The Airports Company South Africa (Acsa) says it expects a fuel supply shipment on Tuesday and improvements in refinery this week to ease fuel shortage problems at Cape Town International Airport. Acsa announced a fuel shortage at the airport last week after a major fuel supplier had refinery glitches caused by power problems. In an update on Monday evening, Acsa said stock levels had improved due to increased deliveries of […]
The Knesset on Monday extended a law preventing the reunification of Palestinian families for another year, Anadolu News Agency reports. The extension of the law was passed by 20-9 votes, the Knesset said in a statement. First enacted in 2003 at the height of the Palestinian Intifada, the law was renewed on an annual basis. The legislation mainly targets Palestinians living in East Jerusalem or in Israel and married to Palestinians from […]
Energy analyst Chris Yelland says there is a lot of pressure on the newly appointed Electricity Minister, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, as he is expected to focus on solving the power crisis at Eskom. President Cyril Ramaphosa named Ramokgopa as South Africa’s new Electricity Minister during his Cabinet reshuffle at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Monday evening. He says the state of disaster will allow the new Electricity minister to exclude […]
“Messi or Ronaldo?” is the most common question the aspiring young football stars of the Gazikent community centre-turned-refuge ask each other and newcomers. The children of Gaziantep cannot be kept from playing in the rubble of flattened buildings, near makeshift roadside shelters, or in state-constructed tent cities. The football pitches and indoor spaces of Gazikent, repurposed post-earthquake to house as many as 5,000 displaced people, resounded with activity — the […]
After discussions on Friday with fuel suppliers and airlines regarding fuel supply shortages at Cape Town International Airport, airlines have been allocated fuel for the next few days, Airports Company South Africa (Acsa) said on Saturday. “Given the reduction in supply, a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) was published at 5am this morning to request airlines to engage their suppliers and to limit uplift where required. Our fuel suppliers are closely […]
Thousands took to the streets of Tunisia's capital as the country's powerful UGTT labour union held a major protest against President Kais Saied. Demonstrators marched down Habib Bourguiba Avenue in central Tunis on Saturday, chanting slogans and holding up signs against Saied's power grab and recent crackdown on critics. Tunisia has been engulfed in political and economic crises since July 2021, when Saied unilaterally suspended parliament and dissolved the government in […]
Agriculture Minister Thoko Didiza says they are still in talks with Eskom to protect the agriculture sector from load shedding. She was speaking during a visit to a hops farm near George in the Western Cape. Hops harvest season has kicked off but due to load shedding, the yield is less than normal. Didiza says they need to find ways to ensure that farmers are able to irrigate. For six weeks, […]
Extremist Israeli settlers on Friday launched an attack on the Burin neighbourhood in the southern outskirts of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus. Anti-settlement activist Ghassan Daghlas said that the settlers threw stones at the Palestinian homes, noting that the windows of several homes were broken. He also shared that they threw stones at the vehicles of Palestinians on the main highway of Huwara. The settlers, according to Daghlas, […]
The African National Congress is not going to amend the Constitution in order to tackle illegal migration. This was confirmed as the party unveiled the resolutions from its 55th national conference, which took place in December. The party adopted the Migration Policy Framework which seeks to address illegal migration – a prominent feature of the conference, as the rise of anti-immigrant groups have forced government to face the issue head […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
