Yacoob Cassim

Durban’s business support organization has reported that fraudulent products have entered the local market in significant numbers. The presence of such a large quantity of counterfeit goods poses a serious threat to the economy. On Wednesday, law enforcement officers seized about 14 million cell phone accessories in Durban’s Sydenham area. Altogether, the confiscated items have […]

Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, has been killed in airstrikes led by the United States and Israel. Iranian state television and the state-run IRNA announced the death of the eighty-six-year-old Khamenei early Sunday. U.S. President Donald J. Trump announced the cleric’s death hours earlier, calling it Iranians’ “greatest

Brent Bozell III, the newly appointed United States (US) ambassador to South Africa by President Donald J. Trump, struck a tone of reconciliation in a video message broadcast across the nation. The ambassador’s address stood in sharp contrast to President Trump’s bellicose remarks. Bozell, a right‑wing conservative, is the founder of the Media Research Center,

The Municipality of eThekwini has filed a motion to appeal the High Court order addressing its sewage crisis. The appeal has exposed the municipal leadership as having little interest in repairing the failing infrastructure within its jurisdiction. The Pietermaritzburg High Court had ordered the Municipality to develop an action plan, with clear deadlines, to repair

Palestine remains in a state of perpetual flux regarding the leadership of the Palestinian Authority (PA). PA President Mahmoud Abbas and his entourage of aides and advisors have introduced a new “temporary” constitution amid mass arrests and allegations of abuse by security forces. Within two months, there have been 235 reported cases of violence by