The City of Cape Town is appealing to the public to return more than 20,000 overdue library items. Topping the list are fairy tales and mathematical literacy study guides for grade 12. The city has waived fines on the items to encourage people to return them to its 102 libraries. Zahid Badroodien, the mayoral committee member for community services and health, said the value of the outstanding material is more […]
China’s official military newspaper has said that India has returned a Chinese soldier who had strayed across a contested de facto border in the western Himalayan region where both sides have been locked in a tense standoff. The soldier was handed over early on Wednesday morning, according to the PLA Daily report, a state-owned media outlet. Hu Xijin, the editor-in-chief of the state-backed Global Times, also confirmed the soldier’s return, […]
A total of 34,565 pupils in seven provinces have been exempted from attending school because of the fear of contracting Covid-19 - including a whopping 28,861 from the Western Cape. A further 10,903 pupils had declared comorbidities. Director-general of basic education Mathanzima Mweli released the figures to parliament on Tuesday. According to figures supplied by seven of the nine provinces, 52,130 pupils in grade 7 and 23,364 in matric were […]
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.
