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International News

Saudi Arabia plans to remove the Brotherhood from terrorist lists.

Saudi Arabia plans to remove the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt from terrorist lists. The group was banned in the kingdom in March 2014. Senior-level sources stated that there has recently been discussions and meetings held in London, Riyadh, and Istanbul between Muslim Brotherhood officials and representatives of King Salman Bin Abdulaziz’s government resulting in the possibility of removing the group’s name from the terrorist lists in exchange for understandings between […]

today9 December 2016

International News

Daesh video shows Iraqi army’s losses in Mosul

Iraqi army and the Shia-dominated Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) have suffered heavy losses during the Daesh-led offensive raids in the vicinity of Al-Salam Hospital, Daesh revealed in a video published on its official website. AlkhaleejOnline reported that the video, which was originally published by Daesh’s Amaq news agency, showed that dozens of cars and armoured vehicles were destroyed, some of which belonged to Iraqi forces and the others belonged to […]

today9 December 2016

International News

6 police officers killed in Cairo bomb blast

Six police officers were killed this morning after a bomb exploded near a security services building in the Al-Haram area of Cairo, Egypt. The police station in Giza received a report that a roadside bomb planted by unknown assailants near a security base near the Al-Salam Mosque. Civil defence and police forces were dispatched to the scene immediately. Roads leading to the area were closed following the attack. [Source: Middle […]

today9 December 2016

Local

Rain causes traffic disruptions in Cape Town

Heavy rain in Cape Town on Friday morning has resulted in localised flooding and traffic delays. The unseasonal rain started falling in the early hours of the morning. The City of Cape Town tweeted that there was flooding on the N2 outbound at Liesbeeck, causing delays. There was also a crash on the N2 inbound, which caused delays. Roads were flooded in Main Road, Simons Town, and other parts of […]

today9 December 2016

Local

Looming crisis for SA healthcare as specialists face 30% pay cut

A new overtime policy introduced by the national Department of Health could see some doctors in the public sector facing a pay cut as high as 30% in January. Several KwaZulu-Natal doctors speaking to News24 on condition of anonymity have warned of a mass exodus of specialists from the public sector to the private sector if the policy is implemented. The doctors, most of whom are specialists, raised concerns after […]

today9 December 2016

Local

Judgment due in Fransman, ANC matter

Judgment is expected to be handed down in the Western Cape High Court on Friday in the matter involving Marius Fransman and the ANC’s integrity committee. The respondents in the matter are ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe and commission deputy chairperson Frene Ginwala. Fransman has been the subject of disciplinary proceedings after he was accused of sexually harassing 21-year-old Louisa Wynand while they were travelling to the party's January 8 […]

today9 December 2016

Local

Franziska murder ‘the most heinous I’ve seen in my career’

Four men accused of murdering teenager Franziska Blöchliger are due to appear at the Wynberg Magistrate's Court on Tuesday. The group is facing charges of murder, rape and robbery with aggravating circumstances. A post-mortem found that Franziska, 16, was strangled and suffocated and had sustained blunt-force trauma when she was attacked in Tokai Forest on March 7. Sand was found in her throat and she had been raped vaginally and […]

today9 December 2016

Local

WCape clergy rejects Zuma’s advice to ‘stay out of politics’

Bishops and senior Anglican clergy in the Western Cape have rejected President Jacob Zuma's suggestion that religious leaders "stay out of politics and rather pray for South Africa". In a statement released on Thursday evening, clergy from Cape Town, False Bay and Saldanha Bay said they were "alarmed" by Zuma's utterances. "As clergy whose ministry in South Africa spans many years and who have witnessed and participated in the long […]

today9 December 2016

News

Nouman Ali Khan strikes a chord with the values of sabr

Nouman Ali Khan’s vigour and passion for the Holy Quran comes alive when he speaks, and this energy was infectious as he captured a packed audience at Masjidul Quds on Thursday.  The popular masjid was filled to the brim as women of all ages gathered to hear the US based scholar speak on all matters of the heart. Khan’s social media following has given him rock-star popularity, which he has […]

today8 December 2016

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