The Eritrean government has formally responded to media reports suggesting that protests in the capital Asmara had led to deaths. The government categorically dismissed reports that protesters had died from gunfire discharge by security forces deployed to quell the protests of October 31, 2017. Information Minister, Yemane Ghebre Meskel in[…]
A Syrian military source has announced the recapture of three neighbourhoods of Deir Az Zor after eliminating the last remnants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (SIL) group from the eastern city. The army units, in cooperation with supporting forces, simultaneously regained control over the city’s al-Hamidya[…]
The South Africa Post Office has conceded that it will be difficult for it to meet its deadline if it does not reach an agreement with social security agency SASSA soon. The two parties have not been able to agree on allowing the Post Office to take over payments of[…]
Despite the issue being contentious, President Jacob Zuma says government is considering the best time to launch a major expansion of its nuclear power fleet. Government has reportedly been trying to push through a contentious nuclear energy deal with Russia. Zuma was responding to a question in Parliament by DA[…]
OPINION by Salma Yaqoo We live in a dangerous world. This is the reality in which Prime Minister Theresa May wants to carve out a future as a “truly global Britain” after Brexit to “reach beyond the borders of Europe” and play an even more international role. But surviving in[…]
In a day filled with love and a celebration of life, hundreds of ladies gathered in solidarity with those impacted by breast cancer in Masjid al-Quds, Gatesville. VOC in collaboration with the Women’s Forum marked the international campaign Pink Hijab Day 2017, under the theme ‘My Sickness is My Cure’. Guests[…]
The Bahraini judiciary on Wednesday accused imprisoned leader, Sheikh Ali Salman, of communication with Qatar over regarding potential future hostile acts in the kingdom. The prosecution issued arrest warrants for two more people without specifying whether Salman would be tried on the case. Salman was arrested in 2014 and was[…]
Eight members of advocacy group #UniteBehindCoalition, including activist Zachie Achmat, have called on all South Africans to join the campaign to have President Jacob Zuma arrested. The eight were arrested for trespassing on Wednesday as they were approached the offices of the National Prosecuting Authority in Cape Town. They are[…]
The Hawks have arrested a 26-year-old suspect in Cape Town in connection with human trafficking. His arrest follows that of his brother, 37-year-old Edward Tambe Ayuk, in September. Hawks spokesperson Lloyd Ramovha says the pair allegedly recruited vulnerable women to work as sex-workers in their house in Brooklyn. He says[…]
The Constitutional Court is on Thursday expected to hear a case brought by trade union Solidarity and the South African Restructuring and Insolvency Practitioners’ Association (Saripa) challenging the constitutionality of BEE and affirmative action. The court case relates to the abolition of the Department of Justice’s appointment policy insofar as[…]
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