Protesters wearing Palestinian regalia standing on the driveway outside the American Consulate in Cape Town [Photo: Ilyaas Bassardien] Ilyaas Bassardien – Reporter CAPE TOWN – In honour of International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, several anti-Genocide protesters in Cape Town showed their solidarity in front of the United States Consulate. Demonstrators chose this …
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Public comment is open for the renaming of Ben Friedman Square in Strand to the Strand Muslim Community Square. The renaming is meant to honour the rich heritage of the Muslim community in that area, which celebrated its 200th anniversary last year. The square is anchored by three community mosques. The proposal to rename comes …
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The MJC Halaal Trust has given an undertaking that action will be taken after a halaal certified product was mislabeled as containing pork. The incident happened on Sunday at Checkers Rylands Village in Athlone. The branch manager has told the Trust that ingredient labels were erroneously delivered to the store and erroneously used despite them …
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An act of selflessness quickly turned tragic at Monwabisi Beach on Saturday. A 12-year-old girl has drowned while a 34-year-old man who tried to save her has gone missing. According to the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI), the man who is not related to the girl is believed to have rushed to her aid after she got …
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The Israeli occupation entity hastily announced its so called second phase in its ground attack on south Lebanon after a 40% drop in its aerial and ground assaults along the border region. That’s the assessment of Hezbollah’s Operations Room. It explained that the Israeli reduction was a result of the enemy’s inability to establish control …
Hezbollah is ready to carry out more simultaneous qualitative strikes on the Israeli occupation’s military establishment. Providing a summary of the latest on the battlefield, Hezbollah’s Operations Room revealed that they are fully prepared for these types of operations on Haifa and beyond. The resistance added that it can go on for an extended period …
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The Israeli occupation entity has demolished a mosque in Al-Quds. The occupation tore down the more than 20-year-old Al-Shayah Mosque in the Jabal Al-Mukabber town. According to Palestinians resistance movement Hamas, this represents yet another crime committed by the extremist regime against the Palestinian people. Hamas noted that this crime is part of the Zionist …
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The public hearings on Eskom’s exorbitant tariff hikes have kicked off in Cape Town’s city centre on Monday morning. The power utility is pushing for a whopping 57% electricity increase for the next three years. It wants a 36.15% increase as of next year April followed by an 11.9% in 2026 and 9.1% in 2027. …
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Hezbollah’s Media Relations Chief, Mohammad Afif has been martyred. He was killed during an Israeli airstrike on a building that belongs to the Baath Party in central Beirut. Secretary-General of the Baath Party in Lebanon, Ali Hijazi confirmed Afif’s martyrdom, stating that the ongoing targeting of figures like Afif aims to “silence the voice of …
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Gaza is facing a genocide within a genocide as over 2,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in the northern region. The Government Media Office’s Ismail al-Thawabta, said that most martyrs are children, women, and the elderly. He condemned the actions as mass extermination and called for international intervention. Thawabta also accused the United …
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The Israeli occupation military is adamant on starving the people in Gaza. The United Nations (UN) Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that Israel has denied or impeded all of its attempts to provide food and health care to the tens of thousands of people trapped in the besieged north. It noted …
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South African Football Association president Danny Jordaan has been granted bail of R 20 000 following his arrest on charges of fraud and theft amounting to R1.3 million. Jordaan, along with SAFA CFO Gronie Hluyo and businessman Trevor Neethling, appeared in the Specialised Commercial Crime Court in Palm Ridge on Wednesday. Magistrate Phillip Venter set …
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A woman and a man have been arrested in connection with the murder of “Noem my skollie” actor, David Manuel and his friend. The two men were gunned down in Gugulethu last month. The suspects will appear in the Athlone Magistrate’s Court on charges of murder and fraud. The possibility of more arrests has not …
The Border Management Authority (BMA) is struggling to fully carryout its mandate as its saddled with a shortage of manpower. According to the Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber, the BMA needs around 11 000 personnel to work within the approved structures. But its staff complement at the moment is only at about 2 700. He …
For close to two decades now the Middle East has been the scene of intense global battles. From the July 2006 Israeli/Lebanon war – when the US gave rise to a nefarious plan of a “New Middle East” which Hezbollah defeated – to the “Arab Spring”. During this so-called Spring, eyes were turned away from …
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Ilyaas Bassardien – Reporter CAPE TOWN – The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) has declassified a 2022 report into the murder of senior Anti-Gang Unit detective, Charl Kinnear who was gunned down outside his home in 2020. IPID claims that the report was previously kept classified and declared ‘Top Secret’ to avoid revealing the identities …
