The European Union interior ministers are due to hold an emergency meeting, aiming to bridge a deep rift over Europe’s worst refugee crisis since World War II. The meeting comes on Tuesday, a day after Hungary gave its army and police sweeping new powers to keep refugees out, as the[…]
Burkina Faso soldiers marched into the capital Ouagadougou without resistance late on Monday as army leaders began surrender talks with the elite presidential guard that staged a coup against the government last week. Burkina Faso had been preparing to head to polls on Oct. 11 for a vote aimed at[…]
Crowds are growing outside Grand West in Goodwood as pro-Palestinian supporters gather to show their displeasure at US musician, Pharrell Williams and his collaboration with retail outlet Woolworths. The protest is organised by BDS SA and is expected to draw numbers well into the thousands. As the protest ensued on[…]
The Palestinian population are suffering an institutionalised form of racism far more extensive and deeply-rooted than has been seen elsewhere in history. This is according to Arab-American human rights activist, Dr. Rania Masri, who delivered an address on “White Supremacy and Zionism” at the AIDC Solidarity Centre on Saturday. The[…]
VOC are well into the swing of its annual hajj season programming with a core focus this year being directed towards the theme of ‘Islamic heritage’, and highlighting that which makes the month of Thul-Hijjah such a significant one for the broader Muslim community. As such, much of the programming[…]
BDS campaigner Muhammad Desai has told News24 why the movement has targeted Woolworths, as it gears up for the “biggest protest against an artist since apartheid”. The BDS South Africa movement won the right to protest a Pharrell Williams concert in Cape Town last week – 16 000 protesters are[…]
Five years ago, Constable Laeeq Engelbrecht, 31, won a police award for confiscating the most guns while patrolling Bishop Lavis, one of Cape Town’s most notorious townships. But despite the policeman’s bravado on the daily beat, after hours he’s a smitten father and a passionate geek who runs a backyard[…]
South Africans who use their dual citizenship to join the army in other countries are abusing the system, the ANC’s international relations subcommittee chairperson Obed Bapela said on Monday. “We have 4 000 British who are in the Royal services of the UK… and rightfully so because they are also[…]
A 70-year-old man was killed in an armed robbery at China Town in Ottery, Cape Town on Sunday, the latest in a spate of robberies targeting shopping complexes recently. Western Cape police told News24 the robbery happened at around 15:00. “Four unidentified suspects robbed a shop and shot and fatally[…]
Heavy bombardment by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have killed at least 32 civilians in the northern city of Aleppo, sources told Al Jazeera. Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said that the attack on Monday, targeted the Al-Shaar neighbourhood in Aleppo city’s[…]
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