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The lives of 70,000 Syrian refugees in makeshift camps across Lebanon are at risk as the country faces extreme weather conditions and flooding, the United Nations’ refugee protection agency has said. A heavy storm with colder temperatures and high winds, dubbed Norma by Lebanese meteorologists, has affected some 11,301 refugees[…]
Six suspected poachers were arrested on the Kalk Bay shoreline on Thursday with a haul of limpets, periwinkles and mussels. They were among several alleged poachers arrested so far this year by Cape Town’s marine and environmental law enforcement unit, which for the past five years has targeted poaching along[…]
ANC deputy president David Mabuza on Thursday added his voice in condemning the recent alleged racist incidents that caused racial tension in the country. Speaking to ANC supporters in Stanger in KwaZulu-Natal, Mabuza said the ANC “cannot allow the country to go back to the dark period of apartheid”. Mabuza[…]
One of the important objectives of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 is to increase the number of Umrah visitors to 30 million annually. The MoU aims at the participation of the Saudi Airlines in the central reservation engine of the Ministry of Haj and Umrah to serve pilgrims directly through electronic[…]
As many as 1.2 million passengers arrived at or departed from King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA) in Jeddah during the just-concluded 10-day mid-term school vacation. They traveled on board 7,656 international and domestic flights. According to airport sources, more than 552,000 passengers arrived on board 3,800 flights while bout 650,000[…]
Police are searching for more suspects after a Mitchell’s Plain priest was shot and killed while waiting for a bus to work on Tuesday. An eyewitness said the well-known security official and priest at the Hazeldene New Apostolic Congregation Manuel Jansen, put up a fight when two men tried to[…]
Community members called for the man who allegedly paid young boys from Ottery for sex, to be charged with the death penalty. Police spokesman, Lieutenant-Colonel Andrè Traut said the 66-year-old was arrested on Monday afternoon on charges of rape and sexual assault. Six boys had identified the widowed father of[…]
South Africa’s Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) said the 706kg of uncut cocaine recovered during a drug bust at the Port of Ngqura, Port Elizabeth, on Monday, may be worth up to R1 billion. The initial value of the drugs was estimated at R700 million but Hawks spokesperson Hangwani[…]
Initial investigations by the Railway Safety Regulator into the Pretoria passenger train crash showed that a communication breakdown between officials was the cause of the crash. Three people were killed and over 600 others injured when two trains travelling on the same line collided on Tuesday. One train entered the[…]
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