An employee at Hoërskool Driehoek in Vanderbijlpark, said she was tormented by the images of the falling concrete slab, which led to the death of three pupils on Friday morning. The employee, who could not be identified, said she witnessed the tragedy soon after 08:00 when pupils left the assembly[…]
By Tasneem Adams This year’s hajj accreditation list could be released as early as mid-February. This is according to the president of the South African Hajj and Umrah Council (Sahuc), Maulana Muhammad Vaid, as he unpacked the preparations for Hajj 1440 on VOC Breakfast Beat on Friday. Sahuc has the[…]
By: Zaahidah Meyer The trial of Ziyaad Haywood otherwise known as the “Closet Killer” is expected to begin next month. Haywood faces 21 charges, including murder, robbery and kidnapping. The 34-year-old was on the run for almost two years before being arrested by Grassy Park police in July 2018. Parents[…]
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) is investigating after a teenager was hurt, allegedly at the hands of police in Tafelsig. It comes after police attempted to take an alleged rapist into police custody for his own safety on Wednesday evening. Tafelsig community members had tried to attack the man[…]
On a foggy Thursday morning on February 1, 1979, a chartered Air France flight from Paris roared through Mehrabad airport near central Tehran, carrying Iran’s most revered spiritual figure. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, an outspoken critic of Iran’s ruler Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, was coming home after 14 years in exile[…]
Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir, apparently searching for regional friends amid weeks of protests against his 30-year rule, announced on Thursday he was reopening the border with neighboring Eritrea, shut for a year. Sudanese security forces used tear gas to disperse protests in the capital Khartoum and elsewhere on Thursday, witnesses[…]
A Worcester mother found herself in the dock on two counts of child abuse on Thursday after she “disciplined” two teenage girls for creating “lust-inducing” Facebook pages. The woman, a 52-year-old who lives with her biological daughter and 11 foster children, allegedly chained up her 16-year-old foster daughter for three[…]
The Myanmar government under Aung San Suu Kyi has continued using oppressive, military rule-era laws to prosecute peaceful critics, quashing hopes the country’s first democratic leader in decades would safeguard free speech, according to a damning new report by a prominent rights group. Freedom of expression has been worsening since[…]
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni is not expected to announce any major changes to corporate, personal income tax as well as value added tax (VAT) in his budget speech on February 20, according to Deloitte Africa tax & legal. Delia Ndlovu, Deloitte’s tax & legal managing director said instead they believe[…]
Cape Town Mayor Dan Plato has promised protesting residents that he will visit their communities to get a clearer picture of their grievances. Residents of informal settlements in Cape Town, such as Khayelitsha, Philippi and Kraaifontein, demonstrated outside the Cape Town Civic Centre on Thursday while Plato proposed budget adjustments[…]
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