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‘Racist’ Facebook ranter to do sports community service

A man who vented on Facebook after the announcement that sport teams that failed to transform were banned from bidding for or hosting major events, will now do community service to come to grips with challenges in disadvantaged communities. Capetonian Matthew Theunissen will do community service for sports development in[…]

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#PennySparrow ordered to pay R150 000

KwaZulu-Natal estate agent Penny Sparrow, who caused controversy with a Facebook posting where she likened black people to monkeys earlier this year, has been ordered to pay R150 000 to the the Oliver and Adelaide Tambo Foundation. According to its website, the foundation “aims to address issues of socio economic[…]

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Istanbul bombing: Kurdish TAK claims responsibility

Kurdistan Freedom Hawks, an armed group known by the Kurdish-language acronym TAK, has claimed responsibility for Tuesday’s suicide bombing in the Turkish city of Istanbul which killed 11 people. The attack destroyed a police bus in central Istanbul during the morning rush hour near the main tourist district, a major[…]

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Bombs hit Daraya after aid delivery

Crude barrel bombs have been dropped on a suburb of the Syrian capital Damascus, which received its first food aid drop in four years, according to the Local Council of Daraya. The reported violence on Friday came in the rebel-held area just hours after the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC)[…]

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Woodstock, Salt River residents to tackle gentrification

Woodstock and Salt River residents are growing frustrated with the increase in new commercial developments in the area and are now mobilizing to fight ruthless property developers. Amid increased concerns around gentrification in the city centre, a group of residents under the banner of Reclaim The City have called for[…]

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Ramadan Boeka Treats and Kayfee mag out

No Ramadan is complete without the latest copy of the Boeka Treats and Kayfee magazine, an annual publication by the Boorhaanol Islam Movement. In the 2016 Ramadan edition of the popular Boeka Treats, Capetonians will get something old and something new – the Boeka Treats 500 Series. The team behind[…]

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Israel suspends Ramadan permits for Palestinians

Israel said Thursday it had suspended entry permits for 83,000 Palestinians during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan following a shooting in Tel Aviv that killed four people. “All permits for Ramadan, especially permits for family visits from Judea and Samaria to Israel, are frozen,” said a statement from COGAT,[…]

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