An armed group has stormed the Tunisian consulate in Tripoli and abducted 10 people from the staff, according to the Tunisian foreign ministry. The attack is the fourth against a diplomatic mission in the Libyan capital this year. Earlier in April, suspected radicals of the Islamic State (Isis) detonated a[…]
Provincial Human Settlements MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela says no eviction notices has been served to residents of the block of flats on De Waal drive in Zonnebloem. The minister held a press briefing on Friday in response to media reports claiming that residents of the De Waal apartments were told to[…]
If the steep price of electricity and petrol wasn’t enough for consumers to deal with, now Metrorail commuters will fork out more for train fare. The rail company on Friday announced its intention to increase train fares country wide on July 1st 2015. In the Western Cape, the annual fare[…]
With the countdown to the holy month of Ramadan, the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) has announced the fitra and fidya amounts for Ramadan 1436. This year, Fitra amounts to R30, equivalent to 3kg of Rice (staple food). Fidya will cost R15, which amounts to three quarters of a kilogram of[…]
The Muslim Lawyers Association (MLA) will press ahead with their legal action against Abdel Fatah el Sisi, even if he does not visit South Africa next week. The Egyptian president was expeted to be part of the African Union Summit in Johannesburg, but cancelled his trip on Thursday. Some media[…]
A primary school trust has banned Muslim pupils from fasting during Ramadan, claiming the tradition can be harmful to the health of young children. Barclay Primary School in Leyton, east London, issued a letter to parents informing them that it would not allow children attending school to fast in order to[…]
Eskom has announced that it has implemented stage 2 load shedding in some areas, due to high demand or urgent maintenance being performed at certain stations. “Load shedding was changed from stage 1 to stage 2 at 08:20 and this is likely to be until 22:00. This is due to[…]
The EFF will not go into coalitions with other parties, but would look at getting into what its leader Julius Malema called “contractual relationships”. Speaking at the Daily Maverick Gathering in Midrand, Johannesburg on Thursday, Malema said he would support anyone who advanced the national interest. “Whoever wants the votes[…]
Magistrate Abigail Beeton is expected to provide her reasons at the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court on Friday for denying murder-accused Christopher Panayiotou bail. Panayiotou, who is accused of murdering his wife Jayde Panayiotou, was denied bail on June 5. “The court’s finding is that the applicant has failed to show[…]
Israel says no action will be taken against those involved in the last year’s bombing of Gaza beach that left four Palestinian children dead, saying that it was an accident. “The… case has been closed following the completion of a criminal investigation,” the Israeli army said in a statement on[…]
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