Masjid Mubarak in Belhar was buzzing as community members young and old came out in their numbers to support VOC’S first Ahlan Wa Sahlan project which kicked off on Sunday. Co-ordinator of the VOC Ahlan Wa Sahlan Prof Ebrahim Arnold said every year the project highlights the issues different communities[…]
Saudi Arabia said on Monday two of its oil tankers were damaged in “sabotage attacks” in the Gulf as tensions soared in a region already shaken by a standoff between the United States and Iran. It came as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo scrapped a planned visit to Moscow[…]
Sri Lanka said on Monday it was temporarily blocking some social media networks and messaging apps, including Facebook and WhatsApp, after mosques and Muslim-owned businesses were attacked in the wake of Easter bombings by militants. Several dozen people threw stones at mosques and Muslim-owned stores and a man was beaten in[…]
Car keys linked to a Cape Town man who was allegedly hijacked before being murdered have been found by detectives. A 30-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the case. Police also seized an unlicensed firearm with ammunition. The arrest comes after police detectives and Crime Prevention members followed[…]
A truck driver was killed on the N1 near De Doorns in the Western Cape when a rock was allegedly thrown through his windshield on Sunday morning. “The Time Link driver who sadly passed away in the early hours of [Sunday] morning – our hearts and prayers go out to[…]
A 27-year-old police constable committed suicide with his service pistol after firing a fatal shot at a man while on duty in Khayelitsha at the weekend. The circumstances are now under investigation by detectives. The shooting incident occurred at about 2.30pm on Saturday in Site B, Khayelitsha. The constable had[…]
A two-year-old child is one of five people who have died in an accident on the N1 between Beaufort West and Leeu Gamka on Monday morning. The crash occurred after the driver of the vehicle lost control of the vehicle and crashed on the N-1 at Leeu Gamka, in[…]
The Zeenatul Islam Masjid in District Six has said it will be engaging with the City of Cape Town to review its bylaw that deals with noise pollution, following a complaint about the athaan being rendered on loudspeakers. The City of Cape Town has agreed to engage with the masjid’s[…]
The security guard who was recently run over by a vehicle in a parking area while directing traffic is in a stable condition, but only time will reveal the extent of his injuries, his family has said. After a video emerged of Mzwanele Wellem, 39, being run over by a[…]
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