Top United States envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad is stepping down, the State Department has announced, less than two months after the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban takeover of the country. Khalilzad will be replaced by his deputy, Tom West, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in
The City of Cape Town has officially opened a new Muslim burial section at Maitland Cemetery. More than 600 burial plots have been assigned for use. This is in addition to the 800 burial plots that were made available earlier this year. At a ceremony on Monday, 20 September 2021,
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has said a third shipment of Iranian fuel has been agreed to ease crippling shortages in Lebanon. “We have agreed to start loading a third vessel,” Nasrallah said in a televised speech on Friday. “The coming days will prove those doubtful about the shipments arriving
The village of Dogancay in southern Turkey’s Antalya was hours away from being consumed by fire, then the wind changed direction. Today its residents are determined to keep it safe. From the fires that have ravaged swathes of Turkey, yes, but also from the perceived threat of Kurdish militant arsonists. “It is impossible that the
Jaden Hendrikse has been called up to join the Springbok squad in Cape Town on Monday as additional scrumhalf cover in the build-up to the Lions Series decider on Saturday 7 August. Hendrikse – who was nominated for the World Rugby U20 Championship Breakthrough Player of the Tournament award in
Higher Education Minister Dr Blade Nzimande says his department will distribute close to 50 000 laptops to National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS)-funded students at colleges and universities, with 22 000 arriving in the country by the end of the month. Dr Nzimande officially launched the NSFAS Digital Learning Device
Opponents of Myanmar’s military coup have declared that they have lost faith in regional diplomatic efforts to end the crisis in the country, as two ASEAN envoys met military ruler Min Aung Hlaing in the capital Naypyidaw. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has led the main international diplomatic
The situation in and around Jerusalem’s Old City has spiralled in recent weeks, as crackdowns by Israeli security forces on Palestinian demonstrators protesting evictions have grown increasingly brutal. On Monday morning, Israeli forces once again raided the Al-Aqsa mosque, firing rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas into the complex, injuring
The South African Depression and Anxiety Group (Sadag) says there’s a need to focus on bullies. Sadag says at times people who hurt others are themselves hurting and crying out for help. The call comes in the wake of a Limpopo learner, Lufono Mavhunga, who took her own life after
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.
