About 1 million cubic metres of mud buried dormitories and homes owned by the Shaanxi Wuzhou Mining Company in Shanyang county early on Wednesday. Officials said 14 people had been rescued. The operations had been greatly hampered by heavy rain. China has seen severe weather during the current monsoon season.[…]
Syria’s warring parties declared a 48-hour ceasefire in two frontline areas on Wednesday after unprecedented mediation from Turkey and Iran, signaling a new approach by some of the main regional backers of the opposing sides. The ceasefire halted fighting between insurgents on the one hand, and the army and its[…]
An incorrect exam timetable distributed in a publication to Western Cape matric pupils is not official, the provincial education department said on Tuesday. “The department issued a circular to schools with the final amended timetable on May 21 2015. The Department of Basic Education could still amend the timetable further,”[…]
Families of the 37 mineworkers killed in Marikana are taking on Police Minister Nathi Nhleko in court. The families, represented by the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of SA (SERI), the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) and Wits Law Clinic, filed papers at the High Court in Pretoria on Tuesday morning. In a[…]
The Polokwane Magistrate’s Court has again postponed a decision on the bail application of Limpopo businessman Rameez Patel, pending the evidence of key state witnesses. Patel was arrested on a separate murder charge two months after he was released on bail after being charged with murdering his wife Fatima on[…]
Additional police resources are essential to stop the growing gang culture in Hout Bay, SA National Civic Organisation (Sanco) spokesperson Mzi Nyaki said on Tuesday. Extra police resources have been deployed to Imizamo Yethu since Tuesday, after seven people were arrested for public violence on Monday night. It is understood[…]
A blast in northeastern Nigeria’s Borno State has killed at least 47 people and injured another 52, according to a military source and a civilian joint task force member. The explosion, in a region where hundreds of people have been killed in attacks by suspected members of Boko Haram in[…]
Russia and Saudi Arabia have failed in talks held in Moscow to overcome their differences on the fate of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a central dispute in Syria’s civil war that shows no sign of abating despite renewed diplomacy. Moscow has called for coordination between the Syrian government and members[…]
Israeli naval forces opened fire on Palestinian fishermen off the coast of Gaza City early Wednesday, witnesses said. The fishermen said that they came under fire as they were sailing off the coast of Sudaniyya in northwestern Gaza City. No injuries were reported, but some of the boats were hit[…]
Between 4 and 11 July, fifteen young South Africans were taken on an all-expenses paid trip to Israel by the South African Israel Forum (SAIF). The group comprised of five students who were occupying executive positions on their university Student Representative Council (SRC), or leadership positions within the South African[…]
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