The South African Jewish Board of Deputies has expressed shock and outrage at the desecration of 28 graves at the Pinelands Jewish Cemetery and a further 10 graves at the Jewish Cemetery in the Strand on Monday night.
Officials at Boksburg prison, assisted by inmates, foiled an attempted escape by four awaiting-trial prisoners armed with guns and cellphones on Wednesday afternoon, the Department of Correctional Services said.
A baby boom is being reported in China, the result of millions of couples deciding to have their permitted child before the inauspicious year of the goat begins in a month’s time.
Cybercafes in southern California are fast gaining a reputation as the 21st century equivalent of the wild west saloon after an escalating number of violent incidents led to a gunfight outside an internet cafe this week, in which one youth was shot in the leg and another suffered head wounds.
The last vestiges of the independent media in Zimbabwe face new pressure as the government prepares for next week’s launch of a repressive new licensing system which will give it the power to close any newspaper and to stop any journalist working.
Libya has withdrawn a small army unit which has been guarding the government of the Central African Republic in its capital, Bangui, for the past 19 months.
A seven-day hunger strike by Aids activists outside the offices of pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline in Midrand ended on Wednesday, SABC radio news reported.
A baby boom is being reported in China, the result of millions of couples deciding to have their permitted child before the inauspicious year of the goat begins in a month’s time.
Basem Maswadeh knew he was in trouble when an Israeli soldier pushed him into the barber’s chair and reached for the clippers.
Walking through a forest with my dogs one day, I heard the screaming of an animal in distress. After collaring the dogs, we hurtled through the trees to find the source of this dreadful noise.