Members of Libya’s UN-backed Government of National Accord arrived in Tripoli on Wednesday, defying threats by rival factions that it was not welcome in the capital. Reports of sporadic gunfire and road blocks leading into Tripoli later emerged, with questions raised whether violence would erupt, or a peaceful transition of[…]
As the Constitutional Court rules on the Nkandla matter on Thursday, South Africans will wait with bated breath to see what ramifications the judgment will have on President Jacob Zuma’s political career. The case relates to non-security upgrades – paid for by the taxpayer – to Zuma’s Nkandla homestead in[…]
A beaming Julius Malema received his BA degree from Unisa on Wednesday night as proud family members and fellow EFF leaders cheered on. “I graduated with the sole intention of wanting to inspire many other people,” Malema said after the graduation ceremony. “We all know that revolutionaries have a responsibility[…]
The preliminary round of the 12th annual South African National Quran Competition is set to take place on the 1st and 2nd April. As the brain child of Shaykh Ebrahim Gabriels and his then deputy, Moulana Ihsaan Hendricks, the competition attracts “top class” reciters from around the country. Administrator of[…]
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today said West Africa’s Ebola outbreak no longer constitutes an international public health threat, declaring that the 20-month global emergency response is over but stressing that a “high level of vigilance” must be maintained. The Emergency Committee convened by WHO Director-General Margaret Chan[…]
No country has provided evidence that the missiles Iran is testing are designed to carry a nuclear warhead, a senior Russian diplomat says, adding that Iran’s ballistic missile tests “don’t violate a United Nations Security Council resolution” in any way. “We do not think these launches violate Resolution 2231, because[…]
The man, widely thought to be South Africa’s most wanted bank robber, has been arrested in Johannesburg, the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) said on Wednesday. Lucky Vusi Dube, commonly known as “Sthakathi”, was arrested by Crime Intelligence and Hawks officers at his home in Auckland Park, Johannesburg, on[…]
The Mayor of Cape Town Patricia de Lille has warned of a phishing scam in which her name is being used. In a statement issued on Wednesday, De Lille said: “It has come to my attention that my name is being used in what appears to be a phishing scam.[…]
FULL TEXT I have responded to the questions sent by the Hawks and I wish to state the following: a. My legal advice is that I am not obliged, under any law, to answer the questions sent to me by the Hawks but I believe it is in the public[…]
South African billionaire Johann Rupert was the main focus of a vitriolic onslaught from the uMkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) at Luthuli House on Wednesday. In a Netwerk24 report, MKMVA came out guns blazing against Rupert who recently implored President Jacob Zuma to step aside and go back to[…]
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