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Khader Adnan enters 48th day of hunger strike

The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society denied reports on Sunday that Khader Adnan had died, as the 37-year-old prisoner entered his 48th day on hunger strike The director of the society’s legal unit, Jawad Bolous, quoted the head of Asad Arofeh hospital as saying that Adnan’s health was stable and there had[…]

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Boeka Treats and Kayfee Magazine launched

The Boorhaanol Islam Movement launched their annual Ramadan publication Boeka Treats on Saturday, with an added plus this year, the all new Kayfee Magazine. The two books contain recipes, interviews and reviews of interest to the average Muslim Capetonian. The term ‘Kayfee’, a biannual magazine, refers to Cape Muslims, a[…]

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CT more open to foreign nationals

Saturday 20th June marked World Refugee Day, a day aimed at creating awareness within local communities and globally, of the plight and discrimination of refugees and displaced people. While parts of South Africa has seen an increase in xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals in recent months, few reports seem to[…]

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86 arrested in CT during Operation Fiela

Police have arrested 86 people and seized counterfeit goods with an estimated street value of R150 000 at the Cape Town Station Deck this weekend, they said on Sunday. This was part of Operation Fiela in the province, Constable Noloyiso Rwexana said in a statement. Among those arrested, 81 were[…]

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Al Jazeera journo held in Germany

Al Jazeera has urged Germany to immediately release its journalist Ahmed Mansour, who was detained at a Berlin airport at the request of the Egyptian authorities. “The crackdown on journalists by Egyptian authorities is well known. Our network, as the Arab world’s most-watched, has taken the brunt of this. Other[…]

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Palestinian shot after stabbing policeman in Jerusalem

A Palestinian stabbed an Israeli border policeman at Damascus Gate outside East Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday, critically wounding him, before the officer then shot his attacker, leaving him in critical condition. Israeli police spokesperson Micky Rosenfeld said that the Israeli policeman had received stab wounds to his neck and[…]

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‘Blanket of hopelessness’ over Bredasdorp

Education and youth development were needed to offer positive alternatives for the Bredasdorp youth, community leaders insisted. This was shared with Community MEC Dan Plato when he visited the town days after releasing the results of a pilot study into the community, which he described as “profound”. Plato on Friday[…]

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Toilets set alight in Knysna protest: witness

A service delivery protest closed a portion of the N2 outside Knynsa on Friday afternoon with burning portable toilets and tyres blocking the road. “About 10 to 15 people were carrying these toilets into the road to burn them on top of the tyres. There were about four to five[…]

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