Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has announced that the Palestinian leadership will freeze all contact with Israel, as mass protests over new Israeli security measures at the al-Aqsa compound turned deadly. In a brief televised speech on Friday, Abbas said all official contact would be suspended until Israel removed metal detectors installed there last week.[…]
By Ra-ees Moerat Manenberg is not an epitome of crime and gang violence, according to the residents who attend the SANZAF institution in the community. The facility, located in the heart of Manenburg, incorporates social development programmes in the form of educational classes. The eleven-year-old standing facility is home to a[…]
At least two Palestinians have been killed, according to local media, and hundreds more injured amid mass protests over new Israeli security measures at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound. In the first incident, an Israeli settler killed an 18-year-old Palestinian man in the Ras al-Amud neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem, according[…]
Two Palestinians were reportedly shot and killed during clashes in occupied East Jerusalem on Friday, sources told Ma’an, amid large-scale clashes in the city over new Israeli security measures at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. The deaths comes amid a large-scale demonstration across East Jerusalem on Friday to denounce new Israeli[…]
By Abubaker Abrahams Gang violence has escalated in Lavender Hill again this week, with reports of 11 shootings in one week. Speaking to VOC on Friday, Lavender Hill Community Police Forum (CPF) spokesperson Mark Rossouw said the situation remains tense at present. The latest gang violence has left the residents[…]
Five people, including a baby, were wiped out in an early morning crash between a car and a passenger bus on the N1 on Friday, Western Cape Traffic Services have confirmed. The collision, which took place at about 01:00, occurred on the Beaufort West side of Leeu Gamka, spokesperson Kenny[…]
Two petrol attendants were killed while a third was injured along with a customer in a shooting at a Cape Town petrol station on Friday morning. The garage is understood to be owned by an alleged gang boss. Police spokesperson Captain FC Van Wyk said the shooting occurred at 01:20 at[…]
The DA will lay criminal charges against Eskom chief financial officer Anoj Singh because it believes he might have had a pivotal role in the Guptas’ capture of the parastatal. “Singh has been linked to a range of corruption scandals and dodgy deals at Eskom which must be fully investigated,”[…]
The Western Cape High Court will on Friday rule in the NPA’s appeal against the suspended sentence handed down to a child sex offender found guilty of 2130 charges. Andre Petrus Retief pleaded guilty to the charges in the Parow Regional Court in 2015. He was sentenced to eight years[…]
Israeli police said on Friday that Muslim men under the age of 50 will not be allowed at al-Aqsa compound, in an announcement made hours ahead of expected mass protests. Palestinians planned fresh demonstrations over new security measures at the holy site in occupied East Jerusalem, a week after a[…]
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