The following is a transcript of the Jumuah khutbah delivered by Imam Rashied Omar from Claremont Main Road Mosque on Friday 1 May, Workers Day. Since this jumu’ah service takes place on Workers Day, it is fitting for us to reflect on the struggle of workers for dignity and a[…]
A South African couple were rescued and have found safety with Gift of the Givers (GOTG) in Kathmandu on Saturday after going for days without shelter or food. Speaking to VOC from Nepal, the relief agency’s founder, Dr Imtiyaaz Sooliman said when Mike Sherman and Kate Ahrends were rescued they[…]
A Cape Town man was lucky to escape from the jaws of a Great White shark after testing out new diving equipment near Port St Johns in the Eastern Cape , the NSRI said on Sunday. Backpacker tour operator Mathieu Dasnois, 29, had organised a sightseeing trip for clients on[…]
A Pietermaritzburg surgeon and veteran missionary sees his work in quake-struck Nepal as his obligation to the human race. Northdale orthopaedic surgeon Liven Meneses-Turino, part of a specialist medical team from Gift of the Givers, said it was a calling. “I have been a missionary from the time I was[…]
The second of two men arrested in connection with the abduction and murder of teacher Jayde Panayiotou is expected to appear in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court on Monday. The other man, Thando Siyoli, 31, appeared in the same court on Thursday. The second arrested man, aged 28, is a[…]
Nearly 5,800 migrants rescued from boats off the coast of Libya over the past 48 hours have arrived on the Italian port of Pozzallo, according to coastguard officials. The development comes as part of European coastguard agencies’ biggest rescue operation this year. Al Jazeera’s Stephanie Dekker, reporting on Monday from[…]
Two gunmen have been shot dead outside a controversial exhibition featuring cartoon depictions of the Prophet Muhammad in Dallas in Texas, US authorities say. The shooting was reported shortly before 7pm local time on Sunday outside the Curtis Culwell Center in the Dallas suburb of Garland. The two armed suspects[…]
After months of leading anti-Muslim protests in Germany, the former leader of anti-Islam Pegida movement has apologized to Muslims from spreading a campaign of hatred across Europe. “Those still belonging to the Pegida movement need to understand that they are advocating for the wrong cause,” Kathrin Oertel – once the[…]
The Democratic Alliance on Sunday said it wants Eskom to explain to Parliament why the cash-strapped parastatal is spending a fortune on food subsidies for employees. “The food subsidy bill must be brought before the committee to allow Parliament to comprehensively scrutinise if such expenditure is warranted,” DA MP Natasha[…]
Police Minister Nathi Nhleko will address a report implicating former Hawks head Anwa Dramat in the illegal rendition of Zimbabweans in Parliament, his spokesperson said on Sunday. It was “important to account to the institution that he reports to”, his spokesperson Musa Zoni said. Asked about the report’s contents, Zondi[…]
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