Category: News

The Israeli army dropped thousands of leaflets over Gaza City on Wednesday urging all residents to flee a heavy offensive that has rocked the main city of the besieged Palestinian territory. The leaflets, addressed to “everyone in Gaza City”, set out designated escape routes to the south and warned that the urban area, previously home… Read more

Bangladesh’s top court on Wednesday temporarily suspended quotas for coveted government jobs after thousands of students staged nationwide protests against what they call a discriminatory system, lawyers said. The quota system reserves more than half of well-paid and massively over-subscribed civil service posts, totalling hundreds of thousands of government jobs, for specific groups including children… Read more

Uganda on Wednesday dismissed claims in a report by UN experts that it was backing M23 rebels active in the restive east of the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. The report commissioned by the UN Security Council and seen by AFP this week alleged “active support” for the M23 by Ugandan army and military intelligence… Read more

The Ukrainian military has launched a new initiative to entice fighting-age men living abroad to enlist, as Kyiv desperately tries to replenish its depleted forces on the front lines. The establishment of the so-called “Ukrainian Legion” comes after more than two years of hard fighting, which has seen heavy casualties drain the military of much-needed… Read more

The Gauteng Provincial Government has fully accepted the judgment handed down by the High Court in Pretoria on the Life Esidimeni tragedy inquest. The High Court ruled that some of the deaths at Life Esidimeni were due to negligence on the part of the province’s former Health MEC, Qedani Mahlangu. In delivering her findings, Judge… Read more

Israel’s Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said Wednesday that 60 percent of Hamas fighters had been “eliminated or wounded” in the Gaza war since the militant group’s October 7 attacks. Gallant reaffirmed in a statement to parliament on the first nine months of the conflict that Israel was “determined” to meet its war goals of eradicating… Read more

Police have shared the photos of two people they have obtained warrants of arrest for in connection with former high jump champion Jacques Freitag’s murder. Freitag’s bullet-ridden body was found in a field near the Zandfontein Cemetery in Pretoria West on Monday afternoon, 1 July this year, during an extensive search operation for the missing… Read more

The Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital in Orlando, Soweto, has appealed to family members to collect the bodies of their deceased loved ones. In a social media post on Tuesday, the hospital listed 10 people who have yet to be claimed and urged their families to visit the on-site mortuary for identification. The list includes:… Read more

The KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) government has mourned the loss of Muntukabongwa Gazu, 67, who died in devastating veld fires on Sunday, impacting multiple districts and leaving 53 residents homeless. On Sunday, veld fires caused by strong winds caused damage to the King Cetshwayo, uThukela and uMzinyathi districts, with the uMfolozi, uMlalazi, Mthonjaneni and Nkandla municipalities being… Read more

The South African Weather Service (Saws) has released its latest weather forecast for Thursday, 11 July 2024. The weather service has warned of damaging winds, heavy rain, and high fire danger in several areas. Here’s what you need to know. Two more cold fronts on the way towards the end of the week. Possible flooding for the… Read more