More than half of the Gauteng delegates who will be at the DA’s federal congress have backed Mmusi Maimane, giving the parliamentary leader a hefty chunk of the vote from the party’s second-largest province. Of the roughly 1 500 delegates attending next weekend’s congress, 373 come from Gauteng. The party’s[…]
Rescuers have pulled a 101-year-old man and three women alive from his ruined home a week after Nepal’s earthquake claimed at least 7,250 lives, as the government warned that the death toll will climb “much higher”. Funchu Tamang was rescued from the rubble of his house with only minor injuries[…]
Dozens of Arab special forces soldiers arrived in the Yemeni port city of Aden on Sunday to bolster the anti-Houthi forces amid a fierce offensive by the Shia rebels and their allies, sources told Al Jazeera. Saudi Arabia denied that a ground operation was under way by the anti-Houthi coalition[…]
Rescuers have pulled a 101-year-old man and three women alive from his ruined home a week after Nepal’s earthquake claimed at least 7,250 lives, as the government warned that the death toll will climb “much higher”. Funchu Tamang was rescued from the rubble of his house with only minor injuries[…]
A specialised South African search and rescue team is set to deploy to a remote Nepali village yet to receive aid from the outside world after last week’s earthquake. The team, made up of urban search and rescue technicians and paramedics, will make the arduous journey by bus to the[…]
The Nedbank branch in the Gardens Centre in Cape Town was robbed by three armed men at around 10:30 on Saturday, an eyewitness said. The woman, who did not want to be identified, said the men ran past the café where she works carrying four large bags of cash. No[…]
The Presidency on Saturday dismissed rumours that President Jacob Zuma would reshuffle the Cabinet following the death of Minister Collins Chabane. “Should the president decide to effect any changes to the national executive, he will make a public announcement,” spokesperson Harold Maloka said in a statement. “The Presidency will not[…]
A march planned by activists to protest the death of a black man in police custody is now being dubbed as a “victory rally” after criminal charges were slapped against the officers involved. The march on Saturday follows a decision by Baltimore’s top prosecutor to file criminal charges against the[…]
A week after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Nepal, police said the death toll from the disaster has climbed to at least 6,841, with the government ruling out finding more survivors despite relatives refusing to give up hope. “We are trying our best in rescue and relief work but now[…]
President Jacob Zuma received a warm welcome from workers attending a Congress of SA Trade Unions SA (Cosatu) May Day rally in Durban on Friday. The crowd cheered when Cosatu’s KwaZulu-Natal secretary Edwin Mkhize introduced Zuma. Thousands of people, most of them dressed in red, marched from the Gugu Dlamini[…]
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