The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform are planning to take the land claims process to those unable to access the department’s official lodgment offices, in particular those in the more remote parts of the country. This process will be done through the launch of four new mobile offices,[…]
After a day of stage 2 power outages, Eskom has escalated load shedding to cut off 4000MW (stage 3) from the grid, which will likely end at 10pm. Stage 3 load shedding will be implemented from 18:00 on Tuesday, Eskom said. “Due to the vulnerable system, stage 3 load shedding[…]
The handling of the Oscar Pistorius trial took centre stage during the Judicial Service Commission interviews on Monday night, City Press reported. In the spotlight was North Gauteng High Court Judge Thokozile Masipa, who was being interviewed for the position of judge president of the soon-to-be launched Limpopo Division of[…]
A young teenage boy died after being shot three times during a looting spree in Lindelani in KwaZulu-Natal, hit by deadly xenophobic violence that broke out over the weekend. But there was no need yet for the army to be sent in, said Police Minister Nathi Nhleko, who described the[…]
A candidate for the judge president position in the Limpopo High Court opened a can of worms when he disclosed that he voted for the ANC, not long after he said he was also close friends with deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa. The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) was interviewing High Court[…]
Boko Haram have abducted at least 2,000 women and girls since the start of 2014, according to rights group Amnesty International. A report published by the organisation on Wednesday says many of those captured have been forced into sexual slavery and trained to fight for the group. The group based[…]
The Syrian government has been accused of using toxic chemicals in a number of barrel bomb attacks in Idlib governorate. A report released by rights watchdog Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday said forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad had used the lethal substances in up to six attacks,[…]
The Saudi military is boosting security along the Yemeni border, moving in tanks, artillery units and border guards to counter the threat posed by Houthi fighters. The extra troops and equipment have been dispatched to the country’s south western border adjacent to the northern Yemeni province of Saada, the main[…]
It was indeed a trip down memory lane as VOC’s loyal elderly listeners evoked the spirit of the golden days of District Six at the station’s 5th Annual Golden Hour Luncheon on Saturday. Guests came in their vintage attire to keep in with the theme ‘The Star Bioscope in District[…]
The UN Security Council will vote on a resolution to blacklist the son of Yemen’s former president and a Houthi leader, and effectively impose an arms embargo on the rebels who rule most of the country, diplomats have said. The draft resolution, obtained early on Tuesday by the AP news[…]
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