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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 423

Cape Town

Shaufik Nassar. (Facebook screen capture, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 4, 2023, 8:12 pm
Israeli gunned down in Cape Town a year after his cousin met similar death
Both men reportedly members of extended Nassar crime family who fled to South Africa to escape violence
By ToI Staff
Smoke billows from the roof of a building at the South African Parliament precinct in Cape Town on January 2, 2022, during a fire incident. (Marco Longari / AFP)
January 2, 2022, 8:21 am
Fire breaks out at South African parliament building in Cape Town
City’s emergency services say ‘the roof has caught fire’ and flames are also spreading at the National Assembly building, with ‘cracks in the walls’ reported
By AFP
Holocaust survivor Pinchas Gutter addressing high school learners at the Cape Town Holocaust and Genocide Centre. (Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre)
June 8, 2019, 9:55 am
20 years on, Africa’s first Holocaust center has a universal message on genocide
The Cape Town Holocaust and Genocide Centre reaches the general public by teaching tolerance through the lens of mass extermination in Rwanda
By Moira Schneider
A fire burns in Beit Midrash Morasha, also known as Arthur’s Road Shul in Cape Town, South Africa on December 4, 2018 (Screenshot/YouTube)
December 6, 2018, 4:23 am
Fire guts a Cape Town synagogue, burning 7 Torah scrolls
No injuries in the blaze and investigators find no signs of foul play
By JTA
Students dress in shtetl clothing as part of the Education Outreach program at the South African Jewish Museum. (Courtesy South African Jewish Museum)
June 16, 2018, 10:55 am
Cape Town students swap their duds for shtetl garb in educational time machine
A program at the South African Jewish Museum highlights the similarities between today’s South Africans and Eastern European Jews — and leaders from both communities are loving it
By Martin Rosenberg
A man carries water at a source for natural spring water in Cape Town, February 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)
March 11, 2018, 1:52 pm
Israeli water desalination technique could help relieve Cape Town’s thirst
Relying on solar energy, startup Tethys is more mobile, scalable, cheap and energy-efficient than other methods of getting drinking water from the sea
By Urvashi Verma
Howard Feldman
February 4, 2018, 2:15 pm
Howard Feldman
Blame BDS for the Cape Town water crisis
For the first time, a major city is about to run out of water — for no good reason whatsoever
The 'Ou Hoofgebou' (old main building) on Stellenbosch University campus, July 7, 2007. (CC by Dfmalan, Wikimedia commons)
May 10, 2017, 9:46 pm
Nazi posters spark fury at South African university
Three students questioned over advertised event promoting racial polarization at Stellenbosch University
By AFP
An illustrative view of Pretoria, South Africa. (iStock/Getty Images/vlbentley)
December 15, 2016, 10:13 pm
Israeli man killed in South Africa parasailing accident
Foreign Ministry to assist family in bringing body home; Israeli women injured in Cape Town car crash
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Chickens on a free-range farm. (Wikipedia/woodley wonderworks/CC BY 2.0)
August 29, 2016, 6:52 pm
Some scientists say human-caused geological epoch upon us
Carbon dioxide, nuclear bombs and the domestic chicken all factor into recommendation to declare onset of ‘Anthropocene’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of the Old Synagogue on Paul Kruger Street in Pretoria, South Africa. (CC BY-SA PHParsons, Wikimedia Commons)
July 28, 2016, 12:14 pm
Ban dropped on women singing at South Africa Holocaust memorial
Religious equality group drops discrimination suit in exchange for Jewish Board of Deputies promise to restructure future ceremonies
By JTA
A pro-Israel rally in Johannesburg, at the time of the last conflict with Gaza, in August 2014 (Ilan Ossendryver)
July 27, 2016, 11:45 pm
In troubled post-Mandela South Africa, a fight or flight dilemma for the 70,000 Jews
Next week’s local government elections amount to a referendum on ANC rule. With joblessness, inequality and violence all on the rise, many in the Jewish community are considering their future
By Geoff Sifrin
Hamas political leader Khaled Mashaal at a rally in Hamas's honor in Cape Town, South Africa, October 21, 2015. (AFP/Rodger Bosch)
November 2, 2015, 11:48 pm
S. Africa newspaper cancels pro-Israel group’s Hamas ad
Following on the heels of a visit by Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, paper rejects criticism of terror group
By JTA
The Western Wall and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem's Old City, with Mughrabi Ascent bridge in foreground (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
July 13, 2015, 12:03 am
Jerusalem ranks No. 10 on travel bucket list
Israel’s ‘controversial capital’ among worldwide must-see cities recommended by Time magazine
By ToI Staff
Fighters from the Islamic State group parade in a commandeered Iraqi security forces armored vehicle down a main road in Mosul, Iraq, on June 23, 2014. (photo credit: AP/File)
April 7, 2015, 10:43 am
South African teen nabbed en route to Islamic State
Cape Town girl, 15, detained at airport bound for Turkey where she allegedly planned to join jihadist group
By AFP
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