Henri van Breda, 21, is expected back in the Western Cape High Court on Friday on charges of killing his parents and older brother. He faces three counts of murder, one of attempted murder, and one of obstructing the course of justice. He handed himself over to police in June[…]
On Wednesday the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) defended its decision to extend its grant payment contract with Cash Paymaster Services (CPS). On the same day, many social grants were paid out. GroundUp visited several pay points to talk to recipients. Sassa’s current contract with CPS — the company[…]
Thousands of people have gathered in Montreal to mourn and honour the memory of three of the six Muslim men who were killed as they prayed at a mosque in Quebec City on Sunday evening. The families of Khaled Belkacemi, Abdelkrim Hassane and Aboubaker Thabti were joined by members of[…]
The United Nations’ highest court ruled on Thursday it has the authority to adjudicate in a maritime boundary dispute between Kenya and Somalia over stretches of the Indian Ocean potentially rich in oil and gas. Somalia asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague to rule on the[…]
Many schools in the english-speaking region of Cameroon remain closed as tensions between the Francophone and Anglophone regions mount. The english speaking regions says they are being politically and economically sidelined by the Francophone government. Over 100 people were arrested and one person killed in November last year in the[…]
Muslim civil society organisations have urged the South African government to place diplomatic pressure on Myanmar to resolve the crisis and return citizenship rights to the Rohingya. The group comprising of the secretary of Jamiatul Ulama South Africa Moulana Ebrahim Bham, secretary general of the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) Shaykh[…]
This weekend Capetonians will have the opportunity to be in the company of an esteemed luminary in the field of Islamic sciences, Habib Umar ibn Hafidh. While the Yemeni scholar requires no introduction having become a household name in South Africa, he is often hailed a spiritual pool flowing with[…]
Earlier this week, social media users were alarmed at images of alleged abuse at a local day-care centre that surfaced on various platforms. The image, posted by Chinelle van Rooyen of her one-year-old daughter, Zarrah, shows the little girl’s thigh bruised and red. According to the 23-year-old mother, the marks[…]
In response to Israeli’s settlement expansion plans announced in recent weeks, People Against Suffering, Oppression and Poverty, also known as PASSOP, is inviting community members to attend a free screening of “The Wanted 18”. Set in 1980 against the backdrop of the first Intifada, “The Wanted 18” is a film[…]
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has described relations between South Africa and Cuba as solidarity in practice. He was speaking after meeting his Cuban counterpart Salvador Valdes Mesa in Pretoria on Wednesday night. The two leaders discussed ways of strengthening political, economic and trade relations between the two countries. Vice President[…]
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