Embattled Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille has confirmed that her party has laid a criminal complaint with the police over allegations that she had solicited a R5 million bribe from Johannesburg businessman Anthony Faul. In a statement on Wednesday, De Lille said her lawyers had an opportunity to respond[…]
An international Ulama conference convened in Malaysia at the end of January had resolved to declare 2018 as the year of al-Quds. Malaysian Federal Territories Mufti Datuk Dr Zulkifli Mohamad al-Bakri, who was one of the attendees, said of the resolutions passed in the conference one was to designate 2018[…]
The Muslim Judicial council’s Women’s Forum (MJCWF) is calling on South Africans to heed the call and contribute to a consignment of humanitarian aid that is destined for Syria. With the Syrian war heading into its eighth year, the United Nations Human Rights commission (UNHRC) has recorded over six-point-one million[…]
he National Key Points Act (NKP) has been under immense scrutiny ever since the Guptas landed a plane at Waterkloof Air Force Base and President Jacobs Zuma’s homestead saga. The NKP which was a secret list of over 200 sites was brought into law during the last decade of apartheid.[…]
ape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille has warned her party, the DA, that she will not put up with it allowing the “malicious laying of criminal charges” against her over a R5m bribe allegation. “We are instructed to advise that the allegations relating to the corrupt overture made by our[…]
The African National Congress (ANC) will make a final decision on Wednesday whether President Jacob Zuma remains South Africa’s head of state. The party’s NEC will hold a special meeting in Cape Town to deliberate on the National Working Committee’s recommendations on the matter. The NWC had mandated the organisation’s[…]
Congratulatory messages from Somali and other parts of the world are being shared on social media following the election of Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf as president of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The Somali judge was elected to the court’s Chamber of Summary Procedure along with four other judges[…]
Rescuers combed through the rubble of collapsed buildings on Wednesday, some using their hands as they searched for about 85 people missing after a strong earthquake killed at least four near the popular Taiwanese tourist city of Hualien overnight. The magnitude 6.4 quake, which hit near the coastal city just[…]
Muhtar Awdalla had two choices: indefinite detention in southern Israel, or a return to his native Sudan, where he feared for his safety. So when Israeli officials offered him a third option – a one-way flight to Uganda and $3,500 cash – he begrudgingly agreed to leave. Awdalla was given[…]
The City of Cape Town has warned residents of increased water tariffs. Executive Deputy Mayor, Alderman Ian Neilson says the increased tariffs are “absolutely necessary” in order to ensure that the household demand is reduced. This as Level 6 drought measures is enforced. Neilson says the City does not profit[…]
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