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News24 | Three die at Western Cape initiation schools
Nicole McCain Share your Subscriber Article You have 5 articles to share every month. Send this story to a friend! Loading, please wait... Subscribers can listen to this article An estimated 1 500 initiates completed the rites of passage at initiation schools in the Western Cape. Thulani Mbele/Sowetan/Gallo Images Three Western Cape initiates have died
February 20, 2024
Why are Western media accused of bias on Israel-Palestine? | Inside Story
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November 18, 2023
Former Western Australia Church Member Guilty Of Molesting Several Men
Image: Western Australia District Court. Image: Papson Legal/ Facebook A former Western Australia church member, who was taught homosexuality was “against God’s law,” has been found guilty of molesting several men. On Tuesday, November 7, Morris Leonard Deale was found guilty of unlawful and indecent assault of seven young men, the ABC reports. During the
November 9, 2023
Western Cape in South Africa devastated by deadly floods
At least 11 people died when strong rain and winds hit South Africa’s Western Cape province, including Cape Town, over the weekend. There was a lot of damage caused. Officials are cautioning that more people might die as the floodwater goes down. The bad weather caused flooding in homes, and damaged roofs, crops, roads, and
September 27, 2023
Airport in western Russia attacked by drones, aircraft damaged: Reports
Russia said that Ukraine launched drones against targets in six Russian regions, including an attack on an airport in the western city of Pskov – located near the borders of Latvia and Estonia – where military transport aircraft were reported damaged amid explosions and a huge fire. In what could be the biggest drone attack
August 30, 2023
Western Cape ANC leadership slips away from MP Dyantyi
By Citizen Reporter ANC head in the Western Cape legislature Cameron Dugmore will face off against Vuyiso "JJ" Tyhalisusu. ANC MP Richard Dyantyi failed to garner support to contest for Western Cape chairperson. Photo: Screengrab ANC MP Richard Dyantyi has failed to garner enough nominations to contest for Western Cape chairperson at the party’s provincial
June 24, 2023
Western fires outpace California effort to fill inmate crews
August 21, 2022
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As wildfires rage across California each year, exhausted firefighters call for reinforcements from wherever they can get them — even as far as Australia. Yet one homegrown resource is rarely used: thousands of experienced firefighters who earned their chops in prison. Two state programs designed to get more former inmate firefighters…
Western firms’ thorny Russian dilemmas
“ONE SHOULD not condemn companies that decide to stay in Russia as financiers of Putin’s war,” says Michael Harms, head of Germany’s Eastern Business Association, a lobby group. As long as they don’t violate Western sanctions it should be up to them whether they stay in Russia or leave. Metro and Globus, two big German…
March 15, 2022
Lord & Miller Set “Western” Comedy Series
FOX Hot off the success of “The Afterparty” on the Apple TV+ service, creators Phil Lord and Chris Miller are teaming with writer Michelle Morgan for the comedy series “Western” at IMDb TV. The story is set in the 1800s and revolves around a high-society young woman who travels West in search of a husband,…
March 11, 2022
Western businesses pull out of Russia
IT TOOK MORE than 30 years for BP, a British energy firm, to build its Russian business. It took less than four days to decide to dismantle it. As Vladimir Putin’s forces invaded Ukraine early on February 24th, the logic of BP’s 20% stake in Rosneft, Russia’s state-owned oil giant, began to collapse. BP’s board…
March 5, 2022