Mother of two Zara-Jane Hector was killed for a BMW Z3 to pay off debt she owed to one of the accused, the Blue Downs Magistrate’s Court heard on Thursday. Prosecutor Nathan Adriaanse put it to accused Tawfeeq Ibrahim, 26, during his bail application that he and his co-accused Ronaldo[…]
A 6.0-magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Ecuador, the US Geological Survey (USGS) has reported. The new tremblor comes just days after a devastating 7.8 quake killed at least 587 people in the South American country and amid internationally-assisted recovery efforts. The earthquake was centered some 33.0 kilometers[…]
Hang in there, University of the Free State vice chancellor Jonathan Jansen has advised Rhodes University rector Sizwe Mabizela. “All of us (vice chancellors) have struggled. One feels reluctant to tell a colleague what he has to do. Sizwe and I are very good friends. We talk at points in[…]
The United States will deter and confront aggression against Gulf Arab countries, who continue to have concerns about threats from Iran, President Barack Obama said after meeting their leaders to iron out strains in their alliance. “I reaffirmed the policy of the United States to use all elements of our[…]
The first Starbucks opened this morning in Johannesburg, with people having waited overnight to be the very first customers. The US-based global brand plans to open 12 to 15 more stores in South Africa over the next two years, with a long term plan of up to 150 outlets. Starbucks[…]
Earlier this week Cape Town Mayor, Patricia de Lille, unveiled the first 30 houses of the Heideveld Housing Development. While this is positive news, beneficiaries have raised concerns that the City of Cape have been transparent in the process of construction and have ignored the issues that were voiced by[…]
As gang violence rips through the Cape Flats, gang related activity within the so-called ‘townships’ appears to be unnoticed. Tuesday night’s killing spree in Nyanga, which resulted in the death of four individuals and injured three, awakened Cape Flats communities to the realities of life within the townships of the[…]
Brazil’s beleaguered Dilma Rousseff has changed her plans and will attend a UN event on Friday in New York to make her case against an impeachment process that could remove her from office within weeks, her office said. The Brazilian president lost a crucial vote in the lower house of[…]
Gulf monarchies on Wednesday voiced support for Morocco’s claim over Western Sahara during a joint summit in Riyadh, where Moroccan King Mohammed VI spoke of a “dangerous” situation. “We stress our support to all political and security causes that are important for your brotherly country, mainly the Western Sahara,” Saudi[…]
The government is not setting a dangerous precedent, nor is it bullying the banks, by stepping into the dispute between Gupta-owned Oakbay Investments and the big four South African banks, Jeff Radebe, Minister for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, told journalists on Thursday. Radebe had to field a barrage of questions[…]
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