August 5, 2019

Q&A: The Bisri Dam Project

The Water Supply Augmentation Project, led by the Lebanese government, aims to increase the volume of water available to the Greater Beirut and Mount Lebanon area where approximately half of the Lebanese population lives. The Project is financed by the…

Suspect arrested for theft of cattle

DURBAN – On Saturday, 3 August 2019, the Vryheid Stock Theft Unit and Vryheid K9 Unit conducted an intelligence driven operation at Zululand following up on intelligence of stolen livestock. The operation lead the police officers to Ceza area where the…

Typhoid eruption gives Zimbabwe a health scare

HARARE, ZIMBABWEAN civil society organisations have accused the government of violating citizens’ rights following the outbreak of typhoid affecting hundreds of people.More than 800 cases of the water borne disease have been recorded this year in some…

Dozens dead in Lake Chad cholera outbreaks

ABUJA, AN outbreak of cholera has claimed the lives of at least 39 people in the Lake Chad Basin since the beginning of 2019. More than 1 100 cases have been recorded, representing a fatality rate of more than 2 percent.Cholera is plaguing Cameroon, C…

Murder, kidnappings as Nigeria church leaders under siege

ABUJA, NIGERIAN police have initiated a crackdown to arrest suspects behind the killing of a Catholic priest and the abduction of five pastors in separate incidents.Rev. Father Paul Offu, in charge of St. James the Greater Parish Catholic Church Ugbaw…

Cape Town Stadium PSL match moved to Athlone Stadium

The Cape Town Stadium pitch will not be ready in time for the PSL match between CTC FC and Stellenbosch FC this coming Saturday, 10 August 2019. As such, it was decided to move the match to the Athlone Stadium.A traction test was conducted on the Cape …

Centre to broaden digital footprint of South Africa’s languages

The Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Science and Technology, Buti Manamela, will officially launch the South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) in Potchefstroom on Wednesday, 7 August. This is a platform that creates and ma…

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