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Sanco welcomes royal family’s promise to help Dalindyebo’s victims

Sanco on Thursday welcomed the Ngangelizwe royal family’s intention to rebuild relations with the victims of AbaThembu King Buyelakhaya Dalindyebo’s “reign of terror”. It would hopefully translate into compensation for those who had suffered human rights violations, and lost livestock and property due to Dalindyebo’s actions, SA National Civic Organisation[…]

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Names of xenophobia victims released

The names of the seven people killed during xenophobic violence which erupted in parts of Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal in the past weeks, were released by the inter-ministerial committee on migration on Tuesday. Four foreign nationals and three South Africans were identified. They are: – Marcus Natas, from Ethiopia, who was[…]

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The ‘terrorist’ has now become the victim

OPINION-January 2015 marked the moment when the world witnessed two lone wolves commit the heinous crime of murder at the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris. #JeSuisCharlie went viral in the hours that followed with the world’s condemnation in its full plethora. A month later and again we are told of[…]

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Church collapse victims arrive

The plane carrying 11 bodies of South Africans who died in the Nigeria church building collapse arrived in Pretoria on Friday morning. The huge, noisy military C130 aircraft touched down at the Waterkloof air force base at 1.18 am. Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe said on Friday that government[…]

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Victims of France attacks laid to rest

French President Francois Hollande has pledged that his country will “never yield” to “terror” while honouring three police officers killed during the attack on the Charlie Hebdo satirical newspaper. He pinned France’s highest decoration, the Legion of Honour, on coffins draped in flag of France in Paris on Tuesday as[…]

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Some AirAsia victims found belted in seats

After nearly a week of searching for the victims of AirAsia Flight 8501, rescue teams battling monsoon rains had their most successful day yet on Friday, more than tripling the number of bodies pulled from the Java Sea, some still strapped to their seats. Of the 30 corpses recovered so[…]

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Search resumes for bodies from AirAsia plane

The search for the bodies of passengers of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 has resumed after bad weather hampered efforts to locate the victims, along with the fuselage of the plane, that crashed four days ago. A break in bad weather raised hopes on Thursday that divers would be able to investigate[…]

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Locals to pray for Pakistan victims

Musallees at Claremont Main Road Mosque (CMRM) will offer special prayers for the victims and the families affected by the Pakistani school massacre, during the Jumu`ah service on Friday 19 December at 1pm.  The CMRM strongly condemned the heinous attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar that killed at[…]

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Lifeline/Childline assisting abuse victims

In line with the 16 Days of Activism Campaign for no violence against women and children, local NGO Lifeline/Childline are seeking to bring about awareness to their work in providing therapeutic counseling to child victims of rape, sexual abuse, and other traumatic experiences. The organization works under a seemingly two[…]

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