SASSA CONCERNED OVER UNLAWFUL DEDUCTIONS ON SOCIAL GRANTS

Fri 15 August 2025: The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has expressed concern following an upsurge in what appears to be unlawful deductions by financial service providers targeting social grants beneficiaries.   In a statement on Thursday, the agency said it has been inundated with enquiries from its beneficiaries, stating that their grant money […]

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HACKERS STEAL TENS OF THOUSANDS OF GUEST IDS FROM ITALIAN HOTELS

Thu 14 August 2025: A criminal hacker group has obtained the personal data of tens of thousands of holidaymakers from Italian hotels, collected from ID documents required at check-in. The group, called Mydocs, has been offering around 70,000 documents for sale online in recent days, Italian police said on Wednesday. The breach affected high-end hotels in cities such […]

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OZEMPIC AND OTHER WEIGHT-LOSS DRUGS LINKED TO RARE BUT SERIOUS EYE CONDITIONS

Thu 14 August 2025: Drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro (known as semaglutide and tirzepatide) have changed the way clinicians manage diabetes and obesity around the world. Collectively known as GLP-1 agonists, these drugs mimic the hormone GLP-1. This limits both hunger and interest in food, helping users lose weight, and helps control blood sugar […]

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NEO-NAZI TEEN FAKED CONVERSION AND ADMITS TO PLOTTING MASS MURDER OF MUSLIMS

  Inverclyde Islamic Centre. Thu 14 August 2025: A mosque in Scotland has increased security measures after a far-right teenager who pretended to be a Muslim admitted to plotting a mass-casualty attack on worshippers. The 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was arrested last year after police uncovered his plan to lock worshippers […]

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CANADA FACES ‘ALARMING SURGE IN ISLAMOPHOBIC AND ANTI-PALESTINIAN HATE CRIMES’

Thu 14 August 2025: A new report from York University’s Islamophobia Research Hub has exposed a dramatic rise in hate incidents targeting Muslim, Palestinian and Arab communities across Canada since October 7, 2023. Titled “Documenting the ‘Palestine Exception’”, the report, authored by Dr. Nadia Hasan, reveals a “sharp and dangerous” spike of up to 1,800% in Islamophobic […]

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MALNUTRITION THREATENS 55,000 PREGNANT WOMEN IN GAZA, HEALTH OFFICIAL WARNS

Thu 14 August 2025: The director of al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza has told Al Jazeera Arabic that 55,000 pregnant women in the enclave are now suffering from malnutrition, as he warned of several spiralling health crises in the Strip. He said the hospital is unable to provide services due to the total collapse of […]

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DA’S ECONOMIC REDRESS PLAN SPARKS DEBATE

Wed 13 August 2025: The party proposes replacing Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment with a needs-based policy, prompting both support for reform and accusations of undermining transformation. The Democratic Alliance (DA) has ignited a national conversation by unveiling a plan to replace the country’s cornerstone transformation policy, Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE), with what it terms a […]

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