Israel and Palestinians both boasted of victory in the Gaza war but analysts say Hamas received only promises while the conflict aggravated divisions in the Israeli leadership. “After 50 days of fighting, both sides were exhausted so that’s why they reached a ceasefire,” said Middle East analyst Eyal Zisser of[…]
The organisation of exiled Muslim Brotherhood spiritual guide Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi said Wednesday that the actions of “deviant groups” like the Islamic State (IS) were in violation of Islamic law. Qaradawi’s International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) described as “criminal and unlawful” an offensive led by the group’s fighters against[…]
Egypt has opened an investigation into deposed president Mohamed Morsi for allegedly handing over to Qatar “documents relevant to national security,” state news agency MENA reported on Wednesday. Morsi is already facing the death penalty in several trials and his supporters have been the target of a bloody crackdown by[…]
The ebola epidemic in Liberia is set to get worse and many cases of the deadly disease are not included in the official tally, the head of the US’s top public health body said Wednesday. “The cases are increasing. I wish I did not have to say this, but it[…]
The Western Cape High Court is expected to hand down judgment in Sanral’s and the Protea Parkway Consortium’s (PPC) secrecy applications on Thursday, the City of Cape Town’s Mayoral committee member for transport Brett Herron said. The SA National Roads Agency Limited applied to the court to prevent the City[…]
A claim that the ANC bussed a group to Parliament to assault EFF MPs was “laughable and desperate”, the governing party’s Chief Whip Stone Sizani said on Wednesday. “Such a claim can only be an invention of an overzealous imagination and an uncreative publicity strategy probably aimed at diverting attention[…]
Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) president Maulana Ighsaan Hendricks was re-elected as an executive member of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) for a third time at its annual gathering in Turkey last week. Over 100 Muslim scholars, politicians and intellectuals from across the globe convened in Istanbul to mark[…]
Despite an open-ended ceasefire having been agreed between Hamas and Israel, trade union Cosatu have stated that they will continue plans to intensify the boycott against Israeli products and companies. Cosatu are seeking to mobilise more South Africans to take up the cause, which also aims to persuade retailers selling[…]
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ) has sought to tackle high incidents of discrimination and hate speech by raising awareness on the 46 equality courts currently in the Western Cape. With the right to equality firmly enshrined in the South African constitution, the department’s regional head Adv. Hishaam[…]
Deploying only police officers who speak Xhosa to Khayelitsha, Cape Town, is discriminatory and unconstitutional, the SA Policing Union (Sapu) said on Wednesday. “Whilst we acknowledge that language could be a barrier in terms of service delivery, Sapu supports the notion that the deployment of officers should never be done[…]
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