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‘Massacre’: Israel forces attack crowds waiting for aid in Gaza, killing 21

Palestinian officials call latest assault ‘premeditated’ as people seeking humanitarian supplies increasingly targeted. At least 21 Palestinians have been killed after Israeli forces opened fire on thousands of people waiting for aid in Gaza City in the same area that was targeted hours earlier, government officials said. The Ministry of Health in Gaza described the late Thursday attack as a “new, premeditated massacre” and said more than 150 people were […]

15 March 2024

Local

Police make breakthrough in Soweto tavern massacre

LOCAL Police in Gauteng have arrested two suspects linked to the Soweto tavern massacre in which 16 people were shot dead. Police spokesperson, Brig Brenda Muridili said one of the suspects was arrested in Johannesburg on Thursday while the second suspect was arrested in the Northern Cape on Friday. “On September 22 (Thursday), national crime intelligence officers arrested one suspect who was then linked to the Nomzamo shooting incident in […]

24 September 2022

Local

Leaders at Marikana commemoration reiterate calls for justice for deceased mineworkers

LOCAL There is still no justice for mineworkers killed during the Marikana massacre outside Rustenburg in the North West. This was a popular sentiment at the event to mark a decade since the massacre of 34 Lonmin mineworkers. The event was held at the infamous Marikana koppie, where the mineworkers were shot and killed by the police on 16 August 2012. Ten more people were killed in the preceding days. […]

17 August 2022

Local

Ramaphosa welcomes Marikana workers court judgment

LOCAL President Cyril Ramaphosa has welcomed the judgment by the Johannesburg high court last week where he was being sued by mineworkers who worked for Lonmin during the Marikana massacre in 2012. The workers asked the court to find that Ramaphosa and Lonmin, which has since been acquired by Sibanye-Stillwater, were liable for the actions of the police who shot dead 34 workers near the Nkaneng informal settlement in Marikana […]

5 July 2022

International News

Mozambique: Efforts continue to rescue civilians from Palma

Efforts to evacuate people trapped after an attack by rebel fighters in Palma, Mozambique, are continuing despite the tense situation. Rebel fighters attacked the town of Palma in Cabo Delgado province near the border with Tanzania on Wednesday, killing dozens and injuring scores of others. Several people are still unaccounted for. “We have rescued 120 people who had run away and hidden in camps,” Lionel Dyck, CEO of Dyck Advisory […]

30 March 2021

Local

To date, no one has taken responsibility for Marikana massacre: AMCU

South Africa’s Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) President, Joseph Mathunjwa says to date no one has taken responsibility for the massacre of the mineworkers. He added that the mining company Lonmin has failed to improve the lives of the mining community as they had promised. “How many houses have been built there at Nkanyeni? No improvement, we made money for Lonmin which is now Sibanye but there is […]

14 August 2020

Local

Tutu lambasts Israeli ‘massacre’ in Gaza

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu says he is deeply distressed and broken hearted by the massacre perpetrated by the state of Israel in Gaza. On Monday 58 people were killed when Israeli troops opened fire during Palestinian protests. The violence came as the United States inaugurated its first embassy in Jerusalem. In a statement, Tutu said he is praying to God to open the eyes and hearts of all citizens of […]

16 May 2018

International News

AP finds evidence for graves, Rohingya massacre in Myanmar

The faces of the men half-buried in the mass graves had been burned away by acid or blasted by bullets. Noor Kadir finally recognized his friends only by the colors of their shorts. Kadir and 14 others, all Rohingya Muslims in the Myanmar village of Gu Dar Pyin, had been choosing players for the soccer-like game of chinlone when the gunfire began. They scattered from what sounded like hard rain […]

2 February 2018

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