Residents of Grassy Park are concerned about reports of a spate of alleged robberies and child abductions within the area that have been making the rounds on social media. PRO of the Grassy Park Community Police Forum (CPF), Reverend Philip Bam, explained that reports indicate that individuals are driving around[…]
The District Six Residents Forum held an AGM on Sunday that members say kicked off on a rocky start. Chaos ensued following a report in a local paper which incorrectly called on all residents of District Six to attend a meeting set out to address their concerns. According to the[…]
Saudi authorities have executed a Nigerian man after convicting him of murdering a police officer. It was the 95th execution of the year in the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom, which imposes the death penalty for offences including murder, drug trafficking, armed robbery, rape and apostasy. The surge in executions has drawn[…]
Sentencing proceedings in the case against a Lavender Hill woman accused of kidnapping an infant from a maternity ward in 1997 is expected to be highly charged as the State calls Zephany Nurse to the stand on Monday. Monday is the first time in 15 months that Zephany will come[…]
One of the country’s most prestigious private girls’ schools is dealing with allegations that a teacher raped a pupil – one of two sex assault scandals to rock high schools in the Western Cape this week. The 52-year-old teacher was arrested on Thursday and appeared in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court[…]
South Africans who vote for the African National Congress have only themselves to blame if their service delivery needs are not met, Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema said on Sunday. The ANC needed to remember there was “a difference between government and retailers”, he told about 1 500 supporters[…]
South Africa’s elite Hawks police unit denied on Sunday a report that an investigation involving Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, which has helped to weaken the rand, has been transferred to another part of the force. Citing an unnamed source, the City Press newspaper said the police crime intelligence unit had[…]
The UN refugee agency said more than 700 refugees may have drowned in three Mediterranean Sea shipwrecks south of Italy in the last few days. Speaking to Al Jazeera from Geneva, William Spindler, a UNHCR spokesman for Europe, said there had been a spate of incidents in the Mediterranean last[…]
The chief peace negotiator of Syria’s main opposition bloc said on Sunday he was resigning over the failure of the UN-backed Geneva peace talks to bring a political settlement to the Syria crisis. Mohammad Alloush, who is also the representative of the powerful Jaish al-Islam rebel faction in the Saudi-based[…]
The Jamiatul Ulama South Africa has urged Muslims to be cautious about Islamic outlets that are selling bottles of Zam Zam water that may be allegedly fake and filled with ordinary tap water. Zam Zam water is derived from the well of Zam Zam in Makkah, Saudi Arabia and is[…]
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