A third attacker in the deadly assault on the Bardo museum is on the run, Tunisia’s president said Sunday, declaring his country at war with the extremists who killed 21 people at one of North Africa’s most revered cultural institutions. President Beji Caid Essebsi said the attack involved “three aggressors”[…]
Some 700 from rural communities around South Africa marched in the CBD on Saturday calling for equal access to land and housing. The women, who form part of the Rural Women’s Assembly (RWA), used Human Rights Day to draw attention to their plight. “We want one woman, one hectare. South[…]
OPINION by Andriques Che Petersen – The classic, and overused, cliché goes: ‘Where there’s smoke, there’s fire’ and at this very moment in time we find ourselves occupying, the University of Cape Town, where there is a cloud of smog pointing towards a bevy of flames pulsating underground. And when[…]
With Library Week approaching, the Islamic Library and the Voice of the Cape (VOC) are hosting a Spelling Bee aimed at enhancing the knowledge of children. “Our children need to develop various skills and our children need to be encourage to enter Spelling Bee competitions so they can enhance several[…]
South Africa’s capital city, Pretoria has became the first South African city to twin with a Palestinian town, the town of Bethlehem. Twinning between the two city’s will allow a collaboration to encourage unity and support through the transfers of skills and general interaction. BDS SA Spokesperson, Kwara Kekana says[…]
Durban writer Zainub Priya Dala believes she was assaulted for expressing admiration for controversial novelist Salman Rushdie, her publisher said on Saturday. “Author ZP Dala… was assaulted in Overport, Durban, on Wednesday,” Umuzi publishers, the South African imprint of Penguin Random House publishers, said in a statement. Dala was due[…]
Eskom would implement stage one rolling power cuts on Saturday. “Eskom will implement stage one load shedding from 9am, which is likely to continue until 10pm this evening,” it said in a statement. “This is due to a shortage of generation capacity as several units are currently out of service[…]
Suspended Gauteng Hawks boss Shadrack Sibiya was injured when his car overturned and rolled, his lawyer Victor Nkwashu said on Friday. “I was with him in the vehicle… it overturned and rolled. I am fine and working as we speak,” Nkwashu said. Unnamed sources told The Star the car was[…]
The death toll in twin attacks that targeted Kurds celebrating their New Year in north-eastern Syria late Friday has climbed to 45, a monitoring group said. The blasts occurred in the province of al-Hassakeh, which borders Turkey and Iraq. It initially left 33 dead and dozens wounded, according to the[…]
Western countries should end their sanctions against Iran in order to expedite talks aimed at allaying fears about the country’s nuclear programmes, said Iranian President Hassan Rowhani Saturday during a speech celebrating the Persian New Year. “Our policies are ones of ending tensions and building up cooperation,” said Rowhani as[…]
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