National search organization Pink Ladies says a missing man from Maitland has not been found, contrary to reports on social media on Saturday. 65 year old Fareed Simon was reported missing in the Maitland area on Friday at 6.30am and reportedly suffers from dementia. It’s not the first time he[…]
As the death toll mounts in the aftermath of the magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Nepal, South African humanitarian agency Gift of the Givers (GOTG) is preparing to send its relief mission to the country. With over 2000 people dead, Nepal requires urgent assistance and a call has made for international[…]
The Islamic State (ISIS) has declared its official presence in war-torn Yemen as the jihadists posted a video online, threating to “cut the throats” of Shiite Houthi rebels. Like most Islamic State videos, the 9-minute-long clip was professionally shot and edited – with CGs and catchy background music. It showed[…]
All South Africans in Nepal during Saturday’s devastating earthquake have been accounted for, the department of international relations and so-operation said. ”They are all accounted for and safe,” said Dirco spokesperson Clayson Monyela. ”We are in touch with local authorities and so far there was nobody near the quake,” he[…]
Mining company Glencore and the Presidency on Saturday moved to dispel claims that Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa may have benefited from Eskom’s coal buying deals. ”Glencore refers to the various statements attributed to Mr Ted Blom published in Fin24.com on 24 April 2015 regarding certain supply contracts concluded between the[…]
A 7.9-magnitude earthquake has struck Nepal and India, killing nearly 700 people. The most severe damage was seen in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, where buildings collapsed, reportedly causing numerous injuries. “The number of dead so far is 449,” Police Deputy Inspector General Kamal Singh Bam said. Thirty-six bodies have been counted[…]
The humanitarian situation in Yemen is continuing to cause grave alarm, with aid groups warning about the threat of malnutrition and dire shortfalls in life-saving medicines. Days after the Saudi-led coalition said that it’s purely militaristic phase of operations had ended and a new phase, ‘Operation Restore Hope’, aimed at[…]
A 17-year-old Palestinian was shot dead at the Al-Zayyim checkpoint in occupied East Jerusalem after allegedly attempting to stab checkpoint officers just before midnight on Friday. The teenager, Ali Mohammed Ali Said Abu Ghannam from the Al-Tur neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem, began running toward a number of police officers[…]
Fighters of Syria’s al-Qaeda affiliate and its allies have overrun the last major government-held city in the northwestern province of Idlib, according to the monitoring group. The fighters launched their attack on Jisr al-Shughur on Thursday, seeking to capitalise on their capture of the provincial capital last month and open[…]
Democratic Alliance (DA) federal chairperson Wilmot James has challenged the party’s Parliamentary leader Mmusi Maimaine to a public debate, as both men vie for the leadership of the party. “As the DA we need a new direction. At the moment we are not speaking for the poor… We must unite[…]
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