Residents lash out at Denel management over explosion

5 September 2018 • Local, News • No Comments

Calls for a thorough investigation to be intensified continue to mount after eight people were killed in an explosion in Macassar near Somerset West on Monday night. A community meeting was held in the area Tuesday night to lend support to the victims of the explosion disaster at the Rheinmetall[…]

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U.N. says has reached ceasefire for Libyan capital as jailed migrants escape

5 September 2018 • International, News • No Comments

A ceasefire has been signed between armed factions fighting over the Libyan capital, the United Nations said on Tuesday, after more than a week of violence inside Tripoli. Dozens of people have been killed in fighting engulfing Tripoli as rival armed groups vie for power and money in the chaos[…]

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Fighter jets hit Syria’s Idlib targets as fears of battle mount

5 September 2018 • International, News • No Comments

Air raids have pounded areas in Syria’s last rebel-held province of Idlib, killing several civilians and raising further concerns that an all-out government offensive is only a matter of time. The strikes on Tuesday came as the United Nations urged Russia, a Syrian government ally, and Turkey, which backs certain[…]

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Syria’s war: Iran’s Zarif calls for Idlib to be ‘cleaned out’

3 September 2018 • International, News • No Comments

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that armed groups must be “cleaned out” of Idlib province in northwestern Syria, Iranian media reports. Zarif made the remarks while visiting Damascus on Monday, where he arrived for talks with Syrian government officials. The top Iranian diplomat was scheduled to hold[…]

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Jacob Zuma not applying for cross-examination at state capture inquiry

3 September 2018 • Local, News • No Comments

Former president Jacob Zuma has not formally applied to cross-examine any of the state capture commission witnesses – but his son Duduzane and two of the Gupta brothers have filed such applications. TimesLIVE has established that Zuma’s lawyers have written to the commission‚ saying that he does not believe he[…]

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Under BDS pressure, 15 bands pull out of Israeli festival

3 September 2018 • International, News • No Comments

Up to 15 international bands and artists have so far announced that they are pulling out of Israel’s Meteor Festival under pressure from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, Arab48.com reported on Sunday. Some of the musicians cancelled because they feared that their participation would beautify the Israeli occupation.[…]

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Cape Town girl found after allegedly being abducted by ‘promoter’

3 September 2018 • Local, News • No Comments

An 8-year-old Cape Town girl alleged to have been abducted on Saturday has been found and taken to hospital for a medical examination, Western Cape police have confirmed. Police spokesperson Sergeant Noloyiso Rwexana said detectives were investigating after the girl was abducted at about 18:00 in the Goodwood area. “According[…]

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Public Protector to probe Metrorail in the Western Cape

3 September 2018 • Local, News • No Comments

The Public Protector is expected to probe alleged mismanagement by Metrorail in the Western Cape, after complaints were highlighted by the provincial legislature’s standing committee on transport and public works. Committee chairperson Nceba Hinana last week wrote a letter to Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane, in which he raised concerns about[…]

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World reacts to sentencing of Reuters journalists in Myanmar

3 September 2018 • International, News • No Comments

A Myanmar court has found two Reuters journalists guilty of breaching a law on state secrets during their reporting of a massacre of Rohingya and sentenced them to seven years in prison, sparking an international outcry. The US and British ambassadors who were present at the sentencing of Wa Lone[…]

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