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A group of people staged a vigil outside Parliament in Cape Town on Wednesday in solidarity with the #BlackLivesMatter movement.Participants were asked to leave flowers, messages and posters, and not to gather in groups in accordance with Covid-19 protocols.Protests against police brutality have erupted across the United States after George Floyd, a black man, was…

Medical staff and burial volunteers in Iraq are under the cosh dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic, having to bury between two-to-four bodies every day.They are also having a tough time grappling with the differences in Muslim and Christina burial rites.Burial volunteers wash and wrap bodies before putting them in coffins. While there is no evidence that…

Motorist Thalente Ngidi is awaiting surgery after allegedly being slapped and punched in the face by an EMPD officer on Sunday.According to her sister, Siphumelele Ngidi, Thalente had asked the officer to wear his mask properly when talking to them.The EMPD is currently investigating the incident.Thalente Ngidi, 35, has been in hospital since Sunday after allegedly…

Videos taken shortly after the bombing of a cash-in-transit vehicle shows residents scurrying to gather money in the aftermath of the explosion.Police confirmed suspects in three cars targeted the cash-in-transit vehicle.The bombing of a cash-in-transit van in Chamdor, Krugersdorp, saw people scrambling for money strewn all over the road after the explosion.According to South African…

On day 1 of South Africa's nationwide Covid-19 lockdown on 27 March, News24 documented the ghostly streets in and around the Cape Town central business district.When we returned to those same streets on day 1 of lockdown under Level 3, we saw a city slowly returning to life.South Africans have endured a total of 68…