Drugs worth more than R20 million were found in a car near a town in the Karoo early on Sunday morning. A Nigerian man, 49, and a 28-year-old Zimbabwean woman were driving along the N1 from Johannesburg to Cape Town with the stash. The police would not say near which[…]
The N2 highway near the R102 in Macassar, Cape Town was closed on Monday morning due to protest action. Protesters barricaded the road with burning tyres, senior Cape Town traffic officer Richard Coleman said. Coleman said community members started protesting for service delivery since 05:30. He said all on-ramps up[…]
Egypt has blocked the website of one of its most prominent financial newspapers, the paper’s owner said on Sunday, expanding a media blackout initiated last week to curb what authorities called support for terrorism and fake news. Egypt blocked access to a number of news websites including Al-Jazeera and Huffington[…]
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says his country will join the United States in taking concrete action against North Korea after its latest ballistic missile test. On Monday, North Korea test-fired a Scud missile into Japanese waters, the third test in as many weeks and the 12th this year –[…]
Nicki Gules and Sipho Masondo – City Press An email trail between the controversial Gupta family and their employees has blown the lid off how they have managed to do business with government, ingratiate themselves with senior officials, and go so far as to help move President Jacob Zuma and[…]
A long drawn out battle over President Jacob Zuma’s future is set to continue when the ANC National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting continues on Sunday. Zuma is facing a second motion of no confidence in 6 months. ANC guru policy and former head of government communications Joel Netshitenzhe tabled a motion[…]
The Black First Land First Movement (BLF) has made it clear it will intensify its programme of expropriating land without compensation. BLF President Andile Mngxitama was at the group’s first National Imbizo, held in Soweto on Saturday: “The land underground, the oceans and the skies belongs to us, our poverty[…]
Under pressure from Group of Seven allies, U.S. President Donald Trump backed a pledge to fight protectionism on Saturday, but refused to endorse a global climate change accord, saying he needed more time to decide. The summit of G7 wealthy nations pitted Trump against the leaders of Germany, France, Britain,[…]
The Israeli NGO Peace Now, an advocate of the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, organized a demonstration in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv on Saturday night, showcasing Israeli speakers and performances by Israeli artists, to voice opposition to Israel’s 50-year-long occupation of the Palestinian territory. Tens of thousands[…]
Iraqi forces have launched a broad assault on parts of Mosul, closing in on the remaining pockets of territory held by ISIL, amid growing concerns over the safety of hundreds of thousands of civilians at risk of being caught in the crossfire. Saturday’s offensive to retake three ISIL-held neighbourhoods north[…]
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