The SABC faces a showdown in the Constitutional Court over the suspension of three journalists, a move that could bring into question the public broadcaster’s ability to report freely and fairly on the municipal elections in just over a month. The three editorial staff members are economics editor Thandeka Gqubule,[…]
President Jacob Zuma has extended deepest condolences on the death of highly regarded academic, poet, and author Professor Adam Small, who died at the age of 79 early on Saturday morning, reportedly following a “complicated operation”. “We wish to convey our deepest condolences to the Small family, friends, and relatives.[…]
The Two Holy Mosques in Makkah and Madinah, as nearly all the other mosques in the Kingdom observed the first Qiyamul Layl (midnight prayers), beginning Saturday. Qiyamul Layl in the Grand Mosque in Makkah and the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah generally begins at 12.45 a.m., lasting for about two hours.[…]
Seven contractors, including three Australians and a South African, have been released four days after they were kidnapped by gunmen in southern Nigeria, officials said. Police had given conflicting accounts of how many had been seized and what their nationalities were but they all worked for cement company Lafarge and[…]
Israel and Turkey have reached an agreement to normalise ties, according to Israeli and Turkish media. The highly anticipated agreement was reported on Sunday, six years after an Israeli raid that killed 10 Turkish activists as an aid flotilla sought to break the blockade on the Gaza Strip. Both sides[…]
UK authorities are investigating a highly-popular anti-Brexit petition after “discovering” tens of thousands of fraudulent signatures. The petition platform’s lack of identity check raises concerns the vast majority of 3.5 million signs could be fake. Britain’s House of Commons Petition Committee announced on Sunday that it has removed around 77,000[…]
At least six people have been killed and several wounded in a suicide bombing attack in eastern Lebanon near the border with Syria, according to local media reports. Suicide bombers blew themselves up among a group of people in the village of Qaa in Bekaa valley early on Monday. Hezbollah’s[…]
Iraqi forces took the Islamic State group’s last positions in the city of Fallujah Sunday, establishing full control over one of the jihadists’ most emblematic bastions after a month-long operation. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi had already declared victory on June 17 after ISIS defences collapsed, with Iraqi forces facing only[…]
South African Palestine solidarity organisation BDS South Africa is seeking answers on whether three South Africans citizens have been arrested by Israeli forces. This follows news reports on Sunday, which states that Israeli soldiers kidnapped at least eleven Palestinians in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and detained three[…]
Well known Cape Town businessman Abdullah Gangraker passed away on Sunday, after an illness. ‘Mr Gangraker’ is considered an icon in the Cape Muslim community and was a philanthropist and multi-faceted man in business. His multi-million rand empire, the Wembley group of companies, including the famous Wembley Roadhouse in Belgravia[…]
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