The family of a Cape Town student studying in Kwa-Zulu Natal fears the worst after they lost contact with him a month ago. 24 year old Yazeed Akiemdien has been a student at the Madrassah Inaamiya in Camperdown outside Pietermaritzburg for the past four years and went missing from his[…]
A Johannesburg man, believed to be a pilot, shot dead a motorist in a road rageattack this week, which has sparked concern. The accused shot the motorist point blank due to him being accused of jumping a traffic light at a stop street. What raises more concern is that the[…]
George Louka, the man accused of killing Teazers boss Lolly Jackson, died on Monday evening, the department of correctional services confirmed. Department spokesperson Manelisi Wolela said he could not give any further details at this stage. “At this stage we can only confirm that [he has died]…,” he told News24.[…]
Chumani Maxwele, the student who doused the Cecil John Rhodes statue in human faeces in protest, claims his suspension from the University of Cape Town (UCT) is politically motivated. “It’s a matter of politics,” he told News24 on Monday. “We [are] dealing with a political problem at UCT. We are[…]
Western Cape community safety MEC Dan Plato has requested a full briefing with police management on station functionality during load shedding. This after a number of police stations reported that their phones are out of order during rolling blackouts, Plato said in a statement. Other stations, he claimed, reported that[…]
A masked gang wielding machetes has hacked a blogger to death in northeastern Bangladesh in the third such deadly attack since the start of the year, police said. Ananta Bijoy Das was killed in the Subid Bazar area of Sylhet city as he walked to work at around 8:40am on[…]
Migrants intercepted at sea will not “be sent back against their will”, the European Union’s foreign policy chief has told the UN Security Council, in the context of a proposed EU maritime operation against the growing wave of migrant smuggling from North Africa. Federica Mogherini addressed the Security Council on[…]
Saudi Arabia announced on Monday that a strike force had arrived on the border with Yemen. It happened as Yemen’s Houthi militia and the Saudi-led coalition forces traded heavy artillery and rocket fire in border areas on Monday, residents said, on the eve of a five-day humanitarian truce. The Houthis[…]
Scholars who worked with and under the late Maulana Yusuf Karaan have shared special anecdotes reflecting the character of the former imam of the Jamia Masjid in Strand. Maulana Karaan passed away on Sunday morning following a long illness, with ulema and community members coming out in their droves from[…]
The husband of murdered teacher Jayde Panayiotou will be applying for bail on Thursday. Christopher Panayiotou’s attorney, Alwyn Grievenow, confirmed on Monday that he would be bringing a bail application on behalf of his client. National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson, Velekhaya Mgobhozi, said the NPA will be opposing the bail application.[…]
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