Israel has said the work to strengthen its fence along the Gaza Strip entered a new phase with construction starting on a massive new barrier along the frontier. “Over the weekend we began building the above-ground barrier along the Gaza border,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told journalists on Sunday before[…]
Egyptian lawmakers on Sunday proposed constitutional changes that would allow President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi tostay in power until 2034, legislators said. The bill calls for several amendments to the constitution, including on the duration of presidential mandates currently limited to two four-year terms, AFP said. Constitutional changes could take months[…]
Israeli authorities have shot and killed three Palestinians and demolished 20 Palestinian-owned buildings in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem between January 15-28th, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the occupied Palestinian territory said in its latest report. The OCHA report said that[…]
Iran announced the “successful test” of a new cruise missile with a range of over 1,350 kilometres during celebrations marking the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, state television reported. “The test of the Hoveizeh cruise missile was carried out successfully at a range of 1,200km and accurately hit the set[…]
Cape Town police arrested a 31-year-old New Horizon man on Friday, after finding drugs worth R250 000 in his possession. Police spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Andre Traut said a tip-off led police to the suspect. The man was found with tik, mandrax and heroin and is due to appear in the Wynberg Magistrate’s[…]
Cape Town police seized abalone worth R4.8 million in a house in Milnerton on Saturday. Two foreign nationals, aged 25 and 34, were arrested, and are expected to appear in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Monday. Along with the abalone, police also confiscated various processing equipment such as gas[…]
Twenty Hoërskool Driehoek pupils remain hospitalised in Vanderbijlpark and other parts of Gauteng. The teenagers sustained severe injuries which could result in some of them facing the prospect of amputation, sources close to the incident have told News24. Roydon Olckers, Jandré Steyn and Marli Currie lost their lives in the[…]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has ordered the conditional release of former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo after he was cleared of charges of crimes against humanity last month. Judges agreed on Friday to release the 73-year-old former strongman and his aide Charles Ble Goude on condition that they live in an as-yet-unspecified country[…]
It’s been eight days since Gertruida Diergal had a proper night’s rest. The mother of four says she can’t sleep or eat, as she worries about whether her missing daughter is still alive. Jeneva Diergal was last seen in her hometown of Klawer last Friday. The 8-year-old girl is partially[…]
After a week of mobilising communities around Tshwane, the EFF and its leader Julius Malema will present their plans for South Africa, in an attempt to convince voters to back the red berets in this year’s provincial & national elections. The EFF’s manifesto launch is set to take place on[…]
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