French telecoms giant Orange said Thursday it wanted to withdraw its brand from Israel just hours after its chief executive came under fire from Israeli officials for giving in to a pro-Palestinian campaign. Orange, which is partly controlled by the French government, insisted its decision to end its brand-licensing agreement[…]
Kenyan police have charged five men in connection with the attack by the armed group al-Shabab on a university in eastern Kenya in April in which 148 people were killed. The five men pleaded not guilty to 152 counts of committing acts of terrorism in a Nairobi court on Thursday.[…]
Residents in Bishop Lavis are relieved that notorious gang leader, George ‘Geweld’ Thomas was handed seven life sentences this week, in one of South Africa’s biggest gang trials that spanned years. The local Community Police Forum chairperson Graham Lindhorst says incidents involving gang related violence has slightly decreased as the[…]
A small crowd gathered at the Blackpool hall in Salt River on Wednesday evening in a collective effort from civil society to stand against oppression in Egypt. The Justice for Egypt rally was hosted in order to increase awareness around the current political situation in Egypt as well as the[…]
Muslims observe the holy month of Ramadan by abstaining from food, drink and oral medications from dawn to dusk. Although the Qur’an specifically exempts people with a medical condition from the duty of fasting, many diabetics still choose to fast. According to the EPIDIAR Study Group: A Population-based Study of[…]
Human Rights group Amnesty International has released a damning report highlighting immense levels of human rights abuse on the part of the Nigerian military, allegedly committed during its resistance against a six-year long Boko Haram insurgency. The report sheds light on more than 8000 civilian causalities attributed to the country’s[…]
A health expert has sought to allay concerns of a breakout of the potentially deadly H1N1 virus, following rumours of a suspected swine flu case in the Athlone area. The concerns come as the city comes to grips with a chilly start to the winter season, almost certain to bring[…]
Christopher Panayiotou will have to wait one more day to hear if he will be granted bail after being accused of the murder of his wife Jayde. Magistrate Abigail Beeton said she had hoped to hand down judgment on Thursday in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court and had a draft[…]
The City of Cape Town has withdrawn the notices terminating lease agreements with 26 tenants living in City-owned properties along South Road in Wynberg. In a statement released on Thursday, the City said that while litigation seemed unavoidable, “we only want to proceed once we are convinced that all possible[…]
One of Belhar’s most notorious drug dens will be converted into a multi-purpose deployment base for the City of Cape Town’s Law Enforcement Department. Contractors on Thursday demolished the “Little House on the Prairie”, a known problem property on the corner of the Stellenbosch Arterial and Robert Sobukwe Drive. Mayor[…]
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