Yacoob Cassim

World markets including South Africa face instability and insecurity as a result of the Iran-Israel conflict tip the scales for global oil and petrol prices if the conflict does not end with a ceasefire. The domino effect has been felt across the globalized world, what happens in one geographic part of the planet, invariably effects […]

Two firemen sustained second-degree burns, while participating in the rescue of six people after a factory caught alight in Jacobs, South of Durban, on Sunday. The factory complex consists of several buildings on Brooklyn Road that manufactured shoes and sandals. In the December of 2019, significant portion of the complex was destroyed by a fire

It has officially begun and there can be no withholding it. Israel has moved to strike key sites of political power and military importance in Iran to spark a war. Both Iran and Israel launched new missile strikes at each other on Wednesday as the war between the two long time enemies entered a sixth

Seven Home Affairs Department employees have been arrested for forming part of a suspected passport fraud syndicate. The arrest of these individuals by the Home Affairs Department and the Hawks Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation will be followed by their appearance at the Durban Specialized Commercial Crimes Court yesterday (Tuesday) for trial. The Hawks also

Israel carried out air strikes on Tehran, capital of Iran. These strikes targeted the country’s nuclear program and raised the potential for a larger war between the two bitter adversaries. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his generals called this military Operation, “Rising Lion”. Iran’s Supreme Leader Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said last week Friday

Egypt has found itself on unstable ground when in comes to an aid Convoy of around 1,700 activists that had set off from Tunis, Tunisia to the border with Gaza in solidarity with Palestinian civilians.  Around 1,700 activists have set off from Tunis in buses and cars, according to the state news agency TAP, including