Malaysia will release an interim report on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 on March 7, the day before the first anniversary of its disappearance, a senior transportation official said Wednesday. The report would include some findings of the investigation, but “we have not concluded on the status of the[…]
Japanese officials were tightlipped Wednesday as secret talks in Jordan sought to secure the freedom of a Japanese journalist and a Jordanian pilot captured by Islamic State extremists and purportedly threatened with death within 24 hours. The global efforts to free Japanese freelance journalist Kenji Goto and Jordanian Lt. Mu’ath al-Kaseasbeh[…]
As schools on the Cape Flats grapple with many socio-economic challenges, one Mitchell’s Plain school is not allowing negative circumstances to hinder its success. With passion, determination and a realistic turn-around strategy, Spine Road High School has become one of the most sought-after schools in the greater Mitchells Plain area.[…]
Democratic Alliance MP Glynnis Breytenbach on Tuesday said deputy national prosecutions boss Nomgcobo Jiba was tipped to become the new head of the Special Investigating Unit, but the presidency dismissed this as speculation. “According to sources close to the SIU, the National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA) second-in-command, Nomgcobo Jiba, is rumoured[…]
Western Cape police have condemned vigilantism, after a Phillipi necklacing attack against gang members and criminals in the township areas. They appeal to members of the community not to take the law into their own hands as they will be arrested. “We are making an appeal to members of the[…]
At least eight people, including five foreigners, were killed when gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Tuesday. It follows a car bomb at a vehicle stand outside the Corinthia Hotel which caused only minor injuries to some hotel staff, Tripoli security committee chief Essam al-Na’as[…]
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said on Tuesday that it cannot afford to repair Gaza homes damaged in last year’s war with Israel because donors have failed to pay. “The agency has exhausted all funding to support repairs and rental subsidies,” the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)[…]
The ANC will pay for former police chief Jackie Selebi’s funeral and memorial service, it said on Tuesday. “It was agreed with the family that the African National Congress will be allowed to bury comrade Jackie Selebi who has been for most of his life at the centre of the[…]
A family was killed in their home on a private golf estate in Stellenbosch on Tuesday morning, Western Cape police said. It is believed the father, 55, mother, 54, and 22-year-old son were attacked in their home in the De Zalze Golf Estate in the early hours of the morning,[…]
“Empower a child and invest in education”. That was the motto of this year’s VOC Makro Ottery Stationery Drive, which got underway at Stephen Road primary school in Lotus River on Wednesday morning. VOC received stationery donations from the community, Makro Ottery, Muslim Hands and SANZAF have also come on[…]
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