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NATO sends warships to Aegean Sea

NATO is sending war ships to the Aegean Sea to help Turkey and Greece deal with people smugglers and stem the flow of migrants, the alliance’s top commander has announced. Three military vessels from NATO’s Standing Maritime Group 2 have been ordered to “start to move now” and head for[…]

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Turkey ‘completes’ military operation in Cizre

Ankara has completed its military op against Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels in Turkey’s southeastern town of Cizre, its Interior Minister has announced. Hundreds of Kurds were killed in the fighting, including some 60 people trapped in a basement. “The operations in Cizre were completed in a very successful fashion,”[…]

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CT to host symposium on Said Nursi

The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) will be hosting a symposium of the life of Badee uz Zamaan Said Nursi. The symposium will aim to bring awareness of the life and contributions of Said Nursi and the legacy he has left behind. Speaking to VOC Drivetime this week, Hamza B. Oztas,[…]

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#SONA2016: All the latest

Much anticipation as #SONA2016 is under way. For the past hour we have seen politicians’, various dignitaries and VIP’s making their way up the Red carpet. There is a big contingent of media, including international media at the red carpet. A scuffle reportedly took place in Darling Street between; protesters[…]

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#ZumaMustFall: Hundreds Protest

In anticipation of the State of the Nation Address, hundreds of people marched today calling for Zuma to step down. Many of whom carrying posters stating that “Zuma Must Fall”. Protestors appeared to be of different ethnicities, many of whom appeared to have joined in the protesting during their lunch[…]

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50 year’s anniversary of District Six dispossession

Today, 11 February, marks fifty years since District Six had been declared a whites-only area under the Group Areas Act. The area is a unique space in the Country that The Department of Rural Development and Land reform is currently redeveloping for victims affected by the land dispossession. To tell[…]

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D6: A painful reminder of the past

“Every time I walk or drive pass District Six I can see my house still standing there…that is where I was born. It is so heart sore to come to town and go back…you know that feeling of not being able to go home.” This is how 59 year old[…]

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Zuma to face a difficult SONA

All eyes and ears will be on President Jacob Zuma who is set to deliver the State of the Nation Address (SONA) later on Thursday. Most political pundits believe this will be Zuma’s toughest SONA yet, amid increased political pressure to step down as president following a number of bad[…]

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Mandela’s release: 26 years on

Lest we forget… 11 February 1990. Heady days they were. What with De Klerk’s sudden capitulation and the unbanning of the anti-apartheid movement. They were moments to cherish; it was history being made, and were we part of that history – as journalists were we recording it, we were documenting[…]

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