Deadly fighting between the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the al-Nusra Front has put civilians, mostly Palestinian refugees, in danger yet again in the Yarmouk refugee camp in southern Damascus. Issam, a 54-year-old resident of Yarmouk, said that civilians have called for a temporary humanitarian ceasefire[…]
A majority of Brazil’s Supreme Court have rejected a last-ditch attempt by President Dilma Rousseff to halt an impeachment process against her in advance of a vote in Congress. Justices denied a request on Thursday for an injunction against proceedings that Brazil’s attorney general – the government lawyer – called “Kafkaesque”[…]
Mowbray Maternity Hospital launched the countdown to the official centenary celebrations on Tuesday, 12 April 2016. The event marks one hundred years of quality maternity service to the local community. The launch marks the nine-month countdown until the hospital celebrates its 100th birthday on the 13th December 2016. Chairperson of[…]
The chief executive of Oakbay Investments said on Thursday one of the four banks he had approached to restore ties with the Gupta-owned company had declined to set up a meeting, saying it saw “no reason to meet”. Nazeem Howa declined to name the bank. Oakbay is scrambling to restore[…]
The Cape Town city council’s naming committee has unanimously rejected a proposal to rename a street in Blue Downs after alleged gang boss and drug lord Colin Stanfield. Committee chairman Brett Herron said the application to rename Zach Crescent was not in line with city council policy. “Stanfield was widely[…]
In a last attempt to stamp out gangsterism, Manenberg mothers have a plan to take children as young as five years old off the street and out of the area so they can experience a different side of life. By doing so, they hope to limit the children’s exposure to[…]
Angry Khayelitsha residents marched to the police station on Wednesday to demand cops step up their investigation into the disappearance of Anelisa Dulaze. The young woman went missing on January 31, when she went out with friends to celebrate her 21st birthday. Anelisa was last seen at a tavern in[…]
A new video has emerged showing some of the missing schoolgirls kidnapped by the armed group Boko Haram in Nigeria two years ago, providing hope to parents that their daughters are still alive. About 15 girls featured in the video obtained by the Nigerian government, saying they were from the[…]
As the City’s development expands, the sale of the Tafelberg School property continues to draw contestation. On Tuesday, Reclaim the City held a protest at the legislature regarding this matter whilst Ndifuna Ukwazi, on Wednesday, hosted a demonstration in the CBD, on the corner of St. George and Long Street.[…]
Numerous residents of the Heideveld area, who qualified for housing, are set to occupy completed units this April. While the project alleviates the problem of housing in the Province, residents from the Heideveld community are questioning the transparency of the housing process, as well as the quality of the constructed[…]
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