Clean-up operations are on-going at the Masjid al-Haram in Makkah, following Friday’s tragic accident in which a crane collapsed on a section of the iconic mosque, killing 107 pilgrims. While movement has been restricted, authorities in the Saudi Kingdom have vowed that the haj pilgrimage will go on as per[…]
OPINION by Dr. Aayesha J Soni – On reading the news that the ANC’s national executive committee on international relations Mr Obed Bapela conveyed regarding the leading party’s approach to dual citizenship, I was most pleasantly invoked with pride. That our country would take this visionary decision in preventing its[…]
From country to another, Syrian refugee Josef Majade was able to make his way to Europe with his little family to escape death in his home country. Reaching Hungary, he was not able to continue the journey after he was separated from three members of his family during the dangerous[…]
Classmates of a Grade 10 pupil at Phoenix High School in Manenberg on Monday received trauma counselling while the search continued for their missing friend. Khanyisile Ngela disappeared in the surf on Saturday while spending a day at Camps Bay with a group of people. School principal Shafiek Abrahams said[…]
The ANC’s headquarters have been evacuated as well as that of The Star newspaper after a bomb scare in the vicinity of the two buildings. A source at the newspaper’s office confirmed that it and Luthuli House nearby had been evacuated at about 11:50. Better late than never, now the[…]
The City of Cape Town is enlisting growing numbers of private security cameras in an effort to broaden its “safety net”. Most of the responses have been from residents’ associations, neighbourhood watches and city improvement districts. The city’s policy, approved last year, targeted private cameras installed on its property, for[…]
A gang held up staff at the Castle Hotel in central Cape Town on Monday morning. The four robbers entered the hotel on Canterbury Street around 06:15, said Western Cape police spokesperson Constable Noloyiso Rwexana. They held up the manager and employees at gunpoint, taking an undisclosed amount of money[…]
Australia will have its fifth prime minister in eight years after the ruling Liberal Party on Monday voted out Tony Abbott in favor of longtime rival Malcolm Turnbull, following months of infighting and crumbling voter support. Turnbull, a multi-millionaire former tech entrepreneur, won a secret party vote by 54 to[…]
Israeli forces and Palestinians clashed for the second consecutive day at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Monday, with several journalists injured as Israeli forces fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters in the holy site. Ayman Abu Rumouz, a cameraman for Lebanon-based satellite channel al-Mayadeen, was assaulted inside a shop[…]
One million people may arrive in Germany seeking refugee status this year, up from the record 800,000 arrivals its government had earlier predicted, vice chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said. “There are many signs that Germany this year will take in not 800,000 refugees, as forecast by the interior ministry, but one[…]
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