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6-year-old’s murder accused back in court

Samier Slamang and Wayland Botha, the men accused of shooting dead 6-year-old Sadiqah Lippert, will be back in the Athlone Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. The duo are expected to apply for bail. Lippert was shot in the stomach at her grandmother’s home in Hazendal on 2 May. She died after[…]

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Valhalla msq claim referred to CRL commission

The Human Rights Commission (HRC) has referred a complaint about alleged Islamophobia and hate speech in relation to the building of the Valhalla mosque to the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities. In a letter addressed to former Crime Line head,[…]

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Brazil Senate to vote on Rousseff’s impeachment

Brazil’s senators are debating whether to put President Dilma Rousseff on trial over allegations that she illegally manipulated the budget to hide a growing fiscal deficit. The debate, which continued into the early hours of Thursday, will be followed by a vote that could suspend Rousseff, the first woman to[…]

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The people, not the ANC, liberated SA – EFF

The people, and not the ANC, liberated South Africa from apartheid rule, the EFF has said. EFF spokesman Mbuyiseni Ndlozi yesterday rubbished the ruling party’s triumphant version of its role in the anti-apartheid struggle and that of its armed wing, Mkhonto weSizwe. Ndlozi dismissed Mkhonto weSizwe as useless and lacking[…]

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Vietnam to welcome U.S. lifting of arms ban

Vietnam would welcome the United States “accelerating” the lifting of a lethal arms embargo, which would reflect trust between the two countries and recognition of its needs to defend itself, its foreign ministry said on Thursday. The comment by Vietnam comes just over a week ahead of a visit to[…]

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Mossel Bay find ‘almost certainly’ from MH370

The piece of a Rolls Royce engine cowling found on a South African beach “almost certainly” came from missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370. The aircraft‚ with 239 passengers and crew‚ disappeared in March 2014 during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Malaysia’s Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said in[…]

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SA law firm linked over 400 times in Panama Papers

Phatshoane Henney Attorneys, a Bloemfontein based law firm, has been linked to more than 400 entities in the Panama Papers. A searchable database of the leaked documents, which is hosted by The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), showed that Phatshoane Henney Attorneys has acted as an intermediary for 436[…]

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Muslim farmers establish network for sustainable farming

As South Africans bare the effect of the drought, farmers throughout the country have shown solidarity with affected farmers. In response to the need for a farming network, local Muslim farmers have established a network of African Muslim farmers, called the African Muslim Farmers Association (AMFA). AMFA is a non-profit[…]

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Sh. Irafaan, where it all began

The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) recently celebrated a new chapter with the inauguration of a new president, Shaykh Irafaan Abrahams. Abrahams, who many know as the principle of Darul Islam High School, has entrenched a footprint of extensive work within the community of Surrey Estate and the greater Cape Flats.[…]

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