As millions of visitors begin to flow in the City over the busy festive season and New Year’s period, the Cape Town Central City Improvement District (CCID) has urged people to be extra vigilant, especially when in the City CBD. This is to avoid becoming the victim of theft or[…]
Environmental groups across the globe have breathed a collective sigh of relief as their battle against fracking took a positive turn over the past two weeks. On December 17th, the governor of the US state of New York announced a ban on the controversial extraction method; a decision based on[…]
A young couple and three children between the ages of three months and four years old died in an accident on the N1 near the Sable Road turnoff on Christmas morning. “The driver allegedly lost control of the vehicle and collided with a lamp post on the side of the[…]
Greenpeace is monitoring the clean up operation of areas affected by a major diesel spillage in Durban, the environmental advocacy group said on Thursday. “Greenpeace Africa is monitoring the situation with expectations of an efficient and speedy clean up of the affected areas,” spokeswoman Mbong Akiy said in a statement.[…]
Pope Francis has condemned the “brutal persecution” of minorities by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group and said the joy of Christmas was marred by the suffering of children in the Middle East and around the world. “I ask him, the saviour of the world, to look[…]
A memorial has been held in the Indonesian town of Banda Aceh for the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami – the first in a series of events marking a decade since the disaster. Memorial ceremonies are also due to be held in Thailand and Sri Lanka. More than 200,000[…]
A 13-year-old girl has accused her father of giving her to Nigeria’s Boko Haram group that ordered her to explode a suicide bomb in Kano city. The girl said she and two other females were sent to carry out an attack on a textile market but after the other detonated[…]
A small group from the Action Forum for Palestine held a peaceful picket outside Woolworths in Cavendish Square on Wednesday, vowing to keep up the pressure on retailer, two days after four members appeared in court for protesting. While some supporters were seen raising the Palestinian flag, others were holding[…]
As the festive season reaches its peak and families are enjoying the holidays, safety is at the foremost of everyone’s minds, as children often go missing or get lost. Parents can easily get into a panic and during the crucial moments when a child goes missing, struggle to remember the[…]
The following is a message from the Claremont Main Road Mosque: The Claremont Main Road Mosque congregation sends greetings of peace and love to all our Christian compatriots, family and friends. We wish you a blessed Christmas and a prosperous New Year. The Gregorian year 2014 has been a difficult[…]
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