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[…]
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,[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
Seven young Australian men have been arrested by authorities after they attempted to board flights to the Middle East, according to the Australian prime minister. Tony Abbott said on Thursday the arrests were “over suspicions they wanted to join militant Islamist groups”. “We have stopped at the airport seven young[…]
Rockets hit an Israeli village near the Lebanese border on Thursday and Israel struck back in the Syrian Golan Heights, saying the rare salvo had been launched there by an Iranian-backed Palestinian radical group. The group, Islamic Jihad, denied the Israeli allegation. It had previously threatened reprisals should one of[…]
Residents in the greater Grassy Park area should be able to access social services much easier with the Western Cape Department of Social Development (DSD) launching its local offices on Thursday. Also at the launch were the DSD’s NGO partners, including CAFDA, Cape Town Child Welfare, as well as the[…]
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