By Neelam Rahim Newly-elected Pan African Parliament President, Fortune Charumbira, has appealed to African leaders to...
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Tunisian President Kais Saied Expected To Approve First Draft of the New Constitution
Written by Umamah Bakharia Tunisian president Kais Saied is expected to approve the first draft of the new...
A German boy was found alive after surviving eight days in a sewer
By Neelam Rahim An 8-year-old boy who had been missing for over a week was found alive Saturday. The boy, identified...
Biden & Trump Vying for Georgia
By Naadiya Adams The power of the US Congress hangs in the balance as voters in the southern state of Georgia head to the polls on Tuesday. A staggering three million plus people have already voted early, but results are not expected for several days according to...
Iran Takes Stance Against GBV
In a move to better protect women against domestic and other forms of violence Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has approved a longstanding bill. Dubbed the Protection, Dignity and Security of Women Against Violence, the draft bill was given the green light by cabinet...
Covid-19 Takes Family of Three
A Durban family has been hard-hit by COVID-19. In a matter of days, Greg, Angela and their 26 year old daughter Zoe succumbed to the virus. According to a report by News24 and The Witness, the parents were admitted to St Augustine’s hospital in Durban on 19 December...
France under fire for slow vaccine rollout
France to receive its first deliveries of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine this week. The head of the medical regulator says the government is under fire for being too slow with its vaccine rollout. France, which has a strong anti-vaccination movement, started its...
Somalia’s Al Shabaab behind Turkish company attack
A car bomb targeting workers of a Turkish company killed four people including one Turkish citizen on Saturday in Somalia. The ministry in a statement say the company's staff were working on the construction of a road between Mogadishu and Afgoye a town in Somalia,...
Ten injured in Lebanon gas depot explosion
At least 10 people were injured in Lebanon on Sunday in an explosion at a warehouse storing gas canisters near the country’s border with Syria. The Red Cross says it sent three teams of rescuers to the village of Al Qasr in eastern Hermel, where the explosion...
Massive Increase in Petrol Prices from Wednesday 6 January 2021
Faizel Patel – 04/01/2021 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) Motorists will have to dig deeper into their pockets after the Energy Department announced the price of 95 octane petrol will increase by 40 cents per litre from Wednesday, 6 January while the price of 93 octane...
40.3 Million South Africans Will be Targeted in the COVID-19 Vaccination Rollout
Faizel Patel – 03/01/2021 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize say the COVID-19 vaccine needs to be made available to all South Africans, starting with frontline workers and the most vulnerable. Mkhize was addressing the media on Sunday on...
Parts of Lenasia Flooded After Heavy Downpours
Faizel Patel – 02/01/2021 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) Parts of Lenasia have been flooded following heavy downpours on Friday. It's believed a number of areas have been flooded including Abu Bakr Asvat Drive and the Mosquito Valley area in extension 1. Joburg Emergency...