Hamas authorities have shut the Gaza border with Israel after the killing of a senior commander, which Hamas blamed on “Israel and its collaborators”. The rare measure reflected Hamas’ shock after the killing of Mazen Faqha , who was found shot dead at the entrance of his Gaza City home[…]
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas received a special “Hope for Peace” prize at the Steiger Award ceremony in Germany on Saturday. The Steiger Award said on its website that it had chosen to hand the prize to Abbas as a “clear signal” vis-a-vis the stagnating Israeli-Palestinian peace process. In a speech during[…]
Two men have been arrested in connection with the murder this week of a 15-year-old boy in Hanover Park in Cape Town, Western Cape police said on Sunday. The boy was fatally wounded in Lansport Road, Hanover Park, shortly before 8am on Thursday morning, police said in a statement. “The[…]
Activists from Reclaim the City have occupied two provincial government buildings since Friday in the hope of pressuring authorities to develop affordable inner city accommodation in Cape Town. This follows an announcement by the Western Cape provincial government on Wednesday that the Tafelberg School property in Sea Point would be[…]
The lawyer for one of the men linked to the break-in at the office of the Chief Justice has a history of taking on clients accused of crimes involving the State Security Agency (SSA) and the police. Sammy Mahlangu is the legal representative for Nkosinathi Moses Msimango, the man who[…]
Two years after his parents and brother were killed with an axe, Henri van Breda will go on trial in the Western Cape High Court on Monday. He is charged with three counts of murder, one of attempted murder, and one of obstructing the course of justice. Van Breda was[…]
Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini says all is on track to ensure that 17 million beneficiaries receive their social grants next week. Dlamini says some beneficiaries will get paid on Monday – April 3, since the first falls on a weekend. Only beneficiaries who receive their grants through their merchant[…]
The Pretoria high court has ordered that a Port Elizabeth based organisation operating under the name of the United Ulama Council of South Africa (UUCSA) does not have claims to the trademark. The judgement follows a three year long fight between the Johannesburg based ulema organisation called UUCSA and what[…]
The chairperson of the Steenberg CPF, Lucinda Evans has expressed her shock that the South African Police Service (SAPS) first notified the media before notifying the family of the murder of 13 year old Rene Tracey Roman. Following a week of tense searching, Lavender Hill residents yesterday heard the news[…]
Egypt’s ousted president Hosni Mubarak left a military hospital on Friday where he had spent much of his six-year detention, his lawyer said. Mubarak had been cleared for release earlier this month after a top court finally acquitted him of involvement in protester deaths during the 2011 revolt that ousted[…]
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