Three decades have passed since the Chernobyl accident – its reality receding, as a memory of suffering is replaced by iconic post-apocalyptic imagery shot by tourists and documentary crews. Yet the story of the station’s demise remains momentous. There had been potentially grave nuclear plant accidents before, at Sellafield and[…]
The City of Cape Town hopes to complete the construction of 1005 serviced sites for its Gugulethu/Nyanga infill housing project soon, which will make way for the construction of subsidised housing units as part of the city’s commitment to enabling redress, it said on Sunday. The Gugulethu/Nyanga housing project comprised[…]
Former Hard Livings (HL) gang boss Rashied Staggie’s recent arrest is related to internal battles for control, rebuilding, rearming and reclaiming gang territories on the Cape Flats, says a criminologist. Staggie was arrested on Thursday after being linked to theft of firearms and contraband at the Cleveland police station in[…]
US authorities are investigating an oil deal originally fronted by President Jacob Zuma’s nephew, mining magnate Khulubuse Zuma, the latest leak in the Panama Papers has revealed. Federal authorities are in a tussle with hedge fund Och-Ziff Capital Management Group over a possible criminal guilty plea amid a five-year international[…]
US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have given a fresh push to a potentially huge US-European trade pact despite mounting opposition. Obama said after talks with Merkel in Hanover on Sunday that the deal could be reached by the end of the year. “Angela and I agree[…]
COMMUNITY NOTICE MUSLIM JUDICIAL COUNCIL 2016 ELECTIONS 24 APRIL 2016/RAJAB 1437 All praise is due to Allah, our sustainer, protector and lord of all creation. Salutations upon our beloved Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa alihi wa salaam and his noble family. As Salaam Alaykum wa Rahmatulahi wa Barakatu Following the[…]
Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Policing met with the various National and Provincial SAPS structures at the Manenberg Police Station on Friday. The aim of the meeting was to discuss police’s intervention plan to combat the scourge of gangsterism in the area. Since the start of the month, 17 people were[…]
The closing date for in-store entries for Cape Town‘s biggest community run has been extended until the 24th April. The Slave Route Challenge 2016 will take over the Mother City on Sunday 8 May 2016, and will see thousands of runners tackle some gruelling hills as they navigate their way[…]
A group of pensioners have vowed to continue their protest action after their demands for employment benefits were dismissed. Protesters have been staging a sleep-in along the pavement at Parliament this week for the payment of benefits from their former employer from the Ciskei and SA Transport Services. Currently demonstrators[…]
The Fatah movement on Friday mourned the death of one of its representatives at the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), Rabiha Diab, who passed away aged 62.Diab had been detained by Israeli forces seven times, spent a total of nearly seven years in Israeli jails, was sentenced to house arrest twice,[…]
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