The Wilaya of Grand Casablanca has confirmed that a mouse is responsible for the stampede at the Hassan II Mosque on Monday, which left at least 81 worshippers injured, mainly women. The incident occurred when hundreds of thousands of worshippers converged on the Hassan II Mosque, Morocco’s largest mosque, on Monday[…]
There was not a dry eye in sight at Pick ‘n Pay Hypermarket in Ottery on Wednesday as the Ramadan Make A Difference campaign came to a close. With the countdown to Eid ul Fitr, the final leg of the campaign was a stark reminder of the level of poverty[…]
With the holy month of Ramadaan coming to a conclusion, Islamic Relief South Africa (IRSA) is in the final stages of wrapping up its various Ramadan outreach initiatives. The organisation has been especially active in aid and relief distribution throughout the past month, assisting the more destitute members of the[…]
The South Africans detained in China were arrested for suspected espionage, the Freedom Front Plus said on Thursday. “While the government is drawing a veil over the matter and deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa is denying that he is personally dealing with the matter on the highest level in China, the[…]
Drastic action needs to be taken against department officials who abuse SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) funds, says Parliament’s social development committee. “This is unacceptable and should be stamped out of our system,” the committee’s chairperson, Zoleka Capa, said. “Social assistance is not for sale to unscrupulous officials of the[…]
The SA Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) on Wednesday said it intended to pursue criminal charges of hate speech against axed Wits Student Representative Council (SRC) president, Mcebo Dlamini. Dlamini openly expressed admiration for Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, adding that he believed all white people had an element of Hitler[…]
More than 50 child soldiers recruited by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group in Syria have been killed since the beginning of this year, a monitoring group reported. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Wednesday it had documented the deaths of 52 child soldiers,[…]
The Greek parliament passed sweeping austerity measures demanded by lenders to open talks on a new multibillion-euro bailout package to keep Greece in the euro, but dozens of hardliners in the ruling Syriza party deserted Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. The package was approved with 229 votes in the 300-seat chamber.[…]
Iran will have no way to avoid inspections of military or other sites that the United States and its allies deem suspicious when a nuclear pact sealed this week goes into effect, U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice said on Wednesday. Rice, in an interview with Reuters, said the deal[…]
Israeli authorities opened the Kerem Shalom crossing with Gaza on Wednesday enabling 650 truckloads of goods to enter, a Palestinian crossings official said. Raed Fattouh, head of the Palestinian coordination committee for the entry of goods into the Gaza Strip, said that the Israeli authorities would allow the goods to[…]
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