With the safety concerns of Cape Flats residents continuing to be ignored amidst heightened gang activity, residents have largely taken to social media in a bid to tackle the scourge. ‘Gang Watch’ accounts have begun to take centre stage in many of these communities, sharing up to the minute information[…]
A new non-profit website is looking to make the haj process less strenuous for prospective pilgrims, by providing one platform through which to evaluate their options with regards to packages. The site is called Islamic Finance and features a ‘Haj prices’ section which provides a detailed spread sheet on rates,[…]
The conspiracy to murder case against Radovan Krejcir and seven others was postponed in the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. Krejcir, along with taxi boss Siboniso Miya, Owen Serero, Zodumo Biyela, crime intelligence officer Sergeant Nandi Nkosi, Welcome Nkanyiso Mafunda, Siphiwe Memela, and Mike Grigorov, would return to the[…]
The South African Civil Aviation Authority has been appointed as the Chairperson of the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s Aviation Security Panel, it was announced at the recent ICAO Aviation Security Panel meeting held at the agency’s headquarters in Montreal, Canada. Prior to the appointment, South Africa served as the Panel’s[…]
A Western Cape High Court judge explained his reasoning on Wednesday for giving a window tinter an 18 year sentence for murdering a man whose heart was ripped out and cut into neat blocks. Andrew Chimboza, 35, pleaded guilty to murdering 62-year-old Mbuyiselo Manona in Gugulethu in June last year.[…]
Nigerian troops rescued nearly 300 girls and women during an offensive against Boko Haram fighters in the northeastern Sambisa Forest, the military said. Al Jazeera’s Yvonne Ndege, reporting from Abuja, said on Wednesday that the Nigerian military was planning to release photos and more information of the women and girls[…]
Indonesia has defended the execution of eight drug convicts, including seven foreign nationals, saying that the killings were necessary to fight the country’s “war against drugs”. Attorney General Muhammad Prasetyo told reporters in Cilacap, the gateway to the high-security prison island of Nusakambangan where the executions took place, that the[…]
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has named his powerful interior minister as heir in a major reshuffle that also saw the world’s longest-serving foreign minister replaced. A royal decree removed Crown Prince Muqrin bin Abdul Aziz bin Saud as next in line to the throne and replaced him with Prince Mohammed[…]
Relief organization Al Imdaad Foundation (AIF) is expected to dispatch a team from South Africa later this week in order to join their aid workers from Bangladesh in their rescue and aid efforts in Nepal. AIF began its rescue efforts in Nepal on Monday after a massive earthquake struck the landlocked[…]
The City of Johannesburg and the SA Council of Churches will hold a memorial service on Wednesday for the Mozambican man initially identified as Emmanuel Sithole, who was stabbed and later died in Alexandra during a spate of attacks on foreign nationals. Johannesburg mayor Parks Tau and former president Nelson[…]
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