Relief NGO Gift of the Givers (GOTG) has begun preparing their first batch of humanitarian supplies for Malawian citizens affected by the worst flood recorded in history. Torrential rains have hit most parts of the country and claimed the lives of 200 people. Over 200 000 residents have been left[…]
Even though they were promised new homes, some Hangberg residents say what they’re getting is not the dream the City of Cape Town sold to them. The City on Tuesday announced that its CRU [Community Rental Units] had passed the halfway mark in their construction. In a press release ,[…]
Jordan’s king has vowed to wage a “harsh” war against the Islamic State group after its members burned a captive Jordanian pilot in a cage and released a video of the killing. The images have sent waves of revulsion across the region. King Abdullah II consulted with military chiefs Wednesday[…]
Boko Haram has killed dozens of people during an attack on a village in Cameroon near the Nigerian border, Cameroonian defence authorities say. Cameroonian defense spokesman Didier Badjeck says it is not yet possible to determine the total number of victims. There are possibly up to 100 dead, a local[…]
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday inaugurated the new 10-story Palestine TV and radio headquarters in Ramallah and two new Palestinian satellite channels. The new building equipped with the latest in digital broadcasting equipment will replace an older one used by Palestine TV in Ramallah since 1995, and targeted by[…]
The bodies of the pilot and co-pilot were retrieved from the wreckage of a plane that crashed into a river in Taiwan killing at least 31 people, media reports said Thursday. TransAsia Airways flight GE235 was en route from Taipei’s Songshan Airport to Kinmen Island with 53 passengers and five[…]
Terrorist organisations and organised crime are working together, Werksmans Attorneys said on Wednesday. “There is a convenient unholy alliance that has developed between traditional organised crime groups and terrorist groups,” head of business crime and forensics Bernard Hotz told reporters in Johannesburg. “If you look at the rationale about white[…]
Stage two rolling power cuts will be implemented on Thursday morning, power utility Eskom said. The power outages would be from 8am until 11pm due to a shortage of generation capacity, the Eskom media desk tweeted on its official account. On Wednesday, the power utility said unit 3 at Majuba[…]
The strike by MyCiti bus drivers is set to continue, the City of Cape Town said on Wednesday. “The City of Cape Town has been informed that the strike by bus drivers who are employed by the Transpeninsula Investments (TPI) vehicle operating company (VOC) is continuing,” mayoral committee member for[…]
The DA on Wednesday dismissed allegations by the Western Cape ANC that it paid children to campaign in a by-election in Ceres. Head of the Democratic Alliance constituency in Witzenberg, under which Ceres falls, James Vos, said in a statement: “As usual the ANC’s accusations are utter rubbish”. The African[…]
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