A morning jog became a nightmare for a Cape Town man after discovering a butchered body of a man along one of Table Mountain’s popular running trails. A runner, who asked to remain anonymous, who went for his regular run along the Pipe Track and down Kasteelpoort, made the gruesome discovery at[…]
President Jacob Zuma is set to read the riot act to the ANC Western Cape executive committee on Monday in an attempt to address ongoing leadership instability threatens in the province. The party’s top six is in Cape Town to thrash out structural issues within the party – after the party’s national[…]
The US has boosted its emergency food aid to Ethiopia by nearly $100m to combat one of the worst droughts in decades, the U.S. Agency for International Development announced on Sunday. The aid is urgently needed to head off a humanitarian disaster brought on by the El Nino climate phenomenon[…]
The number of Syrian refugees stranded on Jordan’s border and waiting for permission to enter has risen to 20 000, with 4 000 to 5 000 more arriving in the remote desert area every month, the head of the UN refugee agency in the kingdom said on Sunday. In recent[…]
A cornerstone of Islam in South Africa and the Bo-kaap community, the Auwal Masjid in Dorp Street will be marking its 222 year anniversary this Sunday. Home to the handwritten Qur’an, the Auwal Mosque is the first and oldest mosque built in South Africa. The strong oral tradition confirms that[…]
The City of Cape Town has appealed to residents in the surrounding area to comment on the upgrades and maintenance plans of Trafalgar Recreation Park. “The City needs residents around Trafalgar Park to comment on its maintenance,” says mayoral committee member of energy, environmental and spatial planning Johan van der[…]
The ANC in the Western Cape has been dealt with a severe blow, after the national leadership ordered provincial chairperson Marius Fransman to step down. The dismissal of Fransman has caused disorder within the party, says political analyst Prof Keith Gottschalk. The party’s most powerful leadership structure, the National Working[…]
Consumers will have no choice but to tighten their belts as the country was hit with another repo rate hike on Thursday. As the economy slips further into a downward spiral, Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago announced a repo rate increase of 50 basis points to 6.75%. After revising the[…]
NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli authorities on Thursday demolished a mosque in the unrecognized Negev village of Rakhama, and issued a demolition order for an area in Nablus, home to 85 residents, local sources told Ma’an. In the Negev, Israeli forces demolished a mosque in the unrecognized village of Rakhama for[…]
Johannesburg – Media personality Gareth Cliff emerged victorious from the South Gauteng High Court on Friday morning with the court ordering broadcast giant M-Net to reinstate him on the Idols SA judging panel. While delivering her verdict on Friday morning, Judge Caroline Nicholls said that after considering the matter, she[…]
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