Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir could return to South Africa this year for a talk shop, President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday. Sudan was a member of the Forum on China-Africa Co-operation (Focac), which South Africa would host in December, Zuma told reporters in Pretoria. “As such, it is expected that[…]
Acting Cape Town mayor Brett Heron has condemned the attack on an Intercape bus in Strand in which two people died. Herron appealed to residents to come forward with information. “At this stage the reason behind this callous act is still unknown,” he said in a statement. Two men were[…]
The impact of war and poverty in the world is manifesting itself in the refugee crisis in Europe, President Jacob Zuma said. “The world has witnesses the horrific and deadly journeys by African and Middle Eastern immigrants across the Mediterranean in search of a better life in Europe,” Zuma said[…]
The National Union of Metalworkers Union of South Africa will go ahead with its planned march against corruption at the end of the month. Numsa president Andrew Chirwa told the media in Johannesburg on Tuesday that they were receiving support from other unions. “We are glad that the FEDUSA, National[…]
Two days of rain have helped firefighters to extinguish the blaze which broke out on Monday on the mountain in Murdock Valley, Simon’s Town. While an area high up the slopes remains ablaze, most of the flames have been doused, said Theo Lane, spokesperson for the City of Cape Town[…]
Employees at a top jewellery store in Cavendish Square in Claremont were left traumatised after a gang of men brandishing heavy weaponry robbed the store on Tuesday. A witness, Clive, who was working in a shop opposite the jewellery store, Trigg Jewellers, said police were speaking to employees who “looked[…]
In spite of disputes about race and transformation, Stellenbosch University (SU) is cranking out research at such a rate that it climbed 88 places on a worldwide university ranking released on Tuesday. It came in at 302 on the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings 2015/2016, compared to 390 in[…]
A Strand mother of two, who was allegedly shot in the head by her police officer boyfriend, is in a critical but stable condition after undergoing surgery. Warrant Officer Nevell du Toit, 44, shot Zaheda Peters, 32, at her home in Dolphin Street in Strand at about 05:00 on Monday.[…]
Science and religion can learn a lot from one another, rather than trying to prove the other wrong. This as some religious followers and groups weighed in on the recent discovery of Homo naledi. Rudolph Pretorius, a businessman and lay preacher, told News24 that he personally believed there was no[…]
Classmates of a Grade 10 pupil at Phoenix High School in Manenberg on Monday received trauma counselling while the search continued for their missing friend. Khanyisile Ngela disappeared in the surf on Saturday while spending a day at Camps Bay with a group of people. School principal Shafiek Abrahams said[…]
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