Israeli officials presented mix reactions to the Palestinian reconciliation agreement on Thursday, with leaders both criticizing and welcoming the landmark agreement. Israeli media reported that following the announcement from the Hamas and Fatah movements that an agreement had been reached, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a statement saying that[…]
Following the judgement in the North Gauteng High Court, which ruled Thursday that anti-apartheid activist, Ahmed Timol, was murdered while in detention at John Vorster Square 46 years ago, Awqaf South Africa have announced a R100, 000 endowment fund in his name. Timol, 29, was arrested in Johannesburg in October[…]
US President Donald Trump is expected to refuse to certify Iran’s compliance with the landmark 2015 nuclear deal, an agreement between world powers and Tehran aimed at limiting the latter’s nuclear programme to non-military purposes. The move comes despite thinly-veiled criticisms from US allies in Europe who have developed burgeoning[…]
The US and Israel announced on Thursday that the two countries would be withdrawing from the United Nations Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization’s (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee for “anti-Israel bias.” According to reports, the US made its announcement first, with the Trump administration officially notifying the organization that it would[…]
Dozens of Israeli settlers attacked properties of Palestinians in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem on Thursday as they made their way to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under the protection of Israeli forces. Locals told Ma’an that around dawn, Israeli settler threw rocks and chairs at Palestinian shopfronts inside[…]
Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane – who says President Jacob Zuma’s legal bills have cost South African taxpayers about R30 million already – has given prosecuting boss Shaun Abrahams a 10-day deadline. “I will be writing to the National Director of Public Prosecutions‚ Advocate Shaun Abrahams‚ insisting that Jacob Zuma[…]
While the Supreme Court of Appeal’s decision to dismiss the “spy tapes” appeal is disappointing, it means that the NPA can now make a “legitimate” decision on whether or not to prosecute President Zuma, the Presidency says. “The Supreme Court of Appeal ruled that the then Acting National Director of[…]
Three helicopters and 150 firefighters have been deployed to tackle the blazing fire near the 12 Apostles Hotel in Camps Bay on Friday. Fire manager for Table Mountain National Parks (TMNP) Philip Prins said the ground crew would tackle the left and right flanks of the fire, while the helicopters[…]
The arrest of a group of people suspected of being involved the shooting of 11 people in the Marikana settlement in Philippi, which was highly publicised by Police Minister Fikile Mbalula, has turned out to be a dud. Ten people, eight of whom were pictured lying handcuffed on the road[…]
The Western Cape Department of Health has confirmed that historically, the department has tried to prioritize postmortem examinations for deceased of the Islamic faith. But the department’s Marika Champion says it is no longer in a position to do priority postmortems, due to the increasing case load of the forensic[…]
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