By Neelam Rahim Researchers have warned that SA’s health system requires an urgent overhaul, citing the slow progress...
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The death toll rises in India and Bangladesh, and millions more are left homeless
By Neelam Rahim Monsoon rains have caused floods in Bangladesh and India, killing at least 62 people and leaving...
Illegal foreigners caught breaching OR Tambo Airport tunnels
By Neelam Rahim A video of four Bangladeshi and four Pakistani nationals who entered the country illegally has...
COVID-19 Infections Continues Grim Climb Hitting 4,173 Cases
Faizel Patel – 02/12/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) The Health Ministry says that another 4,173 COVID-19 infections were picked up over the past 24-hour cycle, pushing the number of known cases since the start of the outbreak to almost 800,000. Sixty five more people...
Umrah: Five Foreign Agents for Every Service Provider
The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, in Saudi Arabia, has set five foreign agents, for each Umrah service providing company, in every country from which pilgrims will be arriving. Mazen Darar, a member of the Makkah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said the...
Two Killed One Critically Injured in Ormonde Shootout
Faizel Patel – 02/12/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) Two men have been killed and another critically injured following a shooting on Xavier Road in Ormonde, south of Johannesburg on Wednesday. Paramedics says when they arrived on scene , they found a motor vehicle...
Executive Member of the TPLF Surrenders
One of the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front’s nine executive committee members, Keria Ibrahim, has surrendered. The TPLF Top official had served as speaker of the House of Federation, Ethiopia's upper parliamentary chamber. The BBC reports that she resigned from her...
Makhura Appoints Nomathemba Mokgethi as New Gauteng Health MEC
Faizel Patel – 02/12/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) Gauteng Premier David Makhura has appointed Nomathemba Mokgethi as the new Gauteng Health MEC. Makhura reshuffled his cabinet on Wednesday making a number of changes including appointing former mayor Parks Tau as...
Was Life in Zimbabwe Better Under Mugabe?
By Naadiya Adams Public opinion largely says Zimbabweans are suffering more under President Emmerson Mnangagwa than they did under long-standing President Robert Mugabe, this according to African Research Journalist Tendai Mariwa. While speaking to Radio Islam, Mariwa...
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[LISTEN] City of Joburg Hopes to Dispel Mistrust & Win Lenasians Support for Lenasia Scholar Transport Plan
Faizel Patel – 02/12/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) The City of Johannesburg’s Transport Department says while there is a level of distrust within the Lenasia community about a park in that will be converted into a taxi rank for scholar transport, it wants to do...
Australian Soldiers to be Sacked for Afghan War Crimes
By Naadiya Adams The Brereton War Crime report, which has been under investigation for four years, has found that at least 39 Afghan civilians were killed by a group of 19 Australian soldiers who form part of the Defence Forces (ADF) elite special air services and...
French Bases in Mali come Under Attack
French army bases in northern Mali, were targeted by fire from rockets and shells on Monday. Africa News reports that Kidal, Gao, and Ménaka, had come under fire from so called ‘jihadists’. The attack, which was synchronized, was said to be an uncommon attack on...