An indictment by the State details the alleged web of corruption and racketeering involving senior Western Cape police officials – including Lieutenant General Arno Lamoer and a shady businessman from the citys northern suburbs. The 120 page document describes how Mohammed Saleem Dawjee and his son Mohamed Zameer, the[…]
The situation continues to deteriorate for refugees stuck within the confines of Yarmouk, after large parts of the refugee camp was overrun by Islamic State (IS) radicals earlier this month. Many analysts have since condemned what has been a global inaction to address the situation, with the fiercest resistance coming[…]
Cape Town mayor Patricia De Lille was named the Democratic Alliance’s Western Cape leader on Saturday, after the party’s provincial vote saw her appointed to the post ahead of counterpart Lennit Max. The results were read out at a packed His People’s Church in Goodwood, Cape Town, at 16:25, with[…]
President Jacob Zuma was cheered and jeered as he attempted to calm xenophobic tensions during a quick whirlwind visit of a refugee camp in Durban. Zuma was cheered when he told the hundreds of refugees encamped on a sports field in the Westcliff area of Durban’s Chatsworth suburb that the[…]
The newly-elected leadership team of the Democratic Alliance’s Western Cape branch has expressed its backing for Mmusi Maimane in his candidacy for party leader. Just under 1 000 people, including delegates, party supporters and journalists, were present at His People’s Church in Goodwood, Cape Town for the DA’s Western Cape[…]
Celebrating their achievements, Time magazine has named several Muslim leaders and icons in its 2015 list of The 100 Most Influential People in the World on April 16. The annual list showcases five categories; Titans, Pioneers, Artists, Leaders and Icons. Muslim leaders like Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, Indonesian President Joko[…]
Fighting and Saudi-led air strikes targeting Houthi rebels have struck across Yemen, officials said, as the United Nations said that Saudi Arabia had agreed to completely fund a $273.7 million appeal for emergency humanitarian aid to the county. In the southern port city of Aden, Yemen’s second largest, forces loyal[…]
A new video from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) purportedly shows the group killing captured Ethiopian Christians in Libya. The 29-minute video released online on Sunday shows two groups of dark-skinned captives. It says one group is held by an ISIL affiliate in eastern Libya and[…]
Mmusi Maimane, after a week of speculation, has accepted nomination to stand as the DA’s leader, saying it is his chance to “restore hope” in the country’s future. “It has not been an easy decision,” he said in a letter sent to the DA’s public representatives on Saturday morning. “I[…]
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on Saturday expressed his “shock and disgust” at “horrible” xenophobic attacks in neighbouring South Africa in his first public reaction to the violence that has swept parts of Durban and Johannesburg. Addressing crowds gathered in the pouring rain in Harare for official celebrations of Zimbabwe’s 35th[…]
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