South Africans who vote for the African National Congress have only themselves to blame if their service delivery needs are not met, Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema said on Sunday. The ANC needed to remember there was “a difference between government and retailers”, he told about 1 500 supporters[…]
South Africa’s elite Hawks police unit denied on Sunday a report that an investigation involving Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, which has helped to weaken the rand, has been transferred to another part of the force. Citing an unnamed source, the City Press newspaper said the police crime intelligence unit had[…]
The UN refugee agency said more than 700 refugees may have drowned in three Mediterranean Sea shipwrecks south of Italy in the last few days. Speaking to Al Jazeera from Geneva, William Spindler, a UNHCR spokesman for Europe, said there had been a spate of incidents in the Mediterranean last[…]
The chief peace negotiator of Syria’s main opposition bloc said on Sunday he was resigning over the failure of the UN-backed Geneva peace talks to bring a political settlement to the Syria crisis. Mohammad Alloush, who is also the representative of the powerful Jaish al-Islam rebel faction in the Saudi-based[…]
The Jamiatul Ulama South Africa has urged Muslims to be cautious about Islamic outlets that are selling bottles of Zam Zam water that may be allegedly fake and filled with ordinary tap water. Zam Zam water is derived from the well of Zam Zam in Makkah, Saudi Arabia and is[…]
The Malaysian government has pledged its support for an Islamic penal code seeking to expand the jurisdiction of Shariah law by introducing harsh punishments like amputations and stoning, shocking its predominantly multi-ethnic society. Prime Minister Najib Razak’s government unexpectedly submitted for parliamentary approval a controversial bill that had been proposed[…]
A far-right rally has been held in Paris with hundreds of young people taking to the streets to join the demonstration organized by the French anti-immigration Generation Identitaire movement to protest against “islamization.” Hundreds of people marched through the streets of Paris waving French national flags and holding giant banners[…]
Iraqi forces have surrounded Fallujah and completed the first phase of their assault to retake the city from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) armed group, officials have told Al Jazeera. Hundreds of people fled the besieged city about 60km west of the capital, Baghdad, on Friday[…]
The latest drug bust at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg netted 25kg of tik (crystal methamphetamine) valued at R7.5-million on Friday night. South African Revenue Service customs officials made the seizure during an inspection of a flight from Cotonou in Benin‚ West Africa. “All unaccompanied bags were escorted to[…]
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has condemned violent acts the party claims was allegedly caused by the ANC during their campaign gatherings. “The ANC leadership is involved in the programme to violently disrupt EFF activities because they know the EFF appeals to the people and will defeat them in the[…]
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