Opinions are divided on reports that the ANC-led government are contemplating a ban on dual citizenship for South African nationals, aimed at curbing South Africans from taking up arms with foreign military forces, in particular the Israeli Defence Force (IDF). While some sectors of the pro-Palestinian lobby have welcomed the[…]
The Western Cape Department of Community Safety has lamented a delay in the reintroduction of specialised drug and gang units which it believes will help strengthen the fight against criminal activity on the Cape Flats. It follows a written parliamentary response by police minister, Nathi Nhleko in which he effectively[…]
After months of preparation and practice more than 60 qurah are set to compete for top honours at the 10th edition of the International Quran Recital Award (IQRA), which will kick off on Thursday at the Victoria Rd Masjid, Grassy Park. Organisers are hopeful the competition will prove to be[…]
For people like Gabriela Andreevska, working with Europe-bound refugees crossing her country, Macedonia, feels like the film “Groundhog Day”. Every day, thousands arrive from Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq ,Pakistan and elsewhere to Gevgelija, on the border with Greece. Most are completely unprepared for the journey. They know little about what they[…]
Iraq’s deputy justice minister was kidnapped from his vehicle on Tuesday by black-clad gunmen in a north Baghdad district, three security sources said, the second high-profile abduction in the capital in less than a week. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Baghdad has seen a proliferation in recent years[…]
US government and business interests in South Africa are under threat from extremists, that country’s embassy warned on Tuesday. “The US Diplomatic Mission to South Africa has received information that extremists may be targeting US interests in South Africa, to possibly include US Government facilities and other facilities identifiable with[…]
A man who was out on parole when he fatally wounded a Nyanga police officer, was sentenced to life in jail on Tuesday. The sentence comes just days after President Jacob Zuma said at a commemoration ceremony in Pretoria that police killings were an attack on the State and must[…]
Two Navy employees are expected in the Simon’s Town Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday on charges of assault with intent to inflict grievous bodily harm after seven people were whipped with a sjambok at the weekend. Six cyclists and a runner were attacked on Saturday between 06:45 and 07:30 between Main[…]
The United Nations has called on European states to guarantee relocation for 200,000 refugees, as record numbers flee to the continent from war-torn nations. UNHCR spokeswoman Melissa Fleming told Al Jazeera on Tuesday that Europe is a “wealthy” continent that could manage the numbers of people coming in. The UN[…]
Britain has killed two of its own nationals accused of fighting for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and plotting attacks on British soil, in its first air strike in Syria, Prime Minister David Cameron announced. Despite not having a parliamentary mandate to take military action in[…]
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