The current delays in the renewal of visas can be attributed to a need for thorough investigation into applicants, according to Department of Home Affairs (DHA) official, Ronney Harhule. Since the introduction of new visa regulations at the start of this month, complaints have flooded in over the slow nature[…]
Nizaam Carr will lead the DHL Stormers into action for the first time, as the 2015 SA Conference winners face up to the Sharks in both teams’ final Vodacom Super Rugby league match of the season in Durban on Saturday (kick-off 19h10). Carr will line up at No.8 in a[…]
The Cape Malay Choir Board (CMCB) says they will not accept the proposed alternative venue suggestions from the City of Cape Town as the Good Hope Centre becomes a film studio. The City announced that the civic centre will be leased to a film company for a period of time[…]
With radicalism and extremism on the rise, global think-tanks as the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF) are trying to counter violent extremism at the most basic level. Based in Geneva, GCERF has started community-level initiatives aimed at strengthening resilience against violent extremism. In the most basic terms, this[…]
With Ramadan just over a week away, many families in the community are likely to face challenges trying to ensure a plate of food or savouries on their table each evening. Despite the illusion that Ramadan serves as a period of cost cutting, Muslims are often required to fork out[…]
“All of the evidence supports a move for the UN to put Israel on its List of Shame. Despite all this evidence, which is the killing of more than 500 Palestinian children during the Gaza offensive and the attacking of schools, the secretary general of the UN has given in[…]
A surge in crime and a lack of trust in the police are pushing ordinary people to take the law into their town hands, and mob violence has become a reality in communities. In the past week an incident which took place in the Lwandle informal settlement near Strand, saw[…]
The Surrey Estate Neighbourhood Watch says the community has been left traumatised after a fatal armed robbery turned shoot-out hit the area on Monday evening. Three of the gunmen succumbed to their gunshot wounds while a police officer, shop assistant and a bystander remain critical but in a stable condition.[…]
Local activists plan to hold a protest outside the African Union Summit in Johannesburg on Friday in support of Dr Abdus Salaam Jad Bassiouni. Dr Bassiouni is an Egyptian born South African citizen who is currently being detained in Egypt without charge and subject to human rights abuses within the[…]
Members of the Manenberg Community Police Forum (CPF) along with community activists were ecstatic as they were sworn in as Commissioners of Oath by Cape Town Advocate Hishaam Mohamed on Monday. The idea of community workers providing the service of a Commissioner of Oaths to the community stemmed from a[…]
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