Only a day after the evacuation of Aleppo residents began, numerous reports emerged that a convoy of at least 800 civilians was taken hostage by pro-Assad militias near Ramoussa on Friday. “A group of cars carrying hundreds of people out of east Aleppo was stopped by tanks belonging to Shia[…]
A senior Palestinian official warned US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday that moving the American embassy to Jerusalem would destroy prospects of peace with Israel and push the region into turmoil. The remarks by the secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, Saeb Erekat, came as Israeli officials praised Trump’s[…]
Yemen’s biggest traders have stopped new wheat imports amid a crisis at the central bank, documents seen by Reuters show, another blow to the war-torn country where millions are suffering acute malnutrition. Almost two years of war between a Saudi-led Arab coalition and the Iran-allied Houthi movement have left more[…]
The body of a newborn baby boy was discovered in the bathroom of a mall in Somerset West on Friday morning, Western Cape police confirmed. An inquest was opened after the gruesome discovery at 08:00, said Lieutenant Colonel Andrè Traut. It is understood that a cleaner at Somerset Mall found[…]
Steven Otter, the City spokesperson who was murdered in his home on Friday morning during a robbery, fought to the death against the intruders, Netwerk24 reported. Otter, 43, who was a former political spokesperson and who was presently part of the team at the City of Cape Town working on[…]
The full text of a document detailing why more than 100 ANC stalwarts believe the organisation has failed citizens and on which their recent discussions with ANC leadership were based has been released. In the full text of the document, titled “For the Sake of Our Future”, which was published[…]
A group of South Africans have formed #OperationSA and its first task is to urgently raise money for humanitarian efforts in Syria. Among those behind the initiative, amongst others, are social activists’ Yusuf Abramjee, Yaseen Theba and Catherine Constantinides. Abramjee said “an urgent decision was taken at the weekend to[…]
The Hadji Abdullah Solomon Family Trust says they feel vindicated by a court tribunal’s decision, which gives the green light for a commercial development in Constantia. Their land on Ladies Mile Road which had been forcibly removed under the Group Areas Act during the apartheid era, was returned to the Solomon[…]
UPDATED: An urgent application by the Cape Town Minstrel Carnival Association to compel the City of Cape Town to approve a street parade this weekend has been set aside by the Cape High Court. For the first time in 19 years, the Voorsmaakie parade will not take place. The event[…]
Thousands of civilians and rebels are still waiting to leave the last remaining rebel-held pockets of eastern Aleppo under an evacuation deal that will allow Syria’s government to take full control of the city after years of fighting. The operation launched on Thursday and is expected to take several days.[…]
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