The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is governed by a strict dress code which regulates and dictates how the military uniform should be worn. In a strongly worded statement on Wednesday, the SANDF said its regulatory framework states that no clothing should be worn with official uniform, so all[…]
Police are searching for a second suspect after an ER24 paramedic was violently confronted and attempted to be robbed in Paarl last night. The two paramedics were off-duty and parked at a local shopping centre in Paarl whereby they were confronted by two men who were allegedly armed. The suspects[…]
The manager of a Cape Town orphanage, who is accused of fraud and corruption, should not be granted bail as she is a flight risk and her “very existence in South Africa is based on fraud”, the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court heard on Tuesday. Prosecutor Adiel Jansen said he also[…]
Nine-year-old Sadia Sukhraj must have been terrified when two armed men jumped into her parent’s car and drove off with her. “She died a cruel death from two gunshot wounds,” said state advocate Kelvin Singh on Tuesday, arguing that the man convicted of her murder, Sibonelo Mkhize, must be given[…]
Opposition parties have poured cold water on President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) delivered last week. The rival parliamentary members have called on him to work with the Public Protector and her investigation into donations made by Bosasa to his presidential campaign. MPs widely criticised Ramaphosa’s Sona,[…]
South African-based Sudanese nationals protested outside Saudi Arabia and Sudanese embassies in Pretoria. Protestors are demanding an end to military rule and that power be handed over to the civilians. A council of generals assumed power on April 11th, but has struggled to return normality to the country. The council[…]
Scientists from the University of the Western Cape’s chemistry department have found that fish caught by small scale commercial fishers in Kalk Bay are contaminated by antibiotics, pain killers, antiretrovirals, disinfectants, and industrial chemicals. Species tested include snoek, bonita, hottentot (Cape bream) and panga, obtained from random daily commercial catches[…]
Mohamed Morsi and Muslim Brotherhood leaders in prison in Egypt were given an ultimatum by top officials to disband the organisation or face the consequences, Middle East Eye has learned. They had until the end of Ramadan to decide. Morsi refused and within days he was dead. Brotherhood members inside[…]
The British government announced on Tuesday that it is banning all new arms sales licenses to the Saudi Arabian-led military coalition fighting in the Yemen war following its defeat in a lengthy court battle. The prohibition covers Saudi Arabia as well as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Bahrain and Kuwait,[…]
Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied s marched and clashed with police to protest a US-brokered conference in Bahrain, where business delegations from the Middle East and beyond discuss Washington’s plan for Palestine. Thousands took to the streets to condemn the conference, which began in the city of Manama on Tuesday with[…]
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