The National Muslim Prison Board of South Africa (NMPB) have joined their voices to the call for the release of South African Egyptian, Sheikh Abdus-Salaam Bassiouni and are appealing to the South African government to further negotiations. “It is with great sadness that respected Sheikh Bassiouni is still unjustly detained[…]
Ramadan may have ended, but the work doesn’t stop for VOC staff, who now move towards planning for Ramadan next year. While VOC producers are breathing a sigh of relief that the busiest month of the year is behind them, brainstorming sessions have already begun for fresh, creative content for[…]
A petition has been launched by the Concerned Africans Forum (CAF), in response to the British Home Office’s decision to deny a visa to the Afro-Middle East Centre’s executive director, Na’eem Jeenah. The prominent academic was due to attend a conference just outside of London, hosted by the European Council[…]
with possible reforms to the current public holiday schedule on the horizon, the Al Jama-ah party has submitted a proposal to have three of the current paid public holidays declared ‘non statutory’. This would make three of the existing 12 days exchangeable, allowing South African’s to use them for whichever[…]
Security at President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla residence needs to be re-evaluated due to the public scrutiny it has come under, Police Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko said on Tuesday. In addition, the cost of the upgrades could still increase as the investigation had forced some of the work to be halted, he[…]
Relatives of the victims of alleged Century City serial killer Kahangayi Sedumedi left the Goodwood Magistrate’s Court frustrated after the case was postponed on Tuesday. Sedumeni made a brief appearance on murder, rape and robbery charges. The case was postponed for further investigation. He was arrested in January after the[…]
The body of an abandoned baby boy was found behind a post office in Retreat, Western Cape police said on Tuesday. A man walked into the Steenberg police station on Monday morning to report that a child had been abandoned in 7th Avenue, according to police spokesperson Captain FC van[…]
Tik worth over R1m was found wrapped in a fleece baby blanket in a woman’s suitcase at the Cape Town International Airport on Tuesday morning. Officers from the anti-drug smuggling team of the border police discovered the contraband during random searches of luggage belonging to passengers who landed at 08:30,[…]
Polling stations have opened in Burundi’s controversial presidential elections with Pierre Nkurunziza widely expected to win a third consecutive term. Shortly before voting started on Tuesday, at least two people – a policeman and a civilian – were killed, according to witnesses, in a string of explosions and gunfire in[…]
Turkish authorities have identified a suspect over Monday’s suicide bombing close to the country’s border with Syria, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has said. Davutoglu did not give the name of the suspect, but said there was a high probability the attack was caused by a suicide bomber with connections to[…]
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