Midlands to transfer running of struggling RDC schools to churches

Midlands Reporter MIDLANDS Province has come up with guidelines and recommendations on how struggling rural district councils can hand over the running of schools to interested churches. Addressing officials from…

PSL claims win as Ndoro Ajax feud ends

THE Premier Soccer League (PSL) feels vindicated after Ajax Cape Town threw in the towel in their long-running legal battle. Ajax last week abandoned their contestation of advocate William Mokhari’s…

Bomb blast at religious scholar gathering in Afghanistan kills at least 50

A suicide bomber who targeted a gathering of religious scholars in Kabul has killed at least 50 people and wounded another 80, authorities say. The scholars had met inside a…

Dead baby found on Queensland beach was ‘sacrificed’

Police believe a nine-month-old girl found dead on an Australian beach was thrown into the water as a “sacrifice”, it has been reported. Her naked body was found on Monday…

Deportee killed after being hit by plane on Russia runway

A man has been killed on the runway at Moscow’s largest airport after being hit by a plane as it was taking off. Armenian Albert Yepremyan, 25, had earlier been…

Yemen crisis: 85,000 children ‘dead from malnutrition’

An estimated 85,000 children under the age of five may have died from acute malnutrition in three years of war in Yemen, a leading charity says. The number is equivalent…

Ghosn to remain CEO as Renault appoints interim leadership

Renault said Tuesday Carlos Ghosn will remain its chief executive despite his arrest on financial misconduct charges in Japan, though a deputy CEO has been named to ensure day-to-day management…

Letter from Africa: Cremations ‘threaten’ Zimbabwe’s ancestral spirits

Cremation is provoking a huge debate in Zimbabwe, bringing cultural and religious beliefs to the fore, journalist-turned-barrister Brian Hungwe writes from Harare. “For you were made from dust, and to…

Cameroon army frees kidnapped students

Cameroon’s security forces have rescued kidnapped students and one teacher after a raid on a camp of separatist fighters in the South-West region. The group of nine, not 20 as…

Neymar injured as Brazil beat Cameroon

Paris St-Germain forward Neymar played for only six minutes as Brazil edged out Cameroon in Milton Keynes. Neymar suffered an adductor muscle injury while taking a shot and was replaced…

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