By Nawaal Adams After a gruelling 15 years in Yemen, Mitchells Plain born Masnoena Adams has been dealt another blow, with the brutal killing of her husband. Saleh Al-Taheri was gunned down at close range on Sunday, in what it said to be a tribal dispute. Saleh, a truck driver[…]
The influx of prisoners continues to be a problem at the notorious Pollsmoor Correctional Services prison. The prison is currently holding almost double the amount of inmates than it can accommodate. Pollsmoor is currently housing 7,477 inmates, but it only has bed space for 4,336 people. After many long meetings[…]
As we look back at 2016, Dr Imam Rashied Omar discusses the main events of this year in a Jumuah khutbah delivered today at the Claremont Main road masjid We have reached the final jumu`ah service of the Gregorian Year 2016 and as we ready ourselves for the coming year,[…]
By Shireen Fisher The current collapse in relations between the Woodstock Community Policing Forum (CPF) and Woodstock police station management is likely to affect crime-fighting operations in the area over the busy festive season. Reports indicate that the breakdown has taken a dramatic turn, with the CPF lodging an official[…]
By Shireen Fisher A 40 foot container filled with vital humanitarian goods for battered Syria is set to head to the Durban port later today. Goods from around the country, donated to the displaced people of Syria, were sealed in the container late last night at the Al Quds Foundation’s[…]
By Nawaal Adams From experiencing the streets of Cape Town as a “sliding door operator” for taxis to venturing through the province as a tour guide, Eshaam Abrahams has fought through life’s struggles, but nothing is holding him back from achieving his dreams. The streets of the Cape Flats are[…]
After almost two months of uncertainty, Cape Town businessman Naushaad Khan returned home to his family on Wednesday night. The owner of Khan’s Punjabis was kidnapped from his business premises in Hadjie Ebrahim Crescent in Athlone Industria under mysterious circumstances. Western Cape police confirmed that he had been found in Thornton[…]
Following a legal wrangle between the City of Cape Town and minstrel groups, the city has announced that it has approved event permits for the annual road march event to be held on 30 December 2016 and the Tweede Nuwe Jaar event on 2 January 2017. The court on Friday[…]
The cluster chairperson for the Mitchell’s Plain Community Policing Forum (CPF), Hanif Loonat , has called for the Prevention of Organised Crime Act (POCA) to be used more effectively, in a bid to fight the increase in drug activity consuming the communities of the Western Cape. This comes after a[…]
Almost R10-million was presented to seven charities today by #OperationSA for the #SAveSyria humanitarian efforts. The money was raised following an urgent call for donations over the past ten days. R14 110 668.00 was pledged as at 8am today. Speaking at a cheque handing over ceremony in Houghton Johannesburg today, #OperationSA’s[…]
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