The Western Cape Department of Local Government has called on shoppers to follow COVID-19 safety protocols during Black Friday today. Local Government Ministry spokesperson James-Brent Styan has urged residents to avoid crowding in small enclosed spaces. He says large gatherings of people where regulations are not followed, will increase the[…]
This is part of a series written by Dr Salim Parker. More stories at hajjdoctor.co.za They were fuming. It seemed whatever that was promised to them did not materialize. The early check-in in Madinah, the City of Peace and Light was non-existent and they had to hang around for a[…]
A British aid worker held for more than three months by the Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) militant group in Syria’s opposition-held Idlib province was released on Tuesday, his family confirmed. Tauqir Sharif, who is from London, had been in HTS custody since 11 August after being detained while attending a[…]
Israeli military soldiers were documented assaulting two Palestinian medics and an injured Palestinian protester while being treated inside an ambulance in the Jordan Valley on Tuesday. Video footage of the attack went viral on Palestinian social media overnight, as people shared the disturbing footage showing armed Israeli soldiers attempting to[…]
Amid boisterous chants to send off a football legend who had departed too soon, Wilson Cisnero leaned against a brightly painted brick building that had a simple, small sign he had pasted on it. “God is with God,” he wrote, punctuated with the number 10. The 25-year-old had cycled two[…]
The Ethiopian military will begin the “final phase” of an offensive in the northern Tigray region, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has said in a statement, hours after an ultimatum for the Tigrayan forces to surrender expired. “The 72-hour period granted to the criminal TPLF clique to surrender peacefully is now[…]
Western Cape Premier, Alan Winde, has called on members of the public to take extra precautions against the coronavirus. He was speaking during a digital briefing on COVID-19. National government has made a similar call – urging South Africans to continue wearing masks, practicing social distancing and hand washing. Winde[…]
President Cyril Ramaphosa says the government is engaging in numerous initiatives to economically empower women as part of its programme to rid the country if gender-based violence. South Africa begins 16 days of activism against gender-based violence and femicide and also marks the beginning of five days of mourning for[…]
Civil rights organization AfriForum says it will be monitoring the NPA regarding the decisions it takes against EFF leader Julius Malema for inciting violence against police officers. Afriforum and trade union Solidarity have jointly lodged criminal charges at the Lyttelton police station against Malema. The organisations say they were approached[…]
Investigations by IPID (independent Police Investigative Directorate) has led to the arrest of five police officers at Vredenburg on the Cape West Coast on murder charges. The officers allegedly assaulted, Jason Heyns, last month during an arrest. IPID spokesperson, Ndelika Cola, says the officer took Heyns to the Vredenburg Hospital[…]
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