South African President Jacob Zuma will host Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas this week as he arrives in the country on a working visit. In a statement issued by the Presidency on Tuesday, Presidency spokesman Dr Bongani Ngqulunga said that Zuma would host Abbas on Wednesday as they meet to hold[…]
While the education system continues to struggle against a range of socio-economic issues in the country, a recent investigation uncovered the prevalence of “jobs for cash” within the basic education sector. In a report released by the basic education’s ministerial task team, which was established nearly 2 years ago, 81[…]
Last week, Blikkiesdorp residents met with Mayor Patricia de Lille to discuss community concerns, after which a meeting between the Mayor and the residents was scheduled for two weeks’ time. While those who attended the meeting said that the meeting was a success, in a community meeting held on Sunday,[…]
A child goes missing every five hours in South Africa, according to the Missing Persons Bureau. Wednesday is International Missing Children’s Day, which represents an opportunity to raise awareness and funds to reunite more children with their families and caregivers. A total of 265 missing children were reported to non-profit[…]
London’s newly elected Mayor Sadiq Khan is now firmly seated in his office in City Hall. A few weeks into his mandate and the diminutive politician continues to enjoy surprisingly positive headlines from a normally hostile press. Yet for all the glowing praises surrounding his election – somehow described as[…]
The Fukushima clean-up team remains in the dark about the exact locations of 600 tons of melted radioactive fuel from three devastated nuclear reactors, the chief of decommissioning told the ABC’s Foreign Correspondent program in an exclusive interview. The company hopes to locate and start removing the missing fuel from[…]
Russia has called for a temporary truce to begin in two towns in the Damascus countryside after multiple attacks in northwestern Syria killed at least 150 people. The Russian defence ministry wants the truce in the towns of Daraya and Eastern Ghouta to begin on Tuesday and last for 72[…]
Desmond Tutu’s daughter has been forced to give up her duties as a priest in South Africa’s Anglican church after she married a woman, she told AFP on Tuesday. Reverend Canon Mpho Tutu-van Furth can no longer preside at Holy Communion, weddings, baptisms or funerals after handing in her licence[…]
Greek authorities have begun an operation to evacuate the country’s largest informal refugee camp of Idomeni on the Macedonian border, blocking access to the area and sending in more than 400 riot police. The government’s spokesman for the refugee crisis, Giorgos Kyritsis, said police would not use force on Tuesday[…]
Pope Francis met the grand imam of Cairo’s Al-Azhar Mosque at the Vatican on Monday in a historic encounter that was sealed with a hugely symbolic hug and exchange of kisses. The first Vatican meeting between the leader of the world’s Catholics and the highest authority in Sunni Islam marks[…]
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