The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD) has mobilized 100 attorneys together with NGOs and Advice Offices to render free legal advice as part of their access to Justice week initiative. Department Head, Advocate Hisham Mohamed says this initiative is aimed at bringing legal consultation to the doorstep of[…]
Muslims have started arriving in Saudi Arabia to fulfill the fifth pillar of Islam amidst health concerns as the kingdom continues to struggle to contain the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus that erupted in June 2012. The pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia which includes visits to the holiest sites in[…]
By Firas Al-Khateeb – Today, there are over 500 million Muslims throughout the Indian subcontinent (India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh), making it one of the largest population centers of Muslims in the world. Since Islam first entered India, it has contributed greatly to the area and its people. Today, numerous theories[…]
The decision to release Paralympian Oscar Pistorius on parole on Friday has been suspended, eNCA reported on Wednesday. Justice spokesperson Mthunzi Mhaga said the minister considered a petition to stop his release and he has referred the decision for review to the parole board. This implied that the earlier decision[…]
Construction work and a lack of communication was likely the cause of a train derailment outside Kimberley late on Tuesday night, the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) said. Repair work, which was meant to have been completed early on Wednesday, was being done on that section of the line,[…]
Thai police have released a sketch of the main suspect in a deadly bombing that killed at least 20 people in the capital Bangkok, as the national police chief said the attack was carried out by “a network”. Police chief Somyot Poompanmoung said on Wednesday that the attacker did not[…]
The conflict in Yemen has killed nearly 400 children since the end of March, and a similar number of children have been recruited by armed groups, according to a new report by the UN children’s agency. UNICEF’s report released on Wednesday, says that 398 children have been killed and 377[…]
Turkish police detained two suspects with automatic weapons after a shooting on Wednesday near the entrance to Istanbul’s Dolmabahce palace, popular with tourists and home to the prime minister’s Istanbul offices, the Dogan news agency said. Ambulances were sent to the area around the building and roads were sealed off[…]
Typhoid has broken out among Palestinian refugees from the besieged Yarmouk camp in the Syrian capital Damascus, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Wednesday. UNRWA said it had been able to confirm the outbreak after gaining access to residents of the camp sheltering in the nearby Yalda neighborhood. “UNRWA[…]
Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Nomgcobo Jiba was never afraid of being prosecuted, she said on Wednesday. “I was never afraid of the case going forward. You are talking to a prosecutor,” Jiba told reporters in Johannesburg. Earlier in the day the charges against her were officially dropped in the[…]
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