More than a thousands students have arrived at the Waterfront as they make their way to Granger Bay hotel. CPUT management is apparently holding a meeting at the hotel. News24 reporter Thulani Gqirana said police were on their way to the scene. Meanwhile, News24 reporter Vernon Pillay said students were[…]
A charge sheet produced by one of six people arrested outside Parliament during a university fees protest showed the six were to face a charge of high treason before it was dropped upon their appearance in court. Kevin French, 63, who was arrested along with Markus Trengove, Nathan Taylor, Chumani[…]
Kabiru, a tall man in his late 20s, is exhausted. With a group of men, he has to prepare food for about 2,000 displaced Nigerians living in Gombyo camp. Kabiru, who goes only by one name, pours water in a large pot of rice. His task is to ensure there’s[…]
One Palestinian was killed and one critically injured by Israeli police in Beit Shemesh, west of Jerusalem, on Thursday after an alleged stabbing attack, Israeli media and police said. An Israeli police spokesperson told Ma’an that two Palestinians attempted to board a children’s bus in the city but were blocked[…]
Sweden said on Thursday it expected up to 190,000 migrants this year, putting unprecedented strain on a country famous for welcoming refugees but planning to house many in tents this winter. On the opposite pole of the angry debate on the migration crisis, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban urged European[…]
At least 20 Houthi militia fighters were killed in heavy clashes in Yemen’s third-largest city Taiz on Thursday, a day after they pounded it with rockets, forces loyal to the government said. Taiz, considered Yemen’s cultural capital, has suffered huge destruction since becoming a main battleground in the conflict between[…]
It speaks volumes that Russia, rather than Israel, has been going public with details of a “hotline” and joint air exercises they have launched to avoid an accidental clash in the skies over Syria. Israel is unusually tight-lipped about the military coordination, a reticence that officials and experts say stems[…]
There was an air of defiance on Wednesday as Khaled Meshaal, leader of the Palestinian political front Hamas, gave an emotionally charged speech to a crowd of pro-Palestinian supporters at the Darul Islam High School, Surrey Estate. The speech formed part of a ‘welcome rally’ for a delegation of Hamas[…]
Halloween; a yearly celebration observed annually in numerous countries on 31 October. Over time, like most other festive holidays, this day has been commercialised. Most retail stores now stock costumes and get ups to attract kids in order for them to dress up and celebrate, with children usually using the[…]
The son of University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Vice Chancellor Max Price, Ilan, was among the 30 students arrested when the #Feesmustfall protest outside Parliament turned violent on Wednesday. UCT’s spokesperson, Pat Lucas, confirmed that Ilan was arrested with 29 other protesting students. Another student from a well-known family, ANC[…]
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