April2015

Police beat, arrest protesters at Gaza rally

Police in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip beat and arrested protesters on Wednesday at a youth rally in the north of the besieged coastal territory, an AFP correspondent said. More than 400 demonstrators gathered in Shujaiyeh, a neighborhood in eastern Gaza City that was razed during a July-August war between Hamas and[…]

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DIRCO given ultimatum on Bassiouni

The Department of International Relations (DIRCO) has been given a deadline until the end of business on Wednesday to respond to the Bassiouni family on questions around the imprisonment of  Johannesburg-based scholar Shaykh Abdus Salaam Bassiouni in Cairo. Shaykh Bassiouni is an Egyptian-South African citizen who has been detained without[…]

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MJC launches Ramadan health initiative

The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) has partnered with local medical practitioners in a bid to raise awareness on dealing with diabetes through the holy month of Ramadan. While Islam does exempt individuals suffering with dangerous ailments from observing fast during the month, many members of the community often push their[…]

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‘Gang Watch’ raises alarm on gang activity

With the safety concerns of Cape Flats residents continuing to be ignored amidst heightened gang activity, residents have largely taken to social media in a bid to tackle the scourge. ‘Gang Watch’ accounts have begun to take centre stage in many of these communities, sharing up to the minute information[…]

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New site makes haj shopping easy

A new non-profit website is looking to make the haj process less strenuous for prospective pilgrims, by providing one platform through which to evaluate their options with regards to packages. The site is called Islamic Finance and features a ‘Haj prices’ section which provides a detailed spread sheet on rates,[…]

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Krejcir case postponed

The conspiracy to murder case against Radovan Krejcir and seven others was postponed in the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. Krejcir, along with taxi boss Siboniso Miya, Owen Serero, Zodumo Biyela, crime intelligence officer Sergeant Nandi Nkosi, Welcome Nkanyiso Mafunda, Siphiwe Memela, and Mike Grigorov, would return to the[…]

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SA to chair UN’s Civil Aviation Security Panel

The South African Civil Aviation Authority has been appointed as the Chairperson of the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s Aviation Security Panel, it was announced at the recent ICAO Aviation Security Panel meeting held at the agency’s headquarters in Montreal, Canada. Prior to the appointment, South Africa served as the Panel’s[…]

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Judge explains heart-eater’s sentence

A Western Cape High Court judge explained his reasoning on Wednesday for giving a window tinter an 18 year sentence for murdering a man whose heart was ripped out and cut into neat blocks. Andrew Chimboza, 35, pleaded guilty to murdering 62-year-old Mbuyiselo Manona in Gugulethu in June last year.[…]

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