Two German archaeologists were kidnapped in central Nigeria on Wednesday, a police official said, near the road that will run between the capital Abuja and its temporary airport from next month. Abuja’s main airport will be closed for repairs for six weeks from March 8, with flight rerouted to the[…]
Syria’s main opposition group has called for face-to-face discussions with government representatives, as a new round of talks in Geneva begins one year after meetings in the Swiss city fell apart. “We ask for direct negotiations … It would save time and be proof of seriousness instead of negotiating in[…]
Residents of the Europe informal settlement in Nyanga are relieved following the removal of large mounds of rubbish which had piled up since December. The problem occurred when some residents refused to allow the City of Cape Town to use its expanded public works programme database to select community contract[…]
The South Africa National Taxi Council (Santaco) president Phillip Taaibosch says the proposed taxi re-capitalization program presented to the government will change the life of the taxi industry for the better. Speaking at the organization’s Kwazulu-Natal Annual General meeting in Durban, Taaibosch says the programme will make business easier for[…]
The South African government has a good handle on the countries fiscal numbers says Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan. This comes after the Minister delivered his 2017 Budget Speech on Wednesday. Speaking on Morning Live, Minister Gordhan says deficit is under control but the revenue could be better as the[…]
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has announced hard-hitting increases in personal income tax of R16.5bn for 2017-18‚ as economic growth stutters and revenue collection falls short of expectations. These increases are part of a total R28bn package of tax hikes. Tax revenue has deteriorated by a further R7bn since the medium-term budget[…]
The Media Review Network has condemned the decision by the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to offer Israeli politician Tzipi Livni a senior position in the international body. Livni’s role in various Israeli governments has been controversial. Livni served as Minister of Foreign Affairs between 2006 – 2009 under former Prime[…]
Over the weekend, Cape Town residents were alarmed when first-time hiker, Ebrahim Dawood, was discovered battered and bruised the morning after he was reported missing by his fellow hikers. Dawood ventured into the popular hiking trails of Newlands Forest, located on the slopes of Table Mountain, where he decided to[…]
The High Court in Pretoria has ruled that government’s decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) was unconstitutional and invalid. Deputy Judge President Phineas Mojapelo said President Jacob Zuma and the ministers of justice and international relations are ordered to revoke the notice of withdrawal. During the hearing[…]
Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini has insisted that everyone will be paid their grant come April 1, despite telling MPs that her department would not be able to make the deadline on finding a new service provider. This, she told Parliament on Wednesday, was despite the fact that the South[…]
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