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Paul Hattingh is facing charges of corruption and fraud in a tender scandal that goes to the heart of clean governance in the DA-run City of Cape Town. An extensive investigation by the Hawks, based on evidence amassed by the city, has linked the 42-year-old storekeeper and tender oversight.... |
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Photo: Courtesy. Worshipers at a Pentecostal church in Nairobi’s Umoja estate sustained minor injuries after a naughty 15-year-old boy caused a stampeded. The faithful bolted out of the church, falling over each other after the alleged rascal, hidden from their view, pretended to be ‘the devil’ and scared them stiff. |
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A week after raising grave concern about how foreign Muslim and Hindu people dominate Botswana’s national economy, Gaborone North MP, Haskins Nkaigwa, has followed up that statement by proposing that Botswana should be declared a Christian state as well as alleging that money from Jwaneng gem.... |
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She died in a two-vehicle collision on Thursday morning at the Woodgreen junction on the main A26 dual-carriageway between Antrim and Ballymena, a short distance from her home. The crash happened around 9.30am and there was dense fog in the area at the time. Karla was on a day off from work and was on her way to visit her mum. |
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I had promised to continue my discussion of Agoa, before I bumped into a more compelling story. It is a matter we rarely dare discuss, so I will devote time to it and revisit the Agoa opportunities later. Today's sad story is about the seeming inability of our rich families to multiply or even hold onto their wealth soon after the patriarch dies. |
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MENLO PARK -- An empty lectern awaited grieving parishioners Sunday morning at Mt. Olive Apostolic Original Holy Church of God, whose beloved pastor Bishop Teman L. Bostic Sr. was stabbed to death, police say, by his son Friday morning. In song and prayer, they struggled to make sense of the loss of.... |
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Standing atop Mount Urgull, I want to embrace the enigmatic city stretched out before me. Five days here and I am besotted with San Sebastian, a Basque resort city on the Bay of Biscay, at the north-eastern neck of the Iberian peninsula. Steel skies and the sound of white-tipped waves crashing on.... |
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Abubakar Shekau. Nana Aisha Salaudeen It is no news that Nigerians are extremists - and in everything too. Whether or not we choose to admit it, we are laced with (un) conscious bias. Yes, I’m saying there’s some form of sexist, racist, and religious/ethnic bias fortified within many of us ready to prowl out anytime (provided we allow it to). |
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An undisciplined Police Sargent was this week arraigned in court for threatening to kill his special constable girlfriend.
The Voice reported that Sargent Samuel Keamogile (44) of Gaborone West police station stood stoically in the dock on Monday with no display of emotion as the magistrate.... |
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In 2005 when she suffered a first-degree burn in her booming bakery and was grounded for two years, nobody imagined Bawo Onabanjo would ever step a toe in a bakery as her hands were practically rendered useless. Today, the Microbiologist turned Event Management Consultant isn't only back to her.... |
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BREAKING NEWS ACCUTRACK RADAR: Track the frigid temperatures here!
Clinton, Sanders Attend Same Service at Las Vegas Church.
Just one week ahead of the Nevada caucuses , the next contest in the fight for the Democratic nomination, and Bernie Sanders attended the same African-American church in.... |
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LAS VEGAS -- The paths of the two Democratic candidates for the White House converged at the same historic Baptist church here on Sunday, as both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders sought to leverage African American support ahead of Saturday’s high-stakes caucuses here. |
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Feit was considered the prime suspect for more than half a century, but was finally arrested on February 9 in Scottsdale, Arizona and could be extradited back to Texas. A grand jury brought the charge based on yet-to-be-disclosed evidence. Feit, who uses a walker, is now in jailon a $750,000 bond. |
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Seated on opposing sides of the warm red sanctuary, Clinton and Sanders courted African-American voters with similar but opposing messages. While Sanders focused on criminal justice reform and economic policy that would punish billionaires and the top 1% of earners, Clinton trained some of her rhetoric on the man she is running against. |
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PHOENIX (AP) — For nearly 20 years, John Feit was known around the St. Vincent de Paul nonprofit agency as one its most compassionate employees. The former priest worked in downtown Phoenix with food-pantry volunteers and even raised money to buy a house for a needy family. |
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Police and the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) are investigating whether some top police officials and soldiers were engaged in the recent spate of robberies and murders in and around Kampala. Most of the officers under investigation, The Observer has learnt, were implicated by.... |
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Campaign organisers Duane Major and Adam Gard'ner are now focused on today's 3pm deadline when final pledges could be made, but they were staying silent on the tally. Mr Major said they had taken advice and decided to keep the details private about the potential amount they would tender for the site at Awaroa, at the head of the national park. |
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TORONTO — Solomon didn’t face a welcoming committee with cameras clicking when he landed in Toronto as a refugee. Instead, he got a send-off. The smuggler who had brought him into the country gave him a lift into one of the city’s predominantly Ethiopian neighbourhoods, wished him well and left him to fend for himself. |
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Sunday, 14 February 2016 - Although she has not found a man to warm up her bed despite being crowned the hottest female preacher in Kenya, s3xy city pastor, Lucy Natasha, was invited on NTV’s Crossover show hosted by DJ MO and Faith Muturi to give her two cents on love. |
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Photographers might find it increasingly "uncool" to take pictures in land-scarce, squeaky clean Singapore, choosing to take off for more exotic climes instead. "But it doesn't necessarily mean that the farther you go, the better your stories are. Sometimes, things can happen right under your nose,".... |
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As older, predominantly white churchgoers age and a younger generation thinks differently about faith, evangelicals are fracturing as a voting bloc and the power of pastors to all but endorse candidates from the pulpit is fading. Many churchgoers are frustrated with what they see as a long list of.... |
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For nearly 20 years, John Feit was known around the St. Vincent de Paul nonprofit agency as one its most compassionate employees. The former priest worked in downtown Phoenix with food-pantry volunteers and even raised money to buy a house for a needy family. |
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Police and the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) are investigating whether some top police officials and soldiers were engaged in the recent spate of robberies and murders in and around Kampala. Most of the officers under investigation, The Observer has learnt, were implicated by.... |
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January 10, 2016 Coming up, shining a spotlight on some unsung veterans, a documentary about African American women who served the country during World War II. Also, the inspirational story behind one of the top natural hair care companies in the country, Miss Jessie's. Plus, the impact of stress in our lives and what we can do to control it. |
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TORONTO — Solomon didn’t face a welcoming committee with cameras clicking when he landed in Toronto as a refugee. Instead, he got a send-off. The smuggler who had brought him into the country gave him a lift into one of the city’s predominantly Ethiopian neighbourhoods, wished him well and left him to fend for himself. |
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