After a spike in gang violence in the area, residents from Beacon Valley took it upon themselves to host a meeting at the Shekinah Full Gospel Church in Beacon Valley on Thursday night to create awareness of the current crisis in the area and what the best possible way forward[…]
British authorities are deploying children as spies in covert policing and security operations, a new UK parliamentary report revealed. Some of the minors tasked with gathering intelligence are under 16, the report by a House of Lords review committee said. The report, published last week, was produced in response to[…]
A South Korean court sentenced former President Park Geun-hye to eight more years in prison on Friday after finding her guilty on charges of causing loss of funds from the state spy agency and interfering in 2016 parliamentary elections. The Seoul Central District Court ruled that Park, who already received[…]
Canadians have condemned the “horrific assault” of a Muslim man near Toronto over the weekend, raising renewed concerns of an uptick in Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hate crimes. Muhammed Abu Marzouk was beaten by two men in Mississauga, a city just west of Toronto, after they reportedly shouted anti-Arab slurs at[…]
Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) official Saeb Erekat said on Wednesday that the Israeli Knesset’s passing of the “Nationality Bill” “denies Palestinian citizens their rights to self-determination to instead be determined by the Jewish population.” Erekat said that the passing is “a dangerous, racist law par excellence.” Erekat added that “The[…]
A recent spate of bomb threats in public places in KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape have heightened panic and fear, however authorities have not yet determined what is driving these incidents. A number of local shopping complexes were evacuated in Cape Town after officials were alerted about alleged explosive devices on[…]
A 32-year-old man was arrested after he was found in possession of a South African Police Service shotgun and ammunition in Zwelihle, Hermanus, on Thursday evening. Western Cape police spokesperson André Traut said the situation in Hermanus had reached a “volatile point” on Thursday evening after an officer was attacked[…]
The Department of Water and Sanitation is expected to hold a high-level meeting on Friday to assess whether the severe water restrictions in Cape Town and surrounding areas can be relaxed. Regional head of the department Rashid Khan said on Thursday that there had been requests from users of the[…]
ANC veteran Andrew Mlangeni is to receive the prestigious Freedom of the City of London in person on Friday. In January 2016, the 93-year-old was unable to join the late Ahmed Kathrada and Denis Goldberg alongside their Rivonia Trial legal representatives, George Bizos and Joel Joffe to receive the award.[…]
The Western Cape has seen an eruption of protests by residents seeking land to build homes. African National Congress (ANC) in the Western Cape has organised a provincial land summit to be held at the weekend. The summit will “engage Western Cape communities and stakeholders on land reform and redistribution”,[…]
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