Al Jama-ah political party leader Councillor Ganief Hendricks says the privatization of local facilities will restrict the community’s access to the Good Hope Centre. He was speaking after a city council caucus debate ended with majority siding with the idea to transformed facility into a film studio. Hendricks says the[…]
Thousands of Palestinian and international runners from 64 countries participated in the fourth annual Palestine Marathon in the West Bank city of Bethlehem Friday morning. The run was held under the banner of the right to freedom of movement, a theme that was accented by Israel’s concrete separation wall along[…]
Last week on the auspicious day of Jumuah at the Karamat where Sheikh Yusuf from Makassar is laid to rest, a soccer team from Khayelitsha decided to take a big step in their lives. After being inspired by their fellow team mates, they made the decision to accept Islam. For[…]
Cape Town’s early winter rain took a break this weekend to make way for sunny weather in Paarl as thousands of locals flocked to the Boland Summer Festival. Organisers say the Festival again brought in record numbers and has been hailed as a success. “We have to think the community[…]
Students in Stellenbosch say they are living in fear, after another rape was reported on campus in less than a month. Last week the university was assisted by students in making the arrest of the suspect. The suspect will be appearing in court on Monday. The 20 year old student[…]
Mining magnate Khulubuse Zuma has been thrust into the spotlight again as the world reacts to the leak of millions of documents coined “the Panama papers”. This comes as his uncle, President Jacob Zuma, continues to face the fallout from the Nkandla saga. The controversial tycoon was named in the[…]
A huge leak of confidential documents has revealed how the rich and powerful use tax havens to hide their wealth. Eleven million documents were leaked from one of the world’s most secretive companies, Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca. They show how Mossack Fonseca has helped clients launder money, dodge sanctions and evade[…]
The United Nations’ internal investigations office has uncovered serious lapses and due-diligence failures in the world body’s interaction with organizations tied to an alleged bribery scheme involving a former U.N. General Assembly president. The 21-page confidential report by the U.N. Office of Internal Oversight Services’ (OIOS), reviewed by Reuters, outlines[…]
CIA not only backed the idea of arming and training Syrian rebels to pressure President Bashar Assad but also developed a detailed plan aimed for ousting the Syrian leader, a former CIA agent revealed in an interview with US media. CIA officials were pushing for a multifaceted plan designed to[…]
Police on the Greek island of Lesbos have started putting people on boats bound for Turkey, the first to be deported under a European Union plan to stem the flow of refugees to Europe. Witnesses reported seeing two boats set sail after police boarded people who had arrived on buses.[…]
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