The death toll from Saturday’s truck bomb blast in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, has surged to at least 276 people, according to the country’s information minister. Abdirahman Osman on Sunday said on Twitter that around 300 others were also wounded in the powerful explosion at a busy road junction, which flattened[…]
South African umrah operators have been informed of a new umrah visa fee by their respective Saudi Arabian counterparts. On Thursday, it was reported that the Saudi Ministry of Hajj announced an additional 2,000 riyal (about R7000) would be charged for umrah visas for those who travelled for umrah in[…]
The caretaker of the Shaykh Nurul Mubeen shrine on the hills of the mountain in Oudekraal battled intense heat during a fire in a desperate bid to protect the karamat. 48 year old Abdurahmaan Rupen refused to leave the burial site, despite the inferno rapidly spreading across the mountain slopes[…]
A 30 year old woman and a man in his forties were killed in a shooting at Cubana restaurant and nightclub in Plein Street, Stellenbosch last night. According to sources, three guys stormed Cubana around 12:30, fired six shots inside and accidentally killed a bystander. They also chased and killed[…]
All campuses at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology will re-open next week Wednesday. Activities were suspended on Tuesday afternoon following ongoing protests over fees, accommodation and workers’ issues. An independent, external chairperson had earlier this week found four students guilty of being involved in campus disruptions. CPUT says it[…]
Police Minister Fikile Mbalula has revealed that more than 1 000 children murders were reported during the 2014 and 2015 financial year. He has responded to a written Parliamentary question. The non-profit organisation Molo Songololo says it is disturbing to see that many perpetrators who are responsible for the high[…]
The Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (Casac) has welcomed the Supreme Court of Appeal judgment‚ which dismissed the appeals by President Jacob Zuma and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). The NPA and Zuma sought to appeal against a Pretoria high court order last year‚ which held[…]
A mix of anger and anguish among the Iranian public has greeted US President Donald Trump’s decision to declare that Iran is not in compliance with the nuclear accord with world powers – a sharp contrast to the euphoria that followed when the deal was signed in 2015. Iran’s President[…]
The World Health Organization said on Friday it had received reports of an attack on medical facilities in eastern Syria that had destroyed a storage room containing more than 130,000 vaccine doses against measles and polio. If confirmed, the WHO said, the attack will put thousands of children at risk[…]
Israeli officials presented mix reactions to the Palestinian reconciliation agreement on Thursday, with leaders both criticizing and welcoming the landmark agreement. Israeli media reported that following the announcement from the Hamas and Fatah movements that an agreement had been reached, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a statement saying that[…]
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