As South Africa enters its 22nd year of democracy, ordinary South Africans feel the gains made in the country’s transition are being pushed back by the alarming increase in crime and violence. Gang violence, rooted in organized crime, continues unabated, and almost on a daily basis claims the lives of[…]
OPINION By Fidel Castro The kings of Spain brought us the conquistadores and masters, whose footprints remained in the circular land grants assigned to those searching for gold in the sands of rivers, an abusive and shameful form of exploitation, traces of which can be noted from the air in[…]
A three-day workshop began here on Tuesday to review the emergency Haj plans taking into account the new developments and changes in the Haj environment and the ongoing development projects in Makkah, Madinah and the Holy Sites. Opening the workshop, Director General of Civil Defense Maj. Sulaiman Al-Amro said the[…]
OPINION by Shaykh Dawood Terblanche The recent delisting of the world’s most experienced Halal certifying authority the MJCHT, has created another frenzy over the Halal operations of the MJCHT. Although, Jakim’s inspectors prior to their departure confirmed that the chickens slaughtered at the chicken plant in Cape Town are Halal[…]
It’s now 15 years since the terrorist attacks in the US, simply dubbed “9-11” shocked the world, and ushered in a global “War on Terror”. Since the Bush administration, we have been fed a Western media narrative on why this war is important. But what is the War on Terror[…]
KPMG has terminated its business relationship with the Gupta business empire due to the political storm surrounding the family’s friendship with President Jacob Zuma. KPMG was the auditor for all Gupta-owned and -controlled businesses and performed a variety of other services for the Guptas, who are allegedly at the heart[…]
A man whose wife was trapped along with two other mineworkers at Lily Mine outside Barberton in Mpumalanga says life has been miserable without the mother of their four children. Christopher Nkambule, 38, husband to Pretty Nkambule, said since the tragedy, they have struggled to get by. Pretty Nkambule, along[…]
Cape Town ratepayers can look forward to some relief in tariff increases this year, with proposed increases as from July 1 lower than last year. The highest increases will be for water and sanitation – 9.75 percent – followed by electricity at 7.78 percent. Domestic users will be paying a[…]
China has warned the US that it will protect its sovereignty in the disputed waters of the South China Sea and rejects attempts to use international laws and freedom of navigation as a pretext to undermine its national security interests. In a meeting with US President Barack Obama at the[…]
An Israeli military tribunal has softened charges against IDF soldier accused of killing an already wounded Palestinian attacker from murder to manslaughter. The UN meanwhile called the deadly shooting a “a clear case of an extrajudicial execution.” The shooting of the young Palestinian, 21-year-old Abed al-Fatah al-Sharif, accused of stabbing[…]
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