An Egypt court has ordered a retrial of the Muslim Brotherhood’s general guide, Mohamed Badie, and 36 others. The defendants were initially sentenced to death sentences or life in jail in a case referred to as the Rabaa Operation Room. They are accused of setting up an “operations room” for[…]
Police who attended to the student protests at several universities across the country have alleged that some of the protesting students had guns. “Police said some of the students had live ammunition. We cannot confirm that… You may know better… Nonetheless, it is what they are putting to us,” said[…]
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande on Thursday met with student leaders at a round table discussion in Johannesburg where he apologised for his “students must fall” comment. Nzimande had come under massive criticism after a video emerged where he was heard saying if students don’t accept his offer regarding a[…]
VOC’s Sports Hub presenter Irafaan Abrahams was last night named as the runner –up in the sports journalist category at the Western Province Sport Awards 2015. Abrahams took the second spot, with well-known Cape Times journalist John Goliath named as the winner of the category. “I’m honoured to have been[…]
If the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) replaces Oscar Pistorius’s culpable homicide conviction with murder on Thursday, it could order that he be taken back to prison pending a possible high court hearing on his sentencing, an expert has said. Marius du Toit, a defence lawyer and former prosecutor, told[…]
A University of Cape Town student who went missing on Sunday when he fell behind during a group hike in the Waters Mountains near Ceres will have to spend another night in the mountain, Wilderness Search and Rescue (WSAR) says. WSAR spokesperson Johann Marais said although rescue services knew where[…]
EFF leader Julius Malema says he does not believe late former president Nelson Mandela was a sell-out, however he stands by the fact that he made compromises. Malema was explaining the statements which he made while addressing the Oxford Union in the United Kingdom. “We must say a collective of[…]
British bombers made their first strikes on Syria on Thursday, just hours after Britain’s parliament voted to target Islamic State targets in Syria, a government source said. Tornado bombers took off from the RAF Akrotiri air base in Cyprus and made strikes on targets in Syria, the source said. The[…]
Cameroon’s army, with backing from a regional anti-Boko Haram task force, have killed at least 100 fighters from the Nigerian armed group and freed 900 people it had held hostage, the army and defence ministry said on Wednesday. “In the course of this operation, at least 100 members of Boko[…]
A man and a woman suspected of taking part in a shooting that killed 14 people and wounded 17 at a Southern California social services agency on Wednesday died in a shootout with police hours later, authorities said. A Muslim advocacy group said one of the suspects was Syed Farook,[…]
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