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Jozi fm DJ and Generations star murdered

Jozi fm DJ and Generations star, Mandla Latshwayo has been shot and killed at a pub in Pimville Soweto. Hlatswayo and a friend reportedly attempted to stop four men from robbing a women outside the pub when they were both shot dead. The incident happened at about 23:00 on Sunday.[…]

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Body of child found in shallow grave

A body of young child was found a shallow grave in Epping on Saturday, suspected to be that of three year old Courtney Pieters. The toddler went missing last Thursday while playing with friends outside her home in Elsies River. Police will need to conduct forensic tests to confirm the[…]

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My Cape Flats Ride Along

By Melanie Sauer I spent my Friday evening in a police van. It is a Friday night I will never forget, but it is not what you think. As an Australian intern working at The Voice of the Cape radio station, I was offered the chance to attend a metro police[…]

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Seekershub scholars in Cape Town

As we countdown the days to Ramadan, the month of Shabaan and the build-up to Ramadan is the perfect time for renewal. International scholars Shaykh Faraz Rabbani and Shaykh Faid Mohammad Said from SeekersHub are in South Africa this week on a public lecture tour, to provide some gems of[…]

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Stellies students outraged by lack of redress

Following mounting pressure from across the country, Stellenbosch University students say they are outraged at the lack of urgency by university authorities in dealing with the recent call by so-called white racist-Nazi propagandists. In Nazi imitation posters, widely shared on social media, individuals whose identities remain unknown promoted a group[…]

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Nursing: A lifelong calling

By Najma Bibi Noor Mahomed In the fictional world, every super hero has a cape to symbolise their bravery and commitment to helping others. However, in reality we find doctors are celebrated, but are nurses hardly recognised, despite the lengthy hours they dedicate in the service of mankind. May 12th[…]

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BDS: FIFA complicit in human rights abuses by Israel

While the hunger strike of some 1500 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli detention centres continues, another fight for Palestine is taking place in the sports arena. Following years of contestation against Israel’s continued acceptance into the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), activists in recent weeks have rallied around the[…]

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How Israels media propaganda dominates America

By Yaseen Kippie “Whether Marwan Barghouti sneaking snacks in during his hunger strike is trivial to such a degree that the fact that it’s on American newspapers tells you something about the power of Israeli public relations to control the narrative,” – Robert Jensen It is easily noticed that the[…]

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