The Philippines will pursue “independent” foreign and military policies separate from US interests in the region, the country’s president said, announcing that in order to avoid any confrontations with China he would halt joint Filipino navy patrols with the US. The Asian country may now also look toward China and[…]
Shimon Peres, Israel’s former president, has been put into an induced coma by doctors after suffering a stroke. The 93-year-old elder statesman was stable and fully conscious before being rushed to the hospital on Tuesday, his spokeswoman Ayelet Frisch said in a statement. Israeli TV stations later said Peres was[…]
Aid convoys are waiting at the Turkish-Syrian border for the government in Damascus to give authorisation to enter Syria, the United Nations has said, as a fragile ceasefire that came into effect at sundown on Monday appeared to be largely holding across the country. The UN envoy for Syria on[…]
While Eid al-Adha celebrations come to a close, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) has indicated that the qurbaan process remains a concern. Following last year’s inspections, in which at least 15 warnings were given to farm owners, the SPCA has this year increased its presence[…]
After a ten-year wait, the request to recognize Muslim marriages is on Tuesday being heard in the Western Cape High Court. The Women’s Legal Centre (WLC) is taking the South African Government to court for failing to pass legislation that will give recognition to Muslim marriages. The court is scheduled[…]
The Economic Freedom Fighters on Monday welcomed President Jacob Zuma’s repayment of R7.8 million to the State for luxuries added to his private home at Nkandla, and added that it would further look into the circumstances of the loan from VBS Mutual Bank. “The EFF will also seek further clarity[…]
The Gauteng government is piloting a system that uses technology to identify unclaimed and unidentified bodies at its mortuaries. Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu says over a thousand unidentified bodies had to be given paupers burials in Gauteng last year alone. She attributed the high number of unclaimed bodies to[…]
Former President Kgalema Motlanthe says he is concerned by what he referred to as the deviation from the liberation promise by those in leadership positions in the country. Speaking at Rhodes University during a lecture on Value Based Leadership in Grahamstown Motlanthe focused on ethical leadership and putting the interest[…]
Former tennis champion and convicted rapist Bob Hewitt must hand himself over to police within seven days following the Constitutional Court’s dismissal of his appeal. His lawyer Johan Engelbrecht told News24 on Tuesday that although he had not seen the order himself, his junior had told him the court dismissed[…]
Although growth my be challenging going forward, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said that growth will be above 0%. Gordhan was speaking at the Investment Summit, in collaboration with Sasfin Wealth, and publications Business Day and Financial Mail, in Sandton on Tuesday. The 3.3% growth achieved in the second quarter may[…]
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