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10 students arrested at Wits for blocking entrance

Police have arrested ten students protesting over tuition fee adjustments at the University of the Witwatersrand. “This morning students woke up and started singing, police came and started assaulting us. Right now it’s a warzone here,” incoming Student Representative Council member Ntokozo Luthuli told News24 on Tuesday. According to the[…]

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Up to 50 killed during anti-govt protests in Congo

Between 17 and 50 people have been killed in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, after thousands-strong protests against President Joseph Kabila turned violent. The demonstration against Kabila on Monday attracted thousands of protestors, but clashes with the police and security forces broke out shortly after they began.[…]

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Chaos on CT roads as Langa residents protest

It was chaos on Cape Town’s roads on Tuesday morning as Langa residents embarked on a protest, bringing traffic and train services to a standstill. Metrorail’s central train service suffered a set-back after multiple incidents of vandalism were carried out overnight within the rail network. Between Bontheuwel and Langa Stations[…]

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Turkey police detain more than 20 ISIS suspects

Turkish police have detained more than 20 Islamic State suspects, including a Syrian man believed to be organising an attack in Istanbul, a local newspaper reported on Saturday. Police arrested the man, identified as Ali al-Aggal and code-named Azzov, believed to be the ISIS group’s organiser of Turkey attacks, in[…]

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Zuma loan bank probed

The bank that came to the rescue of President Jacob Zuma – by granting him a loan to repay his R7.8 million Nkandla debt – now faces a possible probe from the Financial Services Board relating to a R136 million loan it is said to have given to a company in which[…]

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Caster shines at Limpopo sports awards

The Limpopo department of Sports, Arts and Culture hosted awards in honour of athletes and artists who originates from their province. Seventeen categories were contested where those who have done well in the year were acknowledged and honoured. The biggest winner of the night however, was South Africa’s Rio Olympics[…]

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Zuma flies the SAA flag to New York

President Jacob Zuma and First lady Bongi Ngema-Zuma have arrived in New York on a commercial South African Airlines (SAA) flight from Johannesburg to begin his official programme on the margins of the United Nations 71st session of the General Assembly. Zuma’s commercial flight on SAA’s non-stop flight to New[…]

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