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Popcru lodges grievance after top cops demoted

The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) has lodged a grievance with national police management after the demotion of two seasoned Cape crimefighters. Major-General Jeremy Vearey and Major-General Peter Jacobs were informed by the national police head office last week about the change, without consultation. Vearey, the former deputy[…]

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Call to make history compulsory subject

As South Africans celebrate youth month, advocacy group Equal Education is calling for history to be made compulsory for Grade 4 to 12 pupils, and for a review of the history curriculum. The group’s two-day national teaching and learning summit, which was held in Joburg under the theme “40 Years[…]

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Venezuelans line up to back recall

Thousands of Venezuelans have been queueing around the country to validate signatures as part of a long-drawn-out process to request a recall referendum against President Nicolas Maduro. Earlier this month, about 1.3 million people signed a petition for a recall vote – far more than the 200,000 required to move[…]

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‘We have to protect Tana Baru’

While Muslims have managed to preserve the history of Islam within the Cape, the alleged desecration of the Tana Baru cemetery by illegal occupants has raised further concern. According to the Tana Baru Trust, a family who has resided intermittently on the land for the past 32 years, refuses to[…]

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Palestinian water restrictions at dire levels

As Palestinian Muslims make the most of observing Ramadan under occupation, continued water restrictions imposed by Israeli authorities has worsened the already challenging situation. While Palestinians have reported large scale siphoning and control of the water supplies in the West Bank, Israel’s national water company, Mekorot, denied restricting water supplies,[…]

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Rainy weather no dampener for AWS

Despite the storm that engulfed the Cape over the past weekend, the Ahlan Wa Sahlan food distribution project at Rahmaniyah Masjid in Steenberg still got underway with the Steenberg, Lavender hill and surrounding areas participating in the event that takes place every Sunday, at various locations, around the Cape. Every Sunday[…]

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