South African climbers are still uncertain about whether they will tackle the highest peak in the world after an earthquake in Nepal left 5 000 dead, and resulted in an avalanche at the mountain. Durban based climber Sean Wisedale and his teammates were at Mount Everest base camp when the[…]
A man found guilty of killing his ex-client’s lover in Cape Town, and allegedly cut his victim’s heart out to eat part of it, will be sentenced in the Western Cape High Court on Wednesday. Andrew Chimboza, 35, had, as part of plea agreement, pleaded guilty to killing 62-year-old Mbuyiselo[…]
Demonstrators and police clashed briefly in a second night of protests in the US city of Baltimore, where a curfew has been imposed to quell rioting triggered by the death of a black man in police custody. Police used tear gas canisters and pepper balls against at least 200 protesters[…]
Pawan Tandukar sat outdoors as a group of volunteers in a central Kathmandu neighbourhood prepared dinner at a makeshift cooking station. Men and women chopped vegetables and tofu at two table tennis tables and heated large cooking pots. After the devastating earthquake that struck Nepal on April 25 and killed[…]
A 14-year-old Palestinian is in critical condition and has been transferred to Ramallah for treatment after he was hit by a stray Israeli bullet on Friday at his home in the central Gaza Strip, his family said Tuesday. The family of Fadi Abu Mandil, 14, said that the teen will[…]
The South African Haj and Umrah Council (Sahuc) will now reassess its haj accreditation list, after 1379 of the 2000 accredited prospective pilgrims indicated their acceptance before Monday’s cut-off date. The remaining 621 either opted out, or failed to notify Sahuc within the allotted period. Despite a slow uptake upon[…]
Operators are reeling in umrah pilgrims intending to make the pilgrimage to the holy Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the month of Ramadan, by offering packages for a 30 day stay. However, the South African Travel and Haj Operators Association (Sathoa) says the Saudi Hajj Ministry has only allocated 15[…]
Some 50 South Africans are currently in quake-devastated Nepal but this figure may increase as the Department of International Relations (DIRCO) works to account for more SA citizens. “We don’t have a specific figure because information is difficult with people in Nepal due to the breakdown in communication,” said DIRCO[…]
Transport Minister Dipuo Peters on Tuesday called for answers into the cause of the train crash in Johannesburg that killed a woman Metrorail employee. “As government… we need Prasa to give answers as to how a moving train can crash into a stationary one,” she told reporters at the Denver[…]
With little more than nine days before the VOC Festival 2015 kicks off, festival coordinators have promised a weekend full of excitement that will cater to Capetonians young and old. After a brief hiatus in 2014, the festival has returned this year with the promise of being the biggest yet.[…]
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