Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and Yazidi campaigner Nadia Murad won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their work in fighting sexual violence in conflicts around the world. The pair won the award for their “efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war”, Nobel[…]
Four people were arrested for an attack on a group of hikers in the Newlands Ravine in Cape Town on Thursday morning, Western Cape police confirmed. Captain FC van Wyk said the men, aged 20 to 27, were found with the hikers’ clothes and takkies. They were also found with[…]
A 41-year-old man was shot dead in an alleged gang-related shooting in Bonteheuwel, Cape Town on Thursday. Bonteheuwel councillor Angus McKenzie said that the man had been shot by a well-known gangster at Checkout in Jakkalsvlei Avenue. “[He] was not a gangster, so the motive is uncertain. He was shot[…]
For the first time, a United States delegation met with Saudi Arabia’s religious police, the US said on Thursday. The US Commission on International Religious Freedom met with Saudi’s Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, commonly known as the religious police, about the decision to allow women[…]
China angrily denounced on Friday renewed US allegations that it was interfering in upcoming American midterm elections. In a wide-ranging speech delivered on Thursday night, US Vice President Mike Pence said Beijing was meddling in the vote to counter tough trade policies against China. The comments echoed those by President[…]
Two fires flared up near fire exits in Durban’s Addington Hospital on Thursday which may have been acts of arson, the KwaZulu-Natal department of health said on Friday. “Both fires appear to have happened in a similar fashion, which raises a high suspicion of classifying them as related acts of[…]
Jerusalem’s mayor said on Thursday he plans to remove a UN agency for Palestinian refugees from the city, accusing the body of operating illegally and promoting incitement against Israel. Nir Barkat said schools, clinics and sports centres, among other services operated by UNRWA in east Jerusalem, will be transferred to[…]
Business, labour and government at the summit have agreed to work together on a number of initiatives to create jobs. A co-ordinating and monitoring mechanism is to be established within the Labour Department to follow-up on implementation of the 24-point Framework agreement that was signed at the Jobs Summit in Midrand on[…]
Protests flared up in Ennerdale, Johannesburg on Friday morning, in the wake of talks to broker a truce in Westbury. “They are burning tyres,” Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD)’s Senior Superintendent Wayne Minnaar said on Friday. “They are in solidarity with Westbury,” said Minnaar of initial reports received from the[…]
Metrorail has promised a response in the next two days to demands that it compensate commuters for delays. Lobby group #UniteBehind wants the rail provider to extend monthly tickets of commuters who’ve been affected by delays until Metrorail can run a consistently reliable service. The group organised a protest in[…]
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