The committee and imamat of Masjid al-Quds have taken the decision to hold a ‘prayer for rain’ this coming Sunday, in the hopes of bringing relief in the midst of the country’s worst droughts in decades. While relief efforts have been conducted in problem areas by a number of groupings[…]
A charred body was found in a train after blaze at Fish Hoek railway station on Thursday. Metrorail Western Cape confirmed that two carriages of the train caught alight around 10am Thursday morning. No injuries were initially reported and all commuters were safely evacuated from the train. However, a body[…]
The ANC’s Western Cape leaders led a march organised by the youth league against racism in Cape Town on Friday. The Youth League said that it wants to highlight its rejection of what it calls racist utterances and attacks on black people. Mohammed Khalid Sayed, provincial chairperson of the ANCYL[…]
Families forced to evacuate their Fish Hoek homes on Thursday night, fear they may have to do so again as a fire continues to burn on the adjacent mountain. Residents on Mountain and Contour roads were told to leave on Thursday afternoon as the then-uncontained blaze burnt dangerously close to[…]
Capetonians can expect roadblocks daily from now on with the launch of a dedicated unit aimed at nabbing the bad guys. The roadblock unit’s focus was on drinking and driving, stolen vehicles, and illegal street racing. It would seize illegal firearms and drugs, and track down those attempting to evade[…]
Axed Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene said no to South African Airways chairperson Dudu Myeni and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, the Mail & Guardian reported on Friday. It was basically also a no to President Jacob Zuma who had asked, according to Myeni, that SAA open a new route to Khartoum[…]
Tunisia has declared a nationwide curfew after days of protests and rioting over jobs and economic conditions, the interior ministry announced. Protests over unemployment in the country, which started in the western Kasserine province, intensified and spread to other parts of the country on Thursday. Solidarity rallies were held in[…]
At least 42 people, including 17 children, drowned when their boats capsized off two Greek islands near the Turkish coast on Friday, coastguards said, marking one of the deadliest days for migrants risking the perilous route to Europe from Turkey. According to survivors’ testimonies, dozens were on board a wooden[…]
A massive winter storm was barreling toward Washington D.C. on Friday, with the system poised to drop near-record snowfall on the U.S. capital before walloping New York and other East Coast cities with blizzard conditions. The National Weather Service described the storm as “potentially crippling” for a swath of the[…]
The Presidency on Thursday said an article published on Biznews.com, reporting that President Jacob Zuma withdrew from the CNBC Africa debate in Davos at short notice was false. The site’s editor and publisher, Alec Hogg, wrote, “Last night Zuma withdrew from the panel, offering his able and recently re-instated Finance[…]
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