Women Minister Susan Shabangu wants an apology from broadcaster eNCA for reporting that she called Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa a liar, her office said on Saturday. “Minister Shabangu… denies that she called Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa a liar, as reported by eNCA,” her department said in a statement. “Nowhere in[…]
Gift of the Givers (GOTG) founder Dr Imtiaz Sooliman has questioned why the humanitarian agency has been delayed by Egyptian authorities from entering the Rafah border into Gaza. The team of 10 medical doctors is currently in Cairo, awaiting clearance from the Egyptian embassy to cross the border and begin[…]
The Muslim Judicial Council Halal Trust (MJCHT) has certified some new dairy products manufactured by Clover South Africa. This comes after queries were raised on products without any halal logos. Sheikh Achmat Sedick, the director of the MJC Halaal Trust, says the body certified Clover South Africa in January this[…]
“The colonialists think that if you have enough weapons and you have enough ambitions, you can conquer the world.” So says world renowned medical practitioner, Dr Mads Gilbert, who addressed a growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the occupied Palestinian territories. Dr Gilbert made headlines when he wrote an open[…]
The South African Haj and Umrah Council (Sahuc) and South African Travel and Haj Operators Association (Sathoa) have concluded investigations into the Boland Haj Jamaah, after reports that 20 hujaaj were experiencing problems with the operator. The issue stems from the Saudi Ministry of Haj’s regulations on the minimum amount[…]
There are no Ebola cases reported or confirmed in South Africa, the health department said on Friday. This was while the total number of cases in the current outbreak of Ebola in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone had risen to 3069 probable and confirmed cases, spokesman Popo Maja said[…]
Russia has continued to supply pro-Kremlin separatists in Ukraine with tanks, armoured vehicles, rocket launchers and artillery, NATO’s Secretary General has said, echoing comments by Western leaders that the separatists seeking independence are being aided militarily by Moscow. Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Friday that Russian troops had also “fired[…]
Al-Qaeda linked Syrian rebels have been accused of seizing 43 UN soldiers in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and trapped another 81 in the region, the UN has said. The US said on Thursday it believed members of the Nusra Front were among those who captured 43 Fijian soldiers serving in[…]
The United Nations says the civil war in Syria has forced more than three million people to flee the country, an increase of one million in the past year alone. Antonio Guterres, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), called the crisis “the biggest humanitarian emergency of our era” on[…]
Students at Northlink College’s Protea campus based in Bellville are angry after the lack in communication around the payment of travel and bursary payments. After approaching the head office’s finance department, students felt helpless and had no other alternative but to seek answers. They claim they were brazenly dismissed without[…]
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