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Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seemingly on a purge to try and consolidate his power. Israeli occupation media report that Netanyahu is considering dismissing the commander of the Zionist military Herzi Halevi as well as the head of the notorious spy agency Shin Bet. Netanyahu has been blasted for firing war minister Yoav Gallant. …
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) has declassified a report implicating top police officials in the murder of detective Charl Kinnear. The report, initially classified in 2022, names nine officers, including seven from the police and two from the Hawks. IPID Executive Director Dikeledi Ntlatseng stated the report was kept secret to protect sensitive information. …
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Donald Trump has claimed victory in the US presidential elections. Trump is leading with 267 electoral votes, just three shy of a victory while the Democrats candidate Kamala Harris trails with only 214 electoral votes. The Republicans have also secured the Senate which Trump says will help him to enact his agenda. Trump claimed that …
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The United States hosts its presidential elections on Tuesday, 05th November 2024. The polls have once again been dominated by Democrat and Republican candidates battling it out for dominance. However, with the major shift in the public’s perceptions of the candidates and their stance on Palestine, whether voters opt to write in one of the …
After more than a year of genocide, Malaysia and other groups have decided to work on a resolution to expel Zionist Israel from the United Nations (UN). Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Anwar said that his country is part of core group drafting a resolution which proposes Israel’s expulsion from the UN if it’s found to …
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The Israeli occupation military is experiencing a soldier shortage. Zionist media report that the army is in urgent need of at least 7000 fighters. The army claims it can recruit 3,000 from the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community. However, in a previous recruitment year, only 1,200 out of approximately 13,000 eligible candidates enlisted. The ultra-Orthodox are strongly …
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The City of Cape Town will no longer allow illegal occupation of public spaces. This is the assertion by Cape Town Mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis. On Friday, more than 120 vagrants squatting outside the Castle of Good Hope were forcibly evicted. The mayor said that evicting people illegally occupying state-owned property had been challenging due to …
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A total of 565 illegal miners have been arrested in Orkney in the North-West. It follows the Operation Vala Umgodi task team along with SAPS, and the South African National Defence Force (SANDF ) intensifying their operations to root out illegal miners from abandoned mining shafts. Earlier this week, SAPS and members of the SANDF …
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Cape Town underworld figure and businessman Mark Lifman has been killed. He was gunned down in a parking lot at the Garden Route Mall in George on Sunday. According to News24, several police sources speaking on the condition of anonymity confirmed Lifman’s death. Lifman was due to appear in the Western Cape High Court on …
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Despite deploying more than 50 000 troops from five divisions, the Israeli occupation military is yet to “capture even a single village” or secure any foothold in Southern Lebanon. This is according to Israeli newspaper, Yedioth. The report attributed this to Hezbollah’s effective tactical strategies, as well as the Zionist military’s struggles with mapping the …
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Palestinian families living from Umm Tuba near Al-Quds are being threatened with forced evictions after Zionist authorities registered 62 dunams of their land under the so-called “Jewish National Fund”. This places 30 households at risk of displacement. According to Palestinian lawyers representing the local families, a legal petition was filed stating that the seizure was …
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Majority of the deaths at the hands of the Palestinian resistance are Zionist soldiers and officers. Whereas many of the casualties at the hands of the Israeli occupation were Palestinian civilians. This is the reminder given by the Secretary-General of the Sayyed Al-Shuhada Brigades in the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, Abu Alaa Al-Walae. He was …
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Critical sociologist, Professor Saleem Badat has been awarded the prestigious Science-for-Society Gold Medal by the Academy of Science of South Africa. However, he has donated his prize money towards the BDS movement, lamenting the failures of academic institutions in South Africa to boycott Zionist Israel. Professor Badat, a critical sociologist and higher education policy specialist. …
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Tragedy has once again struck Beit Lahia in northern Gaza Strip, with over ten martyrs ascending in this massacre. In Al-Maghazi camp, a car bombing by the Israeli Occupied Forced (IOF) has killed three Palestinians and left the area ablaze. An Israeli drone strike near Sheikh Radwan police station claimed five more lives and injured …
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