Rescuers in Nepal are searching for survivors of a magnitude 7.8 quake that killed nearly 2,000, including 17 on Everest, digging through rubble in the devastated capital, Kathmandu. Residents of Kathmandu were jolted by a fresh magnitude 6.7 aftershocks on Sunday that compounded the worst disaster to hit the Himalayan[…]
Journalists in Egypt have, for decades, been wrestling with the country’s Interior Ministry over press freedoms and the repeated detention of reporters. This week, though, tensions escalated when Al-Masry Al-Youm, a privately-owned daily newspaper, published a seven-page investigative report on alleged police brutality since 2012. Hours after the story went[…]
Israeli forces shot and injured a Palestinian man east of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday. A Ministry of Health spokesman, Dr. Ashraf al-Qudra, said that the 37-year-old man had been shot in his right foot in the Abu Safiya area east of Beit Hanoun. Al-Qudra said the[…]
A group of school girls from Pretoria was among those who survived a devastating earthquake in Nepal on Saturday ”Earthquake in Nepal. Please keep our travelling World Challenge Team girls in your prayers. We have heard from the one team and expect to hear from the other soon. Will keep[…]
Eastern Cape police confirmed on Sunday that the Sarah Baartman memorial at a centre of remembrance built in her honour in Hankey had been defaced. The incident happened at around 12:00 on Saturday, said Warrant Officer Gerda Swart. “The report was made by a community member who said he saw[…]
National search organization Pink Ladies says a missing man from Maitland has not been found, contrary to reports on social media on Saturday. 65 year old Fareed Simon was reported missing in the Maitland area on Friday at 6.30am and reportedly suffers from dementia. It’s not the first time he[…]
As the death toll mounts in the aftermath of the magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Nepal, South African humanitarian agency Gift of the Givers (GOTG) is preparing to send its relief mission to the country. With over 2000 people dead, Nepal requires urgent assistance and a call has made for international[…]
The Islamic State (ISIS) has declared its official presence in war-torn Yemen as the jihadists posted a video online, threating to “cut the throats” of Shiite Houthi rebels. Like most Islamic State videos, the 9-minute-long clip was professionally shot and edited – with CGs and catchy background music. It showed[…]
All South Africans in Nepal during Saturday’s devastating earthquake have been accounted for, the department of international relations and so-operation said. ”They are all accounted for and safe,” said Dirco spokesperson Clayson Monyela. ”We are in touch with local authorities and so far there was nobody near the quake,” he[…]
Mining company Glencore and the Presidency on Saturday moved to dispel claims that Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa may have benefited from Eskom’s coal buying deals. ”Glencore refers to the various statements attributed to Mr Ted Blom published in Fin24.com on 24 April 2015 regarding certain supply contracts concluded between the[…]
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