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Published On 12 May 202612 May 2026Fake online advertisements and social media groups are luring people in Jordan with promises of “quick profits” from cheap gold with sellers disappearing once funds have been transferred or customers defrauded with counterfeit and substandard metals, Jordanians tell Al Jazeera.Mohammed Nassar said he was quoted a price for gold lower than local market rates due to an “online store” claiming it was exempt from manufacturing fees, government licensing costs or shop rents.The Jordanian shopper transferred the money to secure what he thought was a bargain before the website disappeared and Nassar realised he had…
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, former speaker of the National Assembly. (Photo: Screengrab) Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, former speaker of the National Assembly, now himself says that the ANC at the time abused its majority in parliament to prevent Pres. Cyril Ramaphosa is placed in a state of impeachment because of the Phala Phala scandal. She also admits in so many words that she was always “anxious” about what the Constitutional Court would finally say about what unfolded under her supervision in parliament at the time. Mapisa-Nqakula served as speaker of parliament when members of parliament had to vote in December 2022 whether to reject…
THE LEADER of the EFF, Mr. Julius Malema, says that his arrest for firing a gun puts him on the same level as ANC veterans who were arrested for political crimes including the first president under the democratic government, Mr. Nelson Mandela, the former leader of the ANC, Mr. Oliver Tambo, and the former general secretary of the ANC, Mr. Walter Sisulu.Malema said that if he is being held under coercion that he will not serve a prison sentence, he should be imprisoned in the prison on the island where Mandela and other activists were held, Robben Island.He said this…
The shop at Onder-Sabie is still closed. (Photo: Pieter Cloete/Maroela Media)The camp shop of Onder-Sabie, a popular rest camp in the south of the Kruger National Park, was left in ruins after a fire broke out there on 21 April this year.The camp has since set up a temporary shop, and the restaurant, which was also closed due to the fire, is open for guests again.”The cause of the fire is still being investigated, and SANParks is working fully with the relevant authorities to establish what exactly happened,” Bongile Louw, Onder-Sabie’s hospitality service manager, confirmed to Maroela Media.”The safety of…
Businessman Tariq Downes, the Head of Intelligence in the South African Police Service (SAPS) Major-General Feroz Khan, and the Head of the Gauteng Province of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI), Major-General Ebrahim Ahmed Kadwa, appeared for the first time before the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court on Monday facing two charges of violating the law governing the management of mineral resources and obstructing the operation of the law.They were granted bail of R20 000 each under conditions that they do not interfere with the investigation or contact witnesses. They are also required to provide the investigators with their travel…
The headmaster of Mpumulwane Primary, Mr. Sithembiso Khumalo, has been arrested after the High Court of Thekwini on Monday acquitted him of the murder of the policeman of the Thekwini Council, Captain Zwelakhe Ntombela.It will be remembered that the deceased was shot dead at his home in S, Mlaza, in 2023. He was rushed to the Siphingo Medical Towers hospital where the accident happened.After this incident, the police started their thorough investigation which eventually led to the arrest of the bull that shot the deceased, Mzo Ntombela, who came to the court soon after, confessed to the crime and accused…
Now AI has also reached the refuge of God and religious leaders. In fact, the challenge for big AI companies is to make their AI ethically correct. As AI becomes a part of human life, companies want them to understand the difference between right and wrong. For this, big tech companies have taken refuge in religious leaders.Why are AI companies meeting with Hindu and Sikh religious leaders? OpenAI Anthropic Religious Leaders Meet : Even though AI today can perform complex calculations in a pinch, it often cannot tell the difference between right and wrong. As we are moving towards the…
THE car industry is bursting with joy following the increase in the number of new cars sold in April compared to the same month last year.According to figures released by naamsa, 47,979 new cars were purchased. This is the largest number for April since 2013.We have increased by 5,512 compared to 42,467 sold in April last year.While the number of cars sold in the country increased, those sold abroad decreased by 4.0% to 30,939 from 32,229 in April last year.Naamsa said the figures for April show the momentum that started in the previous months and the improvement in purchasing conditions,…
Foot and mouth vaccine. (Photo: Department of Agriculture) The government’s latest plan to tackle foot-and-mouth disease creates a monopoly on the procurement and distribution of vaccines. AfriForum believes that although overhead monitoring by the government is necessary, it cannot force farmers to participate in a scheme whose costs and compliance regulations are still unknown. “In the meantime, due to the government’s centralist approach, many cattle now have to be vaccinated in advance after they have been re-infected due to a delay in the second round of vaccinations,” said Lambert de Klerk, manager of environmental affairs at AfriForum. AfriForum believes that…
WHILE many eyes are looking to see who will win the Comrades Marathon that will be run from Durban to Pietermaritzburg next month, others will be delighted to see familiar faces.This year’s Comrades, which will be the 99th, will be held on June 14.In the last race which was going up in 2024, Gerda Steyn won for the women who is undoubtedly the favorite this time too.For men, the rope was won by Piet Wiersma after Tete Dijana, who was being watched, had cramps.There are many runners looking to challenge Gerda and Piet this time. For men, Tete will definitely…