers opposed to foreigners being used to haul freight. A 55-year-old driver died from injuries sustained when his truck was stopped and set alight […]