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Israeli settlers’ storming of Islam’s holy site fuels ‘hatred’ and obstructs lasting peace, joint statement says.Eight Arab and Muslim-majority countries have strongly condemned the storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem by far-right groups and thousands of Israeli settlers.In a joint statement issued on Thursday, the foreign ministers of Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, and the United Arab Emirates denounced the “mass incursions by settlers led by extremist Israeli ministers into the Noble Sanctuary” of Al-Aqsa.The diplomats underscored that the storming of Islam’s third-holiest site took place under the protection of Israeli police forces.“These…

THE CHAIRMAN of the group of Ministers assigned to deal with immigrants in the country, has revealed that they know the ongoing protests against immigrants will continue until the elections in November.Ms Mmamoloko Kubayi who is the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, said that some people are using the issue of immigration to win votes.”The current debate about immigrants, we expect it to continue until the local government elections. There are those who are using this issue to gain points in order to get votes in the elections,” he said while speaking at a forum organized by the organization…

IMOTO: VOLKSWAGEN TRANSPORTERI recently posted a video of the Volkswagen Amarok on social media and asked people to tell me which other van is on its level in terms of comfort.Instead of answering the question, some people just said that it’s a Ford Ranger after all, the one I posted.It is not hidden that Volkswagen and Ford have a working relationship. In fact, the new Amarok is built at the Ford factory in Pretoria where the Ranger is also produced.Their partnership led to the joint creation of the Transporter which is heavily based on the Ford Tourneo.Once again, Volkswagen has…

The head of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC), Andrea Johnson, retracted the defamatory speech and admitted that she called the appointment of Brigadier Dineo Mokwele a “token appointment” without seeing his qualifications, CV or what was required in accordance with his job application.This admission immediately escalated the situation at Madlanga’s commission, where Johnson was forced to apologize and admit that his opinion was based on incomplete and incorrect information he had received from the investigators.Johnson told the commission that he had authorized a thorough investigation into Mokwele’s appointment in 2024 to the Technical Support department under the police’s Crime…

Twelve years, one month and 24 days after Narendra Modi was sworn in, the words “Modi must resign” were uttered full-throatedly for the first time – without fear, in front of witnesses and cameras – on the streets of the national capital.India’s Gen Z is saying the unthinkable.For more than a month, students, led by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), have been camped out at Jantar Mantar, a prominent protest site in central New Delhi, seeking education reforms and the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. This week marked a significant escalation in the movement’s demands with students now also…

The fame of the faith music group, Joyous Celebration, has been hit once again by the death of a singer who invited them to their concert at Lemo Green Park, Bloemfontein, on Saturday.The group issued a statement on Thursday announcing the death of singer Itumeleng Marema.She said that Marema would also be singing this weekend as the singers she invited under the slogan of Friends of Joyous.”Although we were looking forward to praising him, we are grateful for the impact he has had on life, through faith and music. We offer our condolences to his family, relatives, friends and all…

IT LOOKS like Thapelo Maseko’s association with Mamelodi Sundowns has come to an end according to his manager, Glyn Binkin, who has made it clear that the player will no longer play for the Chloorkop team next season. Maseko has been left out of the Sundowns team which is in camp in Austria as it prepares for the new season. This indicates that his future in the Champions League is bleak. Affected byOf this country yesterday, Binkin said there was no need for this player to go with Sundowns because he is not in their plans for next season. “In…

The department’s intervention follows after the South African Hockey Association (SA Hockey) was left with a funding deficit of around R3 million – which put the men’s and women’s national team’s participation in the World Cup under pressure.

South African coaches have been made aware of the danger of being blinded by the love and respect they received in the early days from African teams, forgetting what attracted them to them. This warning came from Roger De Sa who is one of the South’s exemplary coaches, who has coached in different countries as the deputy of Carlos Quieroz from Portugal who coached Bafana Bafana. These coaches were in charge of the Ghanaian national team that played in the World Cup that wrapped up last weekend. De Sa commented on the employment of South African coaches in different countries.…

SEEING himself close to the big scheme of Kaizer Chiefs keeps him motivated by settling in with one of the outstanding players in the DStv Diski Challenge (DDC), Kabelo Nkgwesa, who accompanied him to the Spanish camp.Nkgwesa (19), who plays at left back, spoke to the Chiefs media team before completing this tour to introduce himself to the start of the new season. Chiefs played to a draw against Rangers FC from Scotland and Al-Khalood from Saudi Arabia separately before being defeated by Elche CF from Spain.Nkgwesa, who is one of the promising players, spoke about their efforts to quickly…