The case against the man accused of starting a fire in the Overstrand which has destroyed thousands of hectares of vegetation, has been postponed to later this month for a formal bail application. Shelton April made his second appearance in the Caledon Magistrates Court on Monday morning. The 34-year-old is[…]
Mayoral Committee Member for Transport Felicity Purchase said minibus taxis serving local destinations will operate from the Grand Parade opposite the Cape Town City Hall in Darling Street as from Wednesday until further notice. “The station deck taxi rank dates back to 1996 when the roofscape of the Cape Town[…]
The school governing body (SGB) of Laerskool Schweizer-Reneke has put security measures in place to ensure the safety of its learners and teachers on Monday morning, Netwerk24 reported. SGB chairperson Jozeph du Plessis told the publication on Sunday that the school would be open on Monday. “We have put appropriate[…]
The Democratic Alliance is of the view that the ANC’s election manifesto is proof that the governing party is not serious about tackling corruption. The manifesto promises to “put an end to state capture, restore the integrity of public institutions and tackle corruption”. “While these promises are all good and[…]
A national stayaway kicked off on Monday in opposition to Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa hiking fuel prices by 120 percent on January 12 2019, a move which sparked panic buying, with the public speculating a sharp increase in goods and services across the board. Social media went into overdrive with[…]
The two firefighters who were injured on Sunday have been treated for an ankle injury and smoke inhalation. Overstrand Fire Chief, Lester Smith, says strong winds could cause more flare-ups in the fires in the Western Cape region on Monday. He says the main area of concern is Hermanus where[…]
The World Food Programme (WFP) has suspended or reduced aid for some of its Palestinian beneficiaries in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip due to funding shortages, an official has said. Some 27,000 Palestinians are no longer receiving aid through the United Nations programme since January 1 in the[…]
Sudanese police fired tear gas at crowds of anti-government protesters in Khartoum on Sunday, as organisers called for nationwide rallies against President Omar al-Bashir. Protesters chanting “peace, peace” and “revolution is the people’s choice” took to the streets in the capital’s district of Bahari, but were quickly confronted by riot[…]
US President Donald Trump on Sunday warned Turkey of economic devastation if it attacks Kurdish forces in the wake of the US troop pullout from Syria, while also urging the Kurds not to “provoke” Ankara. Trump took to Twitter to reveal some of his latest thoughts in the slow drip-drip[…]
Israeli settlers under the heavy protection of Israeli forces raided the garden of the Ibrahimi mosque and uprooted olive trees, in the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron, on Sunday. Raed Musawda, head of public relations at Hebron’s Islamic Endowment (Waqf), said that Israeli forces provided protection to a[…]
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