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Five campuses shut down at Walter Sisulu University

Five campuses at Walter Sisulu University have been shut down and registration has been frozen following a dispute over fees, GroundUp reported on Tuesday. Students are demanding free registration for students from quintile one, two, and three schools and for students continuing their degrees. On Tuesday, students closed the Potsdam, Chiselhurst and Buffalo City campuses in East London. When GroundUp arrived at College Street campus, student leaders were moving students […]

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Cpt gets highest possible credit rating from Moody’s

The City of Cape Town has maintained the highest possible credit rating opinion from the ratings agency Moody's. This rating follows closely after the City received its 13 consecutive unqualified audit report. The rating means that the City has the highest possible level of credit quality within the national context, with low debt levels. Mayoral spokesperson Zara Nicholson says the ratings are a positive reflection of the City's financial management […]

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Appeals court presses Trump administration on travel ban

President Donald Trump's order temporarily banning U.S. entry to people from seven Muslim-majority countries came under intense scrutiny on Tuesday from a federal appeals court that questioned whether the ban unfairly targeted people over their religion. During a more than hour-long oral argument, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals pressed a government lawyer whether the Trump administration's national security argument was backed by evidence that […]

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Alleged shooting of teen, not related to school stabbing

Last week, community members were shocked to learn of a stabbing of three learners at a local school. The incident, which occurred at the Lentegeur Secondary School in Mitchell’s Plain, involved three learners who threatened to begin a new gang, after which a forth leaner retaliated. Following the ordeal, an image of a young male was shared on the Mitchell’s Plain Gang Watch Facebook page, alleging that a young boy […]

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Saudi officials prevent man from setting himself on fire near Kaaba

Security forces at the Grand Mosque in Makkah said that the man they had arrested next to the Kaaba on Monday evening was trying to kill himself and not attempting to set the sacred cubic structure ablaze as reported. The man, identified by the security forces as a Saudi national in his 40s, was dousing himself in gasoline when he was caught, Major Sameh Al Salmi, the spokesman for the […]

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Joost van der Westhuizen: True grit to the end

The story of Joost Heystek van der Westhuizen will resonate. There was no doubt at the final whistle that he had left it all behind. He went out with the kind of white- knuckle currency sports fans hold dear and it perhaps explains why Joost was admired and adored whatever the Monday morning headlines. Yes, he was flawed, but he was ours. One of us. Joost was professional even before […]

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Israeli MPs vote to legalize 4,000 settler homes in W.Bank

The Israeli parliament has greenlighted the legalization of nearly 4,000 settler homes in Area C of the West Bank as it passed a controversial retroactive bill. Prior to its approval, the bill was likened to annexation and blasted by Israel’s attorney general. The highly controversial legislation, which challenges both international and Israeli law, was backed by 60 Knesset deputies and opposed by 52 on Monday. The so-called Regulation Bill has […]

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Health dept in talks with Esidimeni families

The Gauteng health department is holding talks with the families of the 94 Life Esidimeni patients who died after they were moved to unlicensed NGOs. “The department has begun consultations with the families to arrive at whatever form of closure they will agree on,” national health department spokesperson Joe Maila said in a statement on Monday. Health Ombudsman, Professor Malegapuru Makgoba announced on Wednesday that at least 94 mentally-ill patients […]

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Bainskloof pass reopened after fires

The Bainskloof pass has been reopened while the Du Toitskloof tunnel remains closed as fires blaze in the mountains, the Cape Winelands fire chief said on Monday. The Huguenot Tunnel is open to traffic. “The latest is that the fire that jumped to Bainskloof is probably under control,” Danie Wilds told News24. Firefighting was continuing in the Du Toitskloof mountains. A plantation was on fire, which was quite dangerous for […]

today7 February 2017

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.

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