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Sibiya fired over Zim renditions

The inquiry into the illegal arrest and deportation of a group of Zimbabweans ruled on Friday that suspended Gauteng Hawks head Major General Shadrack Sibiya be dismissed for his role in the renditions. Hawks spokesperson Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi quoted chairperson Mxolisi Zondo as saying: “Accordingly, it is my view that[…]

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Far left splits as Greece heads to elections

Rebels opposed to Greece’s international bailout walked out of the leftist Syriza party on Friday, formalising a split after its leader Alexis Tsipras resigned as prime minister and paved the way for early elections. Greece’s president gave the conservative opposition a chance to form a new government following Tsipras’s resignation[…]

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Macedonia police fire tear gas at refugees

Macedonian police have fired tear gas and stun grenades to drive back refugees trying to cross the border from Greece after they spent a night stranded by an emergency decree that has effectively sealed the Macedonian frontier. At least four refugees were taken for treatment on the Greek side of[…]

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Turkey to hold snap election on November 1

Turkey will hold a snap election on November 1 and an interim government will be formed in the meantime, if necessary with members from outside parliament, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said in televised remarks broadcast by the Turkish media. The official timing of the elections will be set by[…]

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Islamic Jihad rejects rocket fire claims

A senior Islamic Jihad leader on Friday rejected Israeli claims that the group fired rockets from Syria into Israel’s Galilee region, as Israel’s military targeted the Syrian Golan Heights in response. During a conference held in front of the ICRC headquarters in Gaza on Friday in support of Muhammad Allan,[…]

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‘Don’t rally against Saudis – they fund us!’

When a local activist group picketed outside the Saudi Embassy in Pretoria to protest against the Kingdom’s bombing raids on the Yemeni people, immediate condemnation of the march came from a rather unusual quarter – the Palestine Embassy in South Africa. So the puzzling question is: Why would the Embassy of[…]

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Mandela grandson to appear on rape charge

A grandson of the late former president Nelson Mandela is expected to appear in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Friday on a charge of rape. Police confirmed on Monday that he appeared in court for the alleged rape of a 15-year-old girl. He had not yet pleaded to the charge[…]

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Khoi, San want recognition as first people of SA

The Khoi and San community wants the government to amend the Constitution so that it acknowledges them as the first indigenous people of South Africa, the National Khoi and San Council said on Thursday. “The preamble of the Constitution needs to say the Khoi people are the first people of[…]

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Cape Town clinics targeted by petty criminals

The Manenberg Clinic was plunged into darkness after cable thieves struck the council facility earlier this week, leaving staff without any telephone or computer lines. City of Cape Town mayoral committee member for health, Siyabulela Mamkeli, said the electricity supply had since been restored. However, millions were being spent on[…]

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North Korea declares ‘quasi-state of war’

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his troops onto a war footing from 5 p.m on Friday after his government issued an ultimatum to Seoul to halt anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts by Saturday afternoon or face military action. South Korean Vice Defence Minister Baek Seung-joo said it was likely the[…]

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