Israel is considering giving its security forces a freer hand to shoot at young Palestinian stone-throwers, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Wednesday. Under standing orders, Israeli soldiers facing violent Palestinian protests can open fire with live bullets only in life-threatening situations. That effectively bans firing at Palestinians who[…]
An open invitation has been extended to the Open Stellenbosch movement to engage in discussions on transformation at the Stellenbosch University, the institution’s management said on Tuesday. This followed a meeting between management and Parliament’s portfolio committee on higher education earlier in the day. “We are listening, we are talking,”[…]
The media encourages young people to become criminals when it reports on crime, SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng has said in a television interview. But when asked if the same principle would apply to corruption, he paused before coming up with an answer. A clip of the interview on[…]
Beach and ocean users should expect an increase in in-shore shark activity over the spring and summer months, the City of Cape Town has warned. “Typically, shark sightings start in late August, and continue through to April, with most sightings being reported in mid-summer,” mayoral committee member for energy, environmental[…]
“Is this really our train? Is this the train to Germany?!” Maha screams with delight. It is Monday evening in Vienna’s central train station and the 25-year-old Arabic teacher, carrying her one-year old son in her arms, can’t quite believe that her family’s harrowing journey from Syria may soon be[…]
Malaysian police have said they will call on former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad to give a statement on allegations he made against Prime Minister Najib Razak at an anti-government rally in Kuala Lumpur last weekend. A police spokesperson said that Mahathir, Malaysia’s longest-serving prime minister had made comments that warranted[…]
Hundreds of angry migrants demonstrated outside Budapest’s Eastern Railway Terminus on Tuesday demanding they be allowed to travel on to Germany, as the biggest ever influx of migrants into the European Union left its asylum policies in tatters. Around 1,000 people waved tickets, clapping, booing and shouting “Germany! Germany!” outside[…]
The Gaza Strip, ravaged by wars and nearly a decade of a grueling Israeli blockade, could become uninhabitable for residents within just five years, the United Nations development agency said Tuesday. “The social, health and security-related ramifications of the high population density and overcrowding are among the factors that may[…]
“I was astounded that someone of that kind of pedigree could sign on for something like that, which would be an anathema to the very teachers he revered.” This was the view of U.S-based academic, Prof Ebrahim Moosa, who on Monday addressed claims he has received death threats from the[…]
This article forms part of a series focused on community activists who are the ‘Unsung Heroes’ working tirelessly to fight crime. One Cape Flats crime fighter has found a way to use technology to create greater awareness of criminal activity in his ‘hood’. 47 year old Riyad Adams is the[…]
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