All 150 police stations in the Western Cape are at 92% capacity in terms of fixed establishment, with vacancies only created by retirements, resignations, deaths and ill health. These were the words of acting provincial police commissioner Major General Thembisile Patekile on Thursday after community safety MEC Dan Plato said[…]
Three teenagers have been arrested for allegedly starting a fire at Muizenberg train station which gutted three carriages on Thursday, the City of Cape Town said. According to safety and security director Richard Bosman, the three were detained by Muizenberg police in connection with the fire. The three allegedly ran[…]
President Jacob Zuma on Thursday said the National General Council took place amid a tumultuous economic climate, however, South Africans have something to smile about. Addressing guests on the eve of the NGC at the Gallagher Convention Centre on Thursday, Zuma admitted that while government had failed to meet some[…]
Russia is denying reports from unnamed US officials that four of its cruise missiles fired at Syria crashed in Iran. The missiles were launched from Russian warships in the Caspian Sea on Wednesday as part of an offensive Moscow says is targeting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[…]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said there is no quick fix for a spate of Palestinian “lone-wolf” attacks that the country has faced in recent days. Four people, including an Israeli soldier, were stabbed and wounded near a military headquarters in Tel Aviv on Thursday as a rash of[…]
Hanover Park may soon see massive facelift, if the City of Cape Town’s Mayoral Urban Renewal Project takes off. Cape Town Mayor Patricia De Lille launched the upgrade plan on Thursday. The project aims to not only make the gang infested area safer but also developmental upgrades to parks, roads[…]
Yemen’s government dismissed as a “maneuver” on Thursday the Houthis’ acceptance of a U.N.-sponsored peace plan and demanded that the Iran-backed group hand back territory it has seized since last year. A Western diplomat, however, said that the Houthis had expressed acceptance of U.N. Security Council demands for an end[…]
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull called for calm on Friday as police prepared for clashes between protesters at a planned rally outside a Sydney mosque that was attended by a teenager who killed a police officer a week ago. Farhad Khalil Mohammad Jabar, 15, was shot and killed by police[…]
The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) has joined the swarm of tributes for the late Shaykh Abd al-Rasheed Brown, founder of the Ibn al-Jazary Institute of Quranic Sciences and director of the Madina Institute who passed away on Wednesday evening. Fellow scholars, former students and members of the Islamic community have[…]
The Muslim community in Cape Town has reacted with shock at the loss of one of its most beloved sons, after the untimely passing of Shaykh Abd al-Rasheed Brown. Tributes have since come in from far and wide, especially amongst fellow shuyukh and students that have sought to remember him[…]
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