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Lebanon minister calls to end Israel’s siege on Gaza

Lebanese Minister of Culture, Judge Muhammad Wissam Al-Murtada, on Friday called to lift the Israeli siege imposed on the Gaza Strip, Quds Press reported. This came during a visit by a delegation of the Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad (PCPA) to the Lebanese minister at his office in Beirut. According to Quds Press, PCPA's delegation consisted of Secretary General Hisham Abu Mahfouz, Spokesperson Ziyad Al-Aloul, Director of its office in Lebanon Hanan Aruri, member of its General […]

22 January 2023

Local

Basic Education confident all learners will be accommodated

The Department of Education says it’s confident that all learners who have not been placed, will be accommodated in Gauteng schools soon. Schools in the inland provinces re-opened on Wednesday, with some children still not enrolled. Parents visited district offices hoping to find suitable schools for their children. The education department has asked parents to give them about a week to place all the affected learners. However, some parents outside the […]

13 January 2023

International

China’s ex-justice minister faces life in jail amid purge of security officials

Former Chinese Justice Minister Fu Zhenghua, who had led several high-profile investigations into corruption, has been jailed for life for accepting bribes, state media said on Thursday, as a purge of officials intensified ahead of a key Communist Party congress. Fu, 67, was handed a suspended death sentence that will be commuted to life imprisonment after two years, with no possibility of parole, according to state media. Fu was deputy […]

22 September 2022

Local

Latest monkeypox case discovered through laboratory testing: Minister Phaahla

South Africa has detected its fifth case of monkeypox. According to the Department of Health, the latest monkeypox case was discovered through laboratory testing in a 28-year-old man from Johannesburg. The department says the patient has a travel history to the Netherlands and Spain. Earlier this week, South Africa recorded its fourth case, identified through laboratory testing in a 28-year-old man from the Western Cape. This follows three unlinked monkeypox cases […]

19 August 2022

International News

Ecuador’s interior minister quits over deadly prison riots

Ecuador’s interior minister has resigned in the wake of simultaneous riots in four prisons that left 79 people dead. “It is my own personal decision to submit my irrevocable resignation as minister,” Patricio Pazmino said in a letter to President Lenin Moreno, which was made public on Twitter on Friday. Pazmino, a reserve police officer, said his “management at the head of the ministry has been questioned”, without giving further […]

6 March 2021

Local

Still no clarity on the D6 construction delays

By Wardah Wilkinson The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform appeared in front of the Western Cape Standing Committee on Human Settlements on Wednesday to answer questions relating to current status of Phase 3 of the District Six restitution process, which has reached a standstill. Since the sod-turning for phase 3 in 2014, only 139 units have been completed and a further 108 residential units are still under construction. […]

20 June 2018

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Lebanon minister calls to end Israel’s siege on Gaza

Basic Education confident all learners will be accommodated

China’s ex-justice minister faces life in jail amid purge of security officials

Latest monkeypox case discovered through laboratory testing: Minister Phaahla

Ecuador’s interior minister quits over deadly prison riots

Still no clarity on the D6 construction delays

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