Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was due on Friday to meet President Jacob Zuma on the second leg of an African tour aimed at boosting ties in a region where rival China has a strong presence. Modi, who arrived from Mozambique on Friday, will head on to Tanzania and Kenya[…]
Two hundred and twenty-two teaches in the Western Cape have been found guilty of corporal punishment in the last year. That is the statistic provided by the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) for the 2015/16 financial year. Spokesman Paddy Attwell tells the Cape Argus the WCED found there was no[…]
A Cape Town woman and her Nigerian husband, together with other four Nigerian accomplices, were arrested on Thursday in connection with an alleged online dating scam. According to a statement on the police’s official Facebook page, the six are to appear in the Cape Town District Court on Friday on[…]
Security forces arrested 19 suspects in connection with the suicide attacks carried out in Madinah, Qatif and Jeddah on Monday, an Interior Ministry spokesman said on Thursday. They included 7 Saudis and 12 Pakistanis. According to the investigation carried out by the security agencies, the terrorist who blew himself up[…]
At least 35 people have been killed and over 60 others wounded in coordinated suicide attacks at a Shi’ite mausoleum north of Baghdad, according to local reports. Several gunmen also allegedly stormed the site, opening fire on Eid al-Fitr festival pilgrims. The attacks at the Shi’ite holy site, located 93[…]
The US will deploy a high-tech antiballistic-missile system to South Korea “as soon as possible” now that the allies have reached an agreement. The advanced air defense shield will beef up Seoul’s arsenal amid growing nuclear and missile threats from the North. “South Korea and the US have made the[…]
At least five police officers have been shot dead in the United States at protests over recent police killings of black men. The Dallas Police Department said on Twitter: “It has been a devastating night. We are sad to report a fifth officer has died.” At least three of those[…]
Sit down, Twitter warriors: Judge Thokozile Masipa was not petrol bombed. An article doing the rounds on social media has claimed that Judge Masipa, who presided over the trial and sentencing of Oscar Pistorius, was petrol bombed on her way home on Wednesday. But police and ER24 say they have[…]
Na’eem Jeenah says SA’s Muslim community could face disasterous consequences if people take up the call to register as Non-Resident Indians, as India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants. I often tell foreign friends or foreign audiences that I speak to that the Muslim community in South Africa is quite unique[…]
A 70-year-old woman is in a critical condition after being hit by a train in Cape Town on Thursday morning, ER24 said in a statement. ER24 spokesperson Chitra Bodasing said the woman was walking across train tracks in Athlone when the accident happened. “The woman was found laying in the[…]
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