Small groups of homeless people have left the Strandfontein relocation site on Friday morning, as it prepares to close. There was a large police presence and many people remain inside. A relieved group who were hitchhiking back to Plumstead said they are better off on the streets than inside the[…]
Protests flared in U.S. states on Sunday over stay-at-home orders while governors disputed President Donald Trump’s claims they have enough tests for the novel coronavirus and should quickly reopen their economies. n estimated 2,500 people rallied at the Washington state capitol in Olympia to protest Democratic Governor Jay Inslee’s stay-at-home[…]
Unidentified gunmen and suicide bombers attacked a Sikh religious complex in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Wednesday, and up to 200 people were believed to be trapped inside, a member of parliament said. Afghan security forces had blocked off the area and were taking on the attackers, Interior Ministry[…]
Thousands of mourners gathered in Elsies River on Saturday for the funeral service of slain eight-year-old Tazne van Wyk. The Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa in Halt Road was filled to the rafters as family, friends, community members and her classmates, came to say their final goodbyes. Among the[…]
Saudi Arabia’s decision to suspend travel to the country’s holiest sites over fears of the fast-spreading coronavirus has left travel agents scrambling to rearrange bookings as pilgrims remain in the dark over how long the “temporary” ban might continue. Late on Wednesday, Riyadh’s foreign ministry tweeted that it was suspending entry for pilgrims heading to Mecca and Medina for[…]
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City of Johannesburg Member of Mayoral Committee for Community Development, Margaret Arnold says they will leave no stone unturned to ensure that those responsible for the Melville shooting are brought to book. Arnold was speaking at the vigil on Thursday night to remember those who died. Two people were killed[…]
The Commission for Gender Equality said that the judgement handed down to the convicted “Dros rapist” Nicholas Ninow, is a testament that the courts are cracking down on harsher sentences for perpetrators of violence and abuse against women and children. It comes after Judge Papi Mosopam handed Ninow life imprisonment[…]
By Tauhierah Salie Metrorail commuters are to make alternative travelling arrangements on Friday due to strike action. Protesters are demanding that the state of railway transport in the country be declared a “national emergency.” The strike is initiated by the Federation of Unions of SA (FEDUSA) and the United National[…]
eThekwini’s acting mayor, Fawzia Peer, was back at work on Friday following a scare over “poisoned” water, according to a municipality tweet. “We are glad to be joined by Acting Mayor Fawzia Peer who will be wrapping up the fruitful meeting,” tweeted @eThekwiniM. “Addressing the poison incident, she confirmed that[…]
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