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Further investigation possible at MH17 crash

The Dutch Minister of Security and Justice announced that the Netherlands might conduct further investigation at the site of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash in eastern Ukraine after a Dutch journalist recovered some victims’ remains from the site. In January, Dutch journalist Michael Spekkers returned from a two-week stay[…]

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Mexican president: We will not pay for a wall

Mexico’s leader Enrique Pena Nieto has condemned US President Donald Trump’s move to build a border wall, and insisted that his country has no intention of paying for it. “I regret and condemn the decision of the United States to continue construction of a wall that, for years, has divided[…]

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Ex-SARS man Lackay to continue testimony at CCMA hearing

Former SA Revenue Service spokesperson Adrian Lackay is set to give his third day of testimony on Wednesday, at a CCMA arbitration hearing. Lackay revealed on Tuesday that senior SARS employees and the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) planned to “spike” a story the Mail & Guardian was due[…]

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Coffin assault case back in court

Two Mpumalanga men, Willem Oosthuizen and Theo Martins, accused of beating up farm worker Victor Rethabile Mlotshwa and forcing him into a coffin will be back in the Middleburg Magistrate’s Court. The two men spent Christmas and New Year behind bars. The incident happened last year in August and a[…]

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Court to rule on terror suspects bid

The Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court will on Wednesday morning deliver a ruling on whether or not the case against terror suspects Brandon-Lee and Tony-Lee Thulsie, will be struck off the roll. The twins were arrested in July during raids in Newclare just outside Johannesburg. They face three counts of contravening the[…]

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Somalia: Car bomb attack targets Mogadishu hotel

A suspected suicide bomber has detonated an explosives-packed car at the gate of a popular hotel in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, according to police. The powerful blast on Wednesday was followed by a second explosion, with attackers fighting their way inside the building. “Shooting is taking place. It is too early to[…]

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Trump to put limits on refugees, immigration

The US president, Donald Trump, will sign executive orders restricting visas and immigration, as well as the entry of refugees, making good on his signature campaign pledges, according to several media reports. Trump is due to speak on Wednesday to employees at the Department of Homeland Security – which handles[…]

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The DA tiptoes around Israel’s Apartheid system

Last week, the Embassy of the State of Palestine in South Africa revealed that the Democratic Alliance (DA) had not communicated to the Embassy about DA leader Mmusi Maimane’s visit to Israel. Since the news broke that Maimane had gone to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, the party has been widely[…]

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