The Presidency is free to make April Fools’ jokes but should be serious every other day of the year, the DAs parliamentary leader Mmusi Maimane said on Wednesday. “I did think it was funny. The difference is that when it comes to the presidency, there are so many other jokes[…]
Tafelsig residents are gearing up to take the fight against gangsterism into their own hands through street committees. During a community meeting at the weekend, residents decided that street committees will be put in place to monitor any suspicious activity and to work together with police to ensure the peace[…]
South Africans are encouraged to wear a blue scarf for Blue Hijab Day on Thursday 2nd April in support of World Autism Day. Locally, the initiative is being organized by Planet Mercy, a non-profit organisation started by the renowned Shaykh Yaghya al Ninowy, the founder of the Madina Institute. The[…]
The Seskhona People’s Rights Movement has denied any allegations that the organisation plans to invade the renowned Rondebosch Common. It has been reported that the civic organisation plans to invade the open piece of land on Monday 6th April, in an attempt to draw attention to their fight for social[…]
A Western Cape parent has labeled the admission policies of some public schools in the province’s more affluent areas as akin to ‘apartheid like practices’. Many of these policies, according to him, are meant to limit the enrolment of poorer and less privileged students into these schools. Adiel Ismail told[…]
The fight against the scourge of gangsterism and drugs is to receive a welcome boost after Police Minister; Nathi Nhleko on Monday announced plans to reintroduce specialized crime units within the South African Police Services (SAPS). The decision was taken following a meeting on Friday between the Minister and the[…]
The department of tourism has confirmed that it has asked the department of home affairs for an extension on the implementation of the new visa rules that requires an unabridged birth certificate for all children travelling through, into and out of South Africa. Spokesperson for the Department of Tourism, Praveen[…]
A security officer has been stabbed to death in a busy main road in Cape Town on Wednesday after allegedly approaching a suspected robber. The 40-year-old security officer was stabbed by the suspect in Lakeside Main Road around 05:00 on Wednesday morning. We have reason to believe that the security[…]
Senior member of the PLO’s executive committee, Saeb Erekat, marked Wednesday as a “national and historical day for Palestinians,” as Palestine officially became a member of the ICC and a committed signatory to the Rome Statute. Erekat added that the move is a “quality transformation in the strategy of Palestinian[…]
The Islamic State of the Iraq and Levant (ISIL) group has seized control over large parts of the Yarmouk district in southern Damascus, inhabited mainly by Palestinian refugees, according to a senior Palestinian official, witnesses and an activist monitoring group. Anwar Abdel Hadi, director of political affairs for the Palestine[…]
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