The World Court ordered the United States on Wednesday to ensure that sanctions against Iran, due to be tightened next month, do not affect humanitarian aid or civil aviation safety. Judges at the International Court Of Justice handed a victory to Tehran, which had argued that sanctions imposed since May[…]
The Gauteng Education Department has launched an investigation into Jeppe Girls High. It follows reports the school was disciplining several Muslim pupils for wearing hijabs. This item of religious clothing is apparently in transgression of the school’s code of conduct. Department spokesperson Steve Mabona said the school in principle agreed to amend[…]
Chaos erupted in Kraaifontein, Cape Town, on Tuesday afternoon when a group of people said to be angry about evictions damaged several shops and vehicles. A clinic had to be closed and some City officials locked themselves in their offices. Western Cape police spokesperson Captain FC van Wyk confirmed four[…]
The so-called “Springs monster” has been sentenced to an effective 35 years in prison for the severe abuse of his five children, the rape of his eldest daughter, drug possession and obstruction of justice. His ex-wife received a suspended sentence of five years on certain conditions, such as undergoing psychological[…]
The driver who killed a child and her grandmother in a hit and run incident in Lotus River last week, has handed himself over to the police. The 24-year-old Hanover Park resident turned himself in at the Grassy Park Police Station yesterday. This follows the finding of his white VW[…]
Suspected cholera cases have nearly tripled in the past three months in Hodeidah, the Yemeni port city on the front line between a pro-government alliance and rebels, Save the Children said on Tuesday. “Health facilities supported by Save the Children across [Hodeidah] governorate recorded a 170 percent increase in the[…]
Motorists should brace themselves as the price of petrol is set to sky-rocket to its most expensive yet come Wednesday. According to the latest increase announced by the Department of Energy (DoE), the price of unleaded 93 petrol will therefore rise 99c‚ unleaded 95 R1 and diesel R1.24. Illuminating paraffin[…]
Two Hawks officers and a former police constable appeared in the Johannesburg Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on charges of fraud on Monday, according to Hawks spokesperson Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi. “The three allegedly misrepresented a businessman who needed services of a private investigator and they allegedly hatched a scam to defraud[…]
In another move aimed at reducing Islamic influence in China, authorities there have renamed a river because it had an “Arabic-sounding name”. The name of the river “Aiyi” has been changed to “Diannong” by the autonomous government of Ningxia, home to the mainland’s largest number of Muslims, a report by[…]
The confirmed death toll from an earthquake and tsunami on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island has risen to 1,234, from 844, the national disaster agency said on Tuesday. A 7.5 magnitude earthquake on Friday triggered tsunami waves as high as six metres (20 feet), which ravaged the small city of Palu, on[…]
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