The march on Saturday, in which the protesters carried signs with slogans denouncing the proposed ban, proceeded through the centre of Vienna and ended in front of the square where the Foreign Ministry building is located, Efe news reports. The demonstration was organised by several Austrian Muslim associations, and most[…]
Four men convicted of killing a Khayelitsha woman and hiding her body in a drain are expected in the Western Cape High Court for sentencing proceedings on Monday. Bongiwe Ninini, 20, died in July 2015 after she was strangled, taken to an open field, assaulted, hit with a spade and[…]
The Chamber of Mines says it wants government to put the health and safety of mine workers as their priority in its discussion in this year’s Mining Indaba. The week- long conference is scheduled to take place in Cape Town from today. Chamber of Mines President, Mike Teke says he[…]
The Commission of inquiry into the feasibility of free Higher Education is expected to resume with its public hearings in Centurion, south of Pretoria on Monday. The Fees Commission chaired by Judge Jonathan Heher was established in 2016 year by President Jacob Zuma to investigate the feasibility of free higher[…]
President Donald Trump has ramped up his criticism of the US court system, accusing it of putting the country in peril. His comments came hours after a federal appeals court rejected the Trump administration’s request to reinstate a controversial ban on citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the US.[…]
The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has announced the deadline for applications for enrolment in Western Cape schools for 2018 as Friday, 24 March, 2017. The deadline applies in particular to children who are entering Grade 1 or Grade 8 in 2018, and children who are changing schools. In a[…]
The African National Congress (ANC) in the Western Cape is evoking the strategy that won in the province during the 2004 general elections. It’s hoping that by retracing its steps then, it will wrestle control of the province back from the Democratic Alliance (DA) in 2019. Hence the party’s Provincial[…]
Disgraced Gauteng MEC for health Qedani Mahlangu’s senior staff knew as far back as July 2016 that mentally ill patients were dying in their dozens at the care centres in which they had been dumped. But Mahlangu herself only knew about the crisis a month later – because she had[…]
It’s exactly a year since the Lily Gold mine disaster near Barberton in Mpumalanga. The bodies of three workers are yet to be recovered. The trio disappeared when the lamp-room container they were working in fell into a massive sinkhole. Twelve months later there is still no word on when[…]
Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud has outlined his top priorities if the country’s parliament grants him another term, in presidential polls to be held on February 8. In an interview with VOA, the leader vowed to focus on establishing security and political stability if he is re-elected. The 62 year[…]
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