By Najma Bibi Noor Mahomed Family members of missing Haafith Fareez Hendricks have dismissed a Whatsapp message indicating that he has been found. Hendricks, who is the principal of Cape Quran Academia School in Retreat, disappeared on Wednesday morning. According to Hendricks father-in-law Yunus Allie, he was last seen in[…]
Drought-stricken farmers in the Western Cape have had to abandon at least a quarter of their high-value vineyards and deciduous fruit orchards because of a lack of water for irrigation. This has had a knock-on effect on rural employment, with the loss of about 30 000 seasonal farm worker jobs[…]
South Africa’s borders need to be open for people – particularly Africans – to move more freely and to promote business, President Cyril Ramaphosa has said. He also reiterated the need for a single currency on the continent. Ramaphosa told journalists following a summit on the African Continental Free Trade[…]
A senior Australian minister vowed on Thursday to press on with a plan to bring white South African farmers to Australia, hitting out at criticism from “crazy lefties” who he said were “dead to me”. Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton sparked uproar last week by singling out the farmers’ need[…]
Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Makgoba says he has begun urgent consultations to strengthen procedures for dealing with cases of sexual abuse in the church. “In recent weeks, four individuals have either spoken out publicly or contacted my office privately to report experiences of sexual abuse in two dioceses,[…]
Ahed Tamimi, the teenage Palestinian girl who was filmed kicking and slapping an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank, accepted a plea deal on Wednesday under which she will be sentenced to eight months in prison, her lawyer said. Tamimi, 17, became a hero to Palestinians after the 15[…]
The leaders of 44 African countries have signed a deal to create one of the world’s largest free trade blocs. The agreement was signed at a summit in the Rwandan capital, Kigali. It is hoped the deal will come into force within six months, and increase prosperity for 1.2 billion[…]
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy told magistrates that accusations of illicit Libyan funding for his 2007 election campaign were a web of lies that had made his life “hell” and lost him a re-election bid in 2012, Le Figaro newspaper said. The 63-year-old, who held power from 2007 to 2012,[…]
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has admitted that the social network “made mistakes” that led to millions of Facebook users having their data exploited by a political consultancy. Cambridge Analytica is accused of improperly using the data on behalf of political clients. In a statement, Mr Zuckerberg said a “breach of[…]
At least 29 people have been killed and 52 others wounded in a mid-day explosion in the Afghan capital, Kabul. Tolo News reported that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) claimed responsibility for Wednesday’s attack, which happened close to Kabul University and Ali[…]
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