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Palestinian killed during clashes with Israeli troops

Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian man Sunday by hitting him with their jeep after shooting him during clashes in the eastern Ramallah village of Kafr Malik, Palestinian medical sources told Ma’an. The mayor of Ramallah, Laila Ghannam, told reporters that 22-year-old Abdullah Iyad Ghanayim had been killed by Israeli soldiers “in[…]

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Karaoke fundraiser in Cape Town turns violent

A karaoke fundraiser ended in bloodshed in Belthorn Estate on Saturday night when two men were shot and killed. Officers responded to a shooting at Turfhall Stadium at 23:30, where the body of a 40-year-old man was found on the side of the building. The body of a 45-year-old man[…]

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Court order preventing Al-Bashir from leaving SA

The High Court in Pretoria on Sunday granted an interim order preventing Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir from leaving South Africa, pending an urgent application for his arrest. The application would be heard at 3pm. The Southern African Litigation Centre (SALC) is asking Judge Hans Fabricius to enforce two arrest warrants against[…]

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Free Bassiouni, chants protestors

“We are all Bassiouni” were the chants reverberating through Sandton in Johannesburg on Friday afternoon, as community members and civil society activists called for the release of Egyptian South African alim Shaykh Abdus Salaam Bassiouni. Sandton in Johannesburg came alive with the #FreeBassiouni protest held outside the African Union Summit,[…]

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Wear black for Rohingya

A group called Protect the Rohingya has called on South Africans to highlight the plight of the Rohingya by wearing black on Saturday 13th June. According to the UN, the Rohingya in Burma are one of the world’s most persecuted ethnic minorities. Human rights violations against the Rohingya have been[…]

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Hangberg residents get new bungalows

Residents in the Hangberg informal settlement in Hout Bay were handed over the keys to new bungalows on Friday, after their homes were burnt a few months ago. The Hout Bay Civic Association requested the assistance of Oceana Brands to put up new housing structures and recently, the fishing company[…]

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Panayiotou denied bail because of ‘flight risk’

Christopher Panayiotou’s dual citizenship with Cyprus, and the fact that he has no dependents, were cited among the reasons he was not granted bail in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court ahead of his trial for the murder of his wife Jayde. Giving her reasons for not granting him bail on[…]

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Foreigners not targeted: Radebe

Parliament heard on Friday 42% of people arrested under Operation Fiela-Reclaim have been undocumented foreigners. This was despite the fact that this group constitute only 5% of the total population, researcher Adam Salmon told the newly constituted ad hoc joint committee probing violence against foreign nationals. Minister in the Presidency[…]

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Calls for Bashir to be arrested in SA

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir must be arrested if he arrives in South Africa for the African Union summit in Johannesburg, two organisations said on Friday. The Democratic Alliance and the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) want to secure a warrant of arrest for Bashir. He was reportedly expected to arrive[…]

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Orange CEO tells Israel he will never back boycott

The head of French telecoms giant Orange told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday his company had nothing to do with a campaign to boycott Israel, despite Israeli allegations. “I regret, deeply, this controversy,” Stephane Richard told Netanyahu in English in videotaped remarks distributed by the premier’s office. “I want[…]

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