OPINION Below the Western media’s radar, tensions have been escalating in Israeli-occupied Jerusalem. In the last week, a new confrontation has emerged over al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in the context of intensifying efforts by Israeli authorities and settlers to change the status quo and take over Palestinian properties in and around[…]
History will judge Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MBS) for staying silent in the face of China’s harsh treatment of millions of Uighur Muslims in the country’s Xinjiang province. That’s the message Omer Kanat, director of the Uyghur Human Rights Project, a leading Uighur rights organisation in the United[…]
Sudanese security forces arrested about two dozen opposition leaders and activists as anti-government protesters sought to reach the presidential palace to deliver a petition calling for President Omar al-Bashir to step down. Chanting “freedom, peace, justice”, the protesters were confronted on Thursday in downtown Khartoum by riot police who fired[…]
Dozens of Palestinians held Thuhr (noon) prayers at (Gate of Mercy) area inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem in protest against the Israeli seal off of the area for Muslim worshipers, on Thursday. Worshipers gathered at the gate that was previously broken by activists upon its closure[…]
Two men convicted of shooting dead two Cape Town teenagers and injuring three others got hefty jail sentences in the Blue Downs Regional Court in Cape Town on Thursday. Police spokesperson Lieutenant Andrè Traut said Preston Presence, 23, was sentenced to two terms of life imprisonment for the murders of[…]
Firefighters in the Franschhoek mountains have changed their strategy to keep the fire away from the town because of changed winds by doing a “backburn” from the Franschhoek Pass to the fire, the Cape Winelands District Municipality said on Thursday night. “The pass will serve as a firebreak while helicopters[…]
DA leader Mmusi Maimane says public resources have been looted by ANC politicians in many municipalities. He led a picket to the Free State Premier’s Office to hand over a memorandum demanding the provincial government to take immediate action against municipalities that have failed to pay Eskom. Maimane says the[…]
The impact of violence, trauma and alcohol on the health system has been thrown into the spotlight after Western Cape MEC of Health Dr Nomafrench Mbombo revealed that gunshot victims cost at least R22 000 each to treat in Western Cape hospitals. Mbombo revealed the staggering figure when the department of[…]
The public has until 15 March 2019 to give their input on The City of Cape Town’s draft water strategy which aims to ensure greater water security over the next decade. The strategy was opened for public comments and recommendations on Sunday and details ways in which the city will[…]
Activist group Black Sash said the increases of 4.7 per cent for old age grants and 4.8 per cent for child support grants does not take account the inflation rate of 5.2 per cent year on year as at 31 December. Black Sash National advocacy Manger Hoodah Abrahams Fayker said[…]
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