Thirty-nine unreported sites emitting toxic sulfur dioxide were discovered this week using a new satellite-based method that may help identify sources of pollution in the future, thanks to NASA, Environment and Climate Change Canada, and two universities. The new method of finding toxic leaks has already shed light on discrepancies[…]
Today is the last day for political parties and independent candidates to submit their candidate nominations for the 2016 local government elections. The submissions close at 17:00 on Thursday. And so far, over 30 000 candidates had been nominated. Electoral Commission (IEC) spokesperson Kate Bapela said nominations may be submitted[…]
South Africans on social media turned out in support of eNCA reporter Nontobeko Sibisi, who said a story in which she featured wearing a doek (scarf) was taken off air. In a leaked e-mail chain, Sibisi said she had put together a three-minute video package for Africa Day. In it,[…]
Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane has rejected media reports that suggested that his predecessor Helen Zille was still in charge of the party based on an alleged intervention when a senior party leader from the Eastern Cape wanted to quit. Maimane told Parliament journalists that there had been “a lot[…]
One in three young South Africans are sexually abused, a new study has shown. The “Optimus Study: Sexual Victimisation of Children in South Africa” was commissioned by the UBS Optimus Foundation and conducted by researchers from UCT and the Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention. It showed that 784 967[…]
Somali authorities said on Thursday at least 16 people were killed and 55 wounded in a car bomb and gun attack on a hotel in the centre of Mogadishu where sporadic gunfire could still be heard on Thursday. Islamist militant group al-Shabaab, affiliated with al-Qaeda, claimed responsibility for Wednesday’s attack[…]
Dilma Rousseff, the suspended Brazilian president accused of manipulating the budget, has told Al Jazeera that she will fight the case against her to the end. The impeachment process against Rousseff, who has been in office since 2011, has officialy started. Brazil’s impeachment trial “I believe that every impeachment must[…]
Reports say at least 130 Iraqi soldiers have been killed in a series of attacks by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group near the city of Fallujah in Anbar province. The first attack happened at dawn on Wednesday when 10 suicide bombers belonging to ISIL, also known[…]
Celebrating their 19th Birthday, as well as National Children’s Day, the Oasis Asset Management group handed over a check of R4.7 million to Professor Eric Atmore for the Centre for Early Childhood development (CECD). This cheque, the group says will go towards the advancement of teacher and caregiver skills as[…]
Today is a historic day for the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) as it ushers in a new era. Today marks the inauguration of the new MJC leadership, under the helm of newly elected president Shaykh Irfaan Abrahams. A public ceremony is being held at the MJC’s headquarters in Athlone this[…]
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