By Umamah Bakharia South Africans have to get ready for massive fuel price hikes on Wednesday as the petrol levy cut...
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Palestine Report with Hafez Ebrahim Moosa
By Neelam Rahim Speaking to Radio Islam, Hafez Ebrahim Moosa says that last month there were reports of stones falling...
Denmark is shocked as a gunman opens fire and kills three at the Copenhagen shopping centre
By Neelam Rahim A gunman has killed three individuals and battle-scarred another four at a store in Denmark's capital...
Sudanese Protest Killing by RSF Paramilitary Unit
Scores of people demonstrated in Khartoum, Sudan, on Thursday to demand the closure of illegal detention centers. The protests followed the alleged torturing and killing of a man by a paramilitary force, which, according to Africa News, once ‘formed the backbone of a...
Indonesia earthquake: Tsunami possibility Looms
At least 34 people were killed when an earthquake struck the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia, injuring hundreds and displacing thousands. The BBC reports that Friday morning’s 6.2-magnitude quake followed an earlier, smaller tremor. Tremors were felt at around 01:00...
Egypt fails to pay 128 million dollar debt to medical manufacturers leads to oxygen crisis
A source in the Federation of Industries has told Al-Manassa that Egypt's hospital oxygen crisis is due to the government's failure to pay its 2 billion debt Egyptian Pound for medical supplies as coronavirus cases soar in the country. This in spite of the fact that...
Criminals Target the Disabled
Criminals are becoming more and more brazen as they target the disabled community. In a video that recently went viral, Director for Disabilities in the Premieres office, and paraplegic Zain Bulbulia was seen being robbed of his phone in broad day light. A disability...
Limpopo Police Launch Manhunt After Woman & Two-Year-old Found Murdered at a Lodge
Faizel Patel – 15/01/2021 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) Police have launched a manhunt for a suspect who a allegedly murdered a woman and a two-year-old child at a Lodge along the R518 near Masodi village in Limpopo. It’s understood a man and a woman with a two...
Basic Education Department Postpones Reopening of Schools by Two Weeks
Faizel Patel – 15/01/2021 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) The Basic Education Department has announced that public school learners will return to the classroom on 15 February. Deputy Minister Regina Mahule was briefing the media on Friday on the reopening of schools....
Schools Re-Opening Postponed to 15th February
By Naadiya Adams- @Miss_Naadiya Deputy Minister of Education, Reginah Mhaule briefed media on Friday morning on the update of schools. Cabinet has taken the decision to delay the reopening of both public and private schools by two weeks. It includes private schools...
South Africa’s COVID-19 Death Toll Nears 36,000 Mark
Faizel Patel – 15/01/2021 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) Seven hundred and twelve more people have died in South Africa after contracting COVID-19. These latest fatalities have pushed South Africa’s known death toll 35,852. The country has also racked up more than 18,000...
10 000 Arrested in Zimbabwe for Failure to Wear Face Masks
Over the past week, 10 000 people in Zimbabwe have been arrested for not wearing face masks in public. Meanwhile, another 16 000 were also arrested, for having flouted lockdown restrictions. The BBC reports that most of the offenders were ordered to pay an admission...