Few confirmed reports have been made public around the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla 3 as a suspected sabotage on one of the ships is being investigated. South African activist, Dr Clint De Bruyns who will join the flotilla could not divulge his current location at the time of his interview on[…]
Although to some the concept of fasting may be mistaken as a mere abstinence from food or certain non-religious acts, the practice itself is one deeply rooted in spirituality. Regardless of which denomination of Islam one may choose to align themselves to, the holy month of Ramadan, and the act[…]
The failure of the Farlam Commission report on the Marikana Massacre to hold any executive within government accountable for the deaths of 36 miners, has come as little surprise, according to Dr Dale Mckinley of the Right2Know Campaign. The long awaited report was released by President Jacob Zuma on Thursday.[…]
Drug addicts are underestimating the impact their addiction has on their loved ones. So says psychologist and clinical manager Cathy Karassellos from the Cape Town Drug Counselling Centre, on International Drug Awareness and Drug Trafficking Day on Friday. The centre promotes learning through drug awareness in the community as the[…]
Following a call for family and friends to claim his deceased body, Salie Hendricks was finally laid to rest at Johnstone Road cemetery on Thursday just after 12pm. Hendricks body had been laying at a non-Muslim parlour for nine days after he died in Somerset West hospital last week. The[…]
Eskom is one step closer to receiving R23bn and converting its R60bn subordinated loan into equity, after the National Council of Provinces passed the two bills tabled by Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene on Friday. This comes after the House of Representatives passed the bill on Wednesday. “Both Houses of Parliament[…]
President Jacob Zuma on Friday called on political parties not to use what happened at Marikana for political posturing. Speaking at the 60-year anniversary of the Freedom Charter in Kliptown, Soweto, Zuma said what happened in Marikana, where 44 people were killed during a platinum strike in the North West[…]
In a surprise move, ANC stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela addressed people at the party’s 60th anniversary celebration of the adoption of the Freedom Charter in Kliptown, Soweto, on Friday. ANC national chairperson Baleka Mbete asked Madikizela-Mandela to address the crowd on behalf of the veterans. Madikizela-Mandela, dressed in all black, reluctantly[…]
At least 27 people have been killed after a hotel in the Tunisian coastal city of Sousse came under attack by unidentified gunmen. An interior ministry official said that tourists were among those who had been killed in Friday’s attack. One attacker had been killed by police and a search[…]
France has been placed on high alert after a person was found decapitated in what officials are calling a “terrorist” incident at a gas factory in southeastern France. French President Francois Hollande, speaking in Brussels, said the incident began shortly before 10am local time on Friday after a car crashed[…]
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