TOURIST Police arrested a South African man on Koh Phangan for overstaying in Thailand for 1,255 days after he was accused of extorting money from tourists claiming it was to treat his disabled leg, Naewna newspaper said today (July 9). Mr. Schalk Jacobus Botha, 51, was arrested after police got a complaint that he
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BRICS summit to be ‘physical’ despite Putin warrant: South Africa
By AFP and published by CNA Johannesburg – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday (July 9) that next month’s BRICS summit, which Vladimir Putin has been invited to attend, will be held in-person despite an arrest warrant on the Russian leader. South Africa is the current chair of the BRICS, a
Read moreNew ‘most mutated Covid-19 variant’ found in South Africa
By Dnaindia.com, Daily Mail and Sanook.com South Africa – A new Covid-19 variant, C.1.2, detected in South Africa and several other countries, has put global health experts on alarm. As per a new study that is preprint and awaits peer review, the C.1.2 variant may be more infectious and have the ability to evade
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