October2015

Phiyega announces mass police promotions

Hot on the heels of the release of the annual crime statistics that showed an increase in violent crimes, police commissioner Riah Phiyega has announced mass promotions within the SA Police Service. About 7 000 constables and sergeants would be promoted this financial year, while another 7 000 in the[…]

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Cape Town facing summer water restrictions

Water restrictions may be in the pipeline after the City of Cape Town recorded a lower than average rainfall, the municipality said on Wednesday. It said the six major dams which supply Cape Town and the surrounding region were at about 74% full. While this was not “critically low”, it[…]

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US and Syria opposition question Russia intentions

Russia says it has carried out air strikes on positions of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group in Syria, but the US, NATO and the Syrian opposition have expressed concern that the bombardment instead targeted Western-backed rebels. President Vladimir Putin called Wednesday’s operation a pre-emptive strike[…]

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Central Kunduz retaken from Taliban

Afghan government forces are back in control in parts of the city of Kunduz, three days after it was captured by the Taliban, an Afghan special forces commander on the ground told Al Jazeera. Operations were ongoing on Thursday morning to take control of the entire city, the commander said.[…]

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Heritage Writing challenge deadline extended

VOC has extended the deadline for the Heritage Writing challenge to include the school holidays. The new deadline is 12th October 2015. With September being Heritage month, the station launched the “Heritage Day – Writing Challenge”. This challenge asks listeners to interview senior persons, either in the family or someone[…]

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Al-Khwarzimi: Father of Algebra

Algebra. Even the word is enough to strike terror into the hearts of junior high and high school students the world over – not to mention send shivers of apprehension down the backs of their parents as they start the process of solving for “x” or “y”, and sometimes both.[…]

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