The EFF is taking the University of the Witwatersrand to court to interdict this week’s Student Representative Council (SRC) elections, EFF acting spokesperson Fana Mokoena said on Monday. This was after the university stood by its decision last week to suspend seven EFF supporters who it said had shown no[…]
The City of Cape Town’s Social Development and Early Childhood Development Directorate will soon introduce baby simulators into schools across the province to tackle substance abuse. The pilot project will see 32 baby simulators distributed in 80 schools amongst 2400 learners in an attempt to tackle substance abuse in an[…]
This represents part two of a feature on the alleged graves of the prophets and companions situated in Palestine/Israel: The region of Palestine and Israel carries much significance in terms of Islamic history, not only for being home to one of the religion’s most important sites in Masjid Al-Aqsa, but[…]
The Western Cape scored big at the 10th South African National Quran Memorization Competition (SANQC) this past weekend, as local hafith student Muhammed Sheikh took home top honours in the full Quran category. Sheikh, presenter of VOC’s Born to Serve programme, beat out a tough field of fellow hufaath in[…]
Members of the Bontheuwel community met on Monday morning to hand over a memorandum to the City of Cape Town councillor, Rosemary Rau, to express their dissatisfaction with the erection of what they call “alien looking poles” in their community. Residents on Saturday held a meeting in which a plan[…]
Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir says lies and hatred against him won at the High Court in Johannesburg on Monday where he was found guilty of attempted murder. “The lies and the hate won over the truth and the love,” he said before walking down the courtroom stairs back to the[…]
Two armed robbers escaped with an empty cash box and a security guard’s gun when they hit Kenilworth Centre on Monday morning. Police spokesperson Captain FC van Wyk said two guards arrived at the shopping centre at 11:00 to collect cash from one of the stores. “It is alleged that[…]
At least six police officers and three protesters have been killed in western Nepal in clashes during demonstrations over a proposed new constitution, an official has said. Government Administrator Raj Kumar Shrestha told the AP news agency that protesters in Kailali district had attacked police enforcing a curfew. The official[…]
Turkey and the United States will soon launch “comprehensive” air operations to flush Islamic State fighters from a zone in northern Syria bordering Turkey, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told Reuters on Monday. Detailed talks between Washington and Ankara on the plans were completed on Sunday, and regional allies including Saudi[…]
Around 225,000 Gazan schoolchildren were forced to return home on Monday after local staff at the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza went on strike on the first day of the new school year. The strike comes amid a financial crisis in the agency that earlier threatened to delay[…]
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