A Hanover Park man is expected to appear in the Athlone Magistrate’s Court in Cape Town on Monday for allegedly beating his 2-year-old daughter to death. On Friday, Western Cape police said Christopher Williams was arrested on Thursday night in Vygieskraal in Athlone, and was being detained on a charge[…]
A new provincial provincial executive committee for the ANC in the Western Cape has been elected. Khaya Magaxa was named deputy chairperson after standing for nomination against outgoing Abraham Bekeer. Faiz Jacobs replaced Songezo Mjongile as secretary, with Thandi Manyikivana replacing Maurencia Gillion as deputy secretary. Gillion replaced Fezile Calane[…]
The Guptas have been fired as special advisers to the prime minister of Lesotho, and their diplomatic passports have been revoked. Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili has removed the politically connected Atul Gupta and his nephew Essa Omar Aziz as his special advisers, and has cancelled the passports they obtained controversially[…]
The Farlam Commission of Inquiry report’s was criticised at a meeting in Wonderkop, Marikana near Rustenburg on Sunday for certain findings it made against Amcu. “Amcu was not existing in Lonmin in 2012. We did not even know Joseph Mathunjwa [the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union president],” mineworker Lindani[…]
Israel has boarded and taken over a vessel attempting to break the blockade of the Palestinian territory, officials said. In a statement the Israeli army said on Monday that it did not use force in redirecting the main boat Marianne to the Israeli city of Ashdod. Petros Stergiou, a spokesperson[…]
Kuwaiti authorities say they have identified the suicide bomber of a Shia mosque as a Saudi citizen. The suicide bomber, who led an attack on Imam Sadiq mosque in al-Sawaber neighbourhood that left 27 people dead, was identified as a Saudi citizen, Kuwait’s interior ministry said on Sunday. Fahed Suleiman[…]
The head of the Palestinian prisoner’s society said Sunday there were hopes Khader Adnan was hours away from ending his 55-day long hunger strike after a potential deal was negotiated with the Israeli authorities. Qadura Fares told Ma’an Sunday afternoon that negotiations two days earlier had led to a potential[…]
Greece moved to check the growing strains on its crippled financial system on Sunday, closing its banks and imposing capital controls that brought the prospect of being forced out of the euro into plain sight. After bailout talks between the leftwing government and foreign lenders broke down at the weekend,[…]
Few confirmed reports have been made public around the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla 3 as a suspected sabotage on one of the ships is being investigated. South African activist, Dr Clint De Bruyns who will join the flotilla could not divulge his current location at the time of his interview on[…]
Although to some the concept of fasting may be mistaken as a mere abstinence from food or certain non-religious acts, the practice itself is one deeply rooted in spirituality. Regardless of which denomination of Islam one may choose to align themselves to, the holy month of Ramadan, and the act[…]
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