The use of cranes in the Grand Mosque expansion project has been suspended till Haj. The decision was taken in view of the Friday’s crane crash that killed 111 people and injured 331. Hisham Al-Faleh, adviser to Makkah Emir Khaled Al-Faisal and chairman of the investigation committee, said all cranes[…]
The ANC on Wednesday disagreed with a court decision not to allow government to appeal a ruling that it acted unconstitutionally when it did not arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. Opposition parties welcomed the ruling made by the High Court in Pretoria. “We are of the view that government must[…]
Western Cape police are investigating a case of murder and attempted murder after two people were killed and several others were injured when petrol bombs were thrown at an Intercape bus near Lwandle on Tuesday night. On Wednesday, police spokesperson Constable Noloyiso Rwexana said no arrests had been made since[…]
The media and the ANC might not always agree, but there is consensus on the question of erasing criminal defamation from the country’s common law. “We were very pleased in April when we discovered that the ANC actually expressed a view that criminal defamation doesn’t belong in the criminal sphere[…]
A US high school student from Texas has been arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school that police officers said resembled a “hoax bomb”. Ahmed Mohamed, a 14-year-old ninth grader at MacArthur High School in Irving, Texas, said the clock caught the attention of one of his teachers who[…]
Israeli authorities on Wednesday rearrested former Palestinian hunger striker Muhammad Allan after he was discharged from an Israeli hospital, the head of the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society told Ma’an. Qadura Fares said that Israeli authorities had reinstated Allan’s administrative detention, internment without trial or charge, against which the prisoner undertook a[…]
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has blamed Europe’s refugee crisis on Western support for “terrorists”, as people fleeing his country’s civil war stream towards the European Union. In his first public comments on the mass migration, broadcast on Wednesday, Assad said Europe could expect more refugees. Countries including the United States,[…]
The 11 South African nationals repatriated after escaping ISIS-held territories journeyed to Syria in the hopes of providing humanitarian aid to those in need, claims a lawyer representing the group. The return of the individuals was facilitated by the Department of International Relations and Co-operation (Dirco) after they managed to[…]
The decision by the City of Cape Town to lease the Good Hope Centre to a film company has jeopardised the 40 year old Spring Queen Pageant, which has for decades been hosted at the iconic venue. That was according to the Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union (SACTWU)[…]
Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir could return to South Africa this year for a talk shop, President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday. Sudan was a member of the Forum on China-Africa Co-operation (Focac), which South Africa would host in December, Zuma told reporters in Pretoria. “As such, it is expected that[…]
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