Indaba 2016 kicked off with an eclectic spirit and robust debate as passionate tourism professionals came together to share travel and tourism opportunities across the continent. Opened by Minister of Tourism Derek Hanekom at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Convention Centre on Saturday 7 May, Hanekom made no bones about the[…]
Israeli airstrikes continued on the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday for the fourth consecutive day, in response to an alleged projectile being shot into southern Israel. Witnesses told Ma’an Israeli forces launched two airstrikes on open areas east of Khan Yunis. No injuries were reported. In a statement released Saturday,[…]
In physical stature – at 5ft 6ins tall – Sadiq Khan is more featherweight than heavyweight. But London’s new mayor – who still boxes occasionally at the club where two of his brothers coach – has shown he can dish it out and take it. In recent weeks he endured[…]
OPINION by Muhammad Abdul Bari Sadiq Khan, son of a bus driver brought up in a council house and a political underdog from a Muslim background, has won the London mayoral election, amid widespread accusations of “dog whistle” campaign from his Conservative Party rival Zac Goldsmith. The catch was –[…]
Former director of news of Al Jazeera’s Arabic channel Ibrahim Mohamed Helal, who is among three journalists sentenced to death in absentia in Egypt, has slammed the verdict against him as politically motivated. Helal, who was among six in total given the death sentence on Saturday for allegedly leaking state[…]
Ramadan is nearing and if you are in need of some spiritual upliftment, Islamic Relief will be hosting their annual Evening of Inspiration. This nasheed concert series is set to take place in Cape Town on Saturday 7 May from 19h30 until 21h00 at the Hugo Lambrecht Music Auditorium in[…]
Authorities have allowed construction giant Binladin Group to tender for public building projects in the Kingdom again, Al-Watan reported, just days after the firm reportedly laid off 77,000 workers. Al-Watan reported on Thursday that a royal decree passed this week granting tender permission could aid the group, which has faced[…]
Thursday’s attack on an Aleppo refugee camp could have been carried out by Al-Nusra Front militants, Russia’s Defense Ministry says. The damage pattern suggests rocket artillery use, and air control data show no sorties in the area at the time. “Considering the fracture pattern, seen in the pictures and videos[…]
Social development minister Bathabile Dlamini says revised regulations to the Social Assistance Act published on Friday aim to close loopholes which allow illegal, immoral and unauthorised deductions on social grants. Dlamini, briefed the media on progress made by the Ministerial Task Team on Deductions, set up to investigate these issues. She[…]
Bail was granted to two of the accused in the rape and murder case of Cape Town teen Franziska Blöchliger by the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court on Friday. In the afternoon sitting at the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court, Magistrate Hafiza Mohamed said exceptional circumstances – which are required in bail applications related[…]
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