The tripartite alliance cannot afford to break up, SA Communist Party general secretary Blade Nzimande said on Tuesday. The kind of challenges the country faces requires the maximum unity of the alliance, he told Cosatu’s 12th National Congress in Midrand, Johannesburg. “We’re not going to resolve those by going our[…]
At least 40 firefighters are trying to extinguish a blaze on the mountain slopes above Capri Village in Cape Town, the city’s fire and rescue services said. They responded to the fire at 10.30 on Tuesday and 10 fire vehicles are on the scene, said spokesperson Liezl Moodie. A helicopter[…]
University of Cape Town’s civil engineering Professor Kobus van Zyl says although water-shedding may save water in the short term, it badly affects water quality. This comes after the Free State became the first province in the country to implement scheduled water-shedding across all municipalities. “All water distribution systems in[…]
Turkey shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border on Tuesday, saying it had repeatedly violated its air space, one of the most serious publicly acknowledged clashes between a NATO member country and Russia for half a century. Russian President Vladimir Putin said the plane had been attacked when[…]
Human Rights Watch says Syrian refugees who have been attempting to enter Turkey are being pushed back as they try to cross. In a report released on Monday, the New York-based rights group said Turkey has now closed all its borders to Syrian refugees and is pushing them back to[…]
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday expressed support for Israel’s right to “defend” itself from “terrorism” and “senseless violence,” in comments that will be viewed as deeply disappointing by Palestinians. Speaking before a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Kerry said: “It is very clear[…]
Western Cape Health Minister, Dr Nomafrench Mbombo, has introduced the very first Independent Health Complaints Committee in South Africa. The committee is the first of its kind as it is an independent entity that will consider complaints which emanate from the public health system in the province. The body has[…]
A South African mother has denied her son is an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighter, after a picture was posted on Twitter of his driver’s licence, which was apparently found on the dead body of an unidentified jihadi. The licence, owned by South African Aqeel Abdul-Haq Kloberie,[…]
The Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) has cancelled exams until further notice due to prolonged protest action. In a statement, it said there would be no exams at the Bellville, Wellington and Wingfield venues this year. Final exams at CPUT’s Bellville campus, was once again brought to a halt[…]
A military court in Thailand has charged two men police accused of carrying out a deadly August bombing at a Bangkok shrine that left 20 people dead and more than 120 injured. The two, identified as Adem Karadag and Yusufu Miefaili, faced 10 charges on Tuesday in connection with the[…]
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