A Democratic Alliance ward candidate in Vuwani, Limpopo has said the only way to ensure that everyone has a better life is to cut the salaries of politicians earning a lot of money. “Everybody is equal. The salaries of those earning high should be cut a notch so that we[…]
A South African family, who left the French Riviera city of Nice hoping to find safety in Turkey, unwittingly found themselves in fresh chaos within hours. Antoinette Smith said she was woken up on Friday evening to pray for her relatives. “We received a WhatsApp message at 22:00 and my[…]
Despite its multitude of developmental challenges – is well on its way to bridging the gap in the delivery of life-saving drugs to its HIV-positive citizens. This makes it a fitting host for the 21st Aids Conference which begins on Monday, the theme of which is Access Equity Rights Now.[…]
The Supreme Court in Guinea-Bissau has upheld the nomination of Prime Minister Baciro Dja, bolstering President Jose Mario Vaz in a power struggle with a rival former prime minister. Vaz appointed Dja in May after sacking then Prime Minister Carlos Correia, a move that further divided the ruling PAIGC party[…]
Several anti-doping agencies, including those of the United States and Canada, want a complete ban on Russia competing at the Rio Olympics if next week’s key report into allegations of state-backed doping at the 2014 Sochi winter Olympics is damning, they said on Saturday. Russia’s track and field athletes are[…]
Pakistani social media star Qandeel Baloch, who was known for her daring posts, has been killed by her brother. Police on Saturday told Al Jazeera that Baloch’s father, Mohammed Azeem, had filed a case against his son Waseem Azeem. The father also testified against another of his sons, who works[…]
US-Turkish tensions have grown after government forces put down an attempted coup on Friday night. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused exiled Turkish businessman and cleric Fethullah Gulen of orchestrating the violence and is demanding the US extradite him. Gulen, who lives in Pennsylvania, denied any involvement and condemned[…]
On Friday, Turkey citizens were faced with a military coup that threatened the expulsion of President Tayyip Erdogon. The military personnel who conducted the coup blocked the bridge over Istanbul’s main waterway and stormed Turkey’s national broadcasting station,TRT, holding a journalist at gunpoint and forcing her to broadcast news that[…]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has spoken defiantly to crowds of jubilant supporters in Istanbul, vowing to stay in power hours after an army faction dramatically tried to topple the government. Erdogan’s arrival in Istanbul from the coastal city of Marmaris came after Prime Minister Binali Yildirim told broadcaster NTV[…]
The recently released game Pokémon Go has taken the world by storm, as gamers and mobile phone users get sucked into the new trend of ‘augmented reality’. An augmented reality game superimposes a digital game over the fabric of the world, with players accessing it through their GPS- and internet-enabled smartphones. It’s[…]
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