A 36-year-old man believed to be a foreign national has sustained serious burn wounds and is recovering at the Tygerberg hospital. The man known as Hamza is believed to be a caretaker at the kramat located on the signal bridge where the late Shaykh Mohamad Hassen Ghaibie Shah is buried.[…]
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said he is “appalled” by an attack by security officials on a protester that was featured in a TV news report. His statement comes after widespread criticism of the way security forces have handled recent protests. Mr Mnangagwa said he has ordered the arrest of[…]
Six children in south-western Tanzania have been killed and had their ears and teeth removed, the authorities say. Some of the bodies of the children, aged between two and nine years old, were also missing limbs. “This is all about superstitious beliefs and many believe they will get help from[…]
Two men aged 45 and 46 face charges of impersonating a police officer and the illegal possession of an unlicensed firearm after they were arrested at the city centre yesterday. Police spokesperson Andrè Traut said police patrollers spotted the suspects, dressed in police uniform, sitting in a VW Golf in[…]
Leading Palestinian- and Muslim-American rights campaigners have decried a proposed US House of Representatives resolution accusing Muslim congresswomen of anti-Semitism due to their criticism of Israeli policies, saying the measure amounts to anti-Muslim bigotry. Robert McCaw, director of the government affairs department at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), denounced[…]
Ankara is aiming to form safe zones in northern Syria so that Syrian refugees hosted by Turkey could return to their home country, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. Speaking in Istanbul on Monday, Erdogan also said nearly 300,000 Syrians had already gone back to areas controlled by Turkish-backed rebels in[…]
The Western Cape Education Department has raised concerns following a stabbing involving two learners at Manenberg Primary School. Two learners have been stabbed during an altercation on Monday at a Manenberg school. According to Education MEC spokesperson Jessica Shelver the two pupils are Grade 6 learners. Shelver said the caretaker of the school[…]
A group within the DA is believed to be pushing for the removal of DA leader Mmusi Maimane, depending on the outcome of this year’s elections, City Press reports. It has been reported that if the DA does not grow beyond 22%, Maimane’s detractors will seek to use this as[…]
Malaysia has been stripped of hosting the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships for denying to issue entry visas for Israeli para-swimmers, the International Paralympic Committee confirmed in a statement. Earlier this month, Malaysian authorities denied to issue entry visas for two Israeli para-swimmers for the event, which was set to[…]
‘Everyone wants him dead’ and ‘he might not return from Italy’, where he plans to go on holiday after testifying, an expert says. Revelations that whistleblower Angelo Agrizzi’s silence could not be bought and the amount of dirt he was still likely to reveal on more people has heightened his[…]
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