Stage one power cuts will be implemented on Monday afternoon, electricity provider Eskom said. The company posted on its Twitter feed at 2.30pm: “Stage 1 load shedding to be implemented from 4pm to 10pm due to shortage of capacity.” Earlier on Monday, spokesman Khulu Phasiwe said Eskom could meet current[…]
A strike by MyCiti bus drivers entered its sixth day in Cape Town on Monday, the city said. “Transport for Cape Town, the city’s transport authority, is carefully monitoring the strike by bus drivers who are members of the SA Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (Satawu) and employed by TPI,”[…]
Cape Town mayor Patricia De Lille announced on Monday that she would be standing for the position of Democratic Alliance leader in the Western Cape. “I am pleased to announce that I’m standing to be leader of the DA in the Western Cape,” she wrote on social networking site Twitter.[…]
Syria’s foreign minister has criticized neighboring Jordan, which recently stepped up air strikes against Islamic State targets in Syria, saying his country does not need outside help in battling IS radicals. Walid al-Moallem also told reporters on Monday that Damascus will not accept Jordanian or other foreign ground troops crossing[…]
Egypt’s Cabinet has indefinitely suspended the national soccer league after at least 22 fans were killed in a stampede and clashes with police outside a Cairo stadium, three years after Egypt witnessed one of the deadliest soccer riots in the sport’s history. The Cabinet announced the suspension late Sunday after[…]
The top recruiter for the Islamic State group in Afghanistan was killed by a drone strike Monday along with at least four other rebels, local officials said, marking the first such attack on the group in a volatile country where it has a small but growing following. The deputy governor[…]
In light of two high profile cases of gender violence in the media recently, the Claremont Main Road Mosque (CMRM) will host a vigil on Friday 13 February to draw attention to the cycle of violence plaguing women. Two weeks ago, five year old Kayde Williams from Bredasdorp was raped[…]
With speed and agility on the rugby field, Springbok Nizaam Carr, will be even harder to stop now that he has a set of fresh sporty wheels. Car dealership Auric Auto Claremont handed over the keys to a swanky BMW 3 Series 320d Sport to the rugby player on Friday,[…]
Oasis Crescent Fund Trust will be investing over R7 million to the Oasis Bursary Programme to extend its reach to over 45 worthy students from various communities across South Africa. At a special handover ceremony to its 2015 recipients on Saturday, 19 new students were given a financial boost for[…]
The humanitarian condition for displaced Syrians remains bleak and human suffering has reached world war proportions. As Turkish humanitarian activist Nalan Dal explains, bordering states are incapable of accommodating millions of refugees seeking shelter outside the conflict zone. The escalation of Syria’s humanitarian crisis has been compounded by the expansion[…]
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