US civil rights groups have condemned President Donald Trump’s revised immigration order as a “Muslim ban” in all but name, and vowed to keep fighting it in court. The order signed on Monday bans citizens from six majority-Muslims countries from entering the US for 90 days and also halts the[…]
President Jacob Zuma has urged leaders from over 20 countries attending the Indian Ocean Rim Association summit (IORA) to support small and medium enterprises as catalysts for increased economic growth and job creation. He was speaking at the IORA leaders’ summit which Indonesian President Joko Widodo officially opened in the[…]
A disaffected South Sudanese army general who quit his position last month announced on Monday that he had formed a new anti-government rebel group, underscoring mounting resistance to the rule of incumbent president Salva Kiir Lieutenant General Thomas Cirillo Swaka, formerly deputy head of logistics, resigned after he accused Kiir[…]
Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian activist early Monday morning, culminating a two-hour-long gun battle in the Ramallah area of the central occupied West Bank, after Israeli forces had been pursuing the man since he was released from Palestinian prison last September. The raid sparked clashes, which left two Palestinians[…]
By Thakira Desai In preparation for the Hajj 1438, the South African Hajj and Umrah Council (Sahuc) on Saturday hosted its annual Hajj roadshow. The roadshow, which was hosted at Belgravia High School in Belgravia, was the third leg, following the completion of the Johannesburg and Durban events. Sahuc, though[…]
The 20th session of the Indian Ocean Rim Association will begin in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Monday. It is a meeting of at least 21 countries bordering the Indian Ocean. Leaders of the coastal countries including South Africa are meeting to find ways of how they can use the[…]
Former Western Cape police commissioner Arno Lamoer and his co-accused, who are at the centre of a corruption case, are expected back in the dock in the High Court on Monday. Lamoer and three brigadiers – Darius van der Ross, Sharon Govender and her husband Colin Govender – together with[…]
Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini says the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has a plan in place to take over the distribution of social grants to 17 million beneficiaries. This is the agency’s plan: – Phase 1: Planning for the transition including the phase-out of the current service provider,[…]
Some 110 people died in southern Somalia on Thursday and Friday as a result of drought, Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire has said. “About 110 people have died in the past 48 hours due to drought and severe water-related diarrhea in southern Somalia, especially in the Bay and Bakool[…]
An eastern Libyan group says it is carrying out air strikes against rival factions as part of its attempt to push them back from positions around the major oil terminals of Es Sider and Ras Lanuf. The Libyan National Army (LNA) is attempting to regain control of the ports after[…]
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