A blast at the accident and emergency department of a hospital in Pakistan’s Quetta, where a group of mourning lawyers were gathered to accompany the body of a slain colleague, has killed and wounded several. At least 30 people were killed in the blast on Monday, Quetta police chief Zahoor[…]
In the latest flare up of gang violence in Bonteheuwel, an Imam and his family were shot at in a drive-by shooting. Imam Maghedien Abrahams, whose wife is in critical condition, in hospital, was a victim when gunman drove past him and four other members of his family and opened[…]
While DA leader Mmusi Maimane says his party has won the Tshwane metro in the local government elections, he did not want to comment on Johannesburg. “I will wait a bit till I have a clearer picture,” he told reporters in Pretoria. On the capital city, a beaming Maimane was[…]
EFF leader Julius Malema has two conditions for any coalition partnership between his party and would-be suitors: that the deal will “change the life of the African child” and an agreement to “give the people the land”. With the party currently neatly placed to play the kingmaker role in three[…]
Activists from Black Lives Matter’s newly launched UK chapter blocked a major road to London Heathrow, Britain’s busiest airport, on Friday morning. Police have made ten arrests. London Metropolitan Police say four people were arrested and taken to police stations where they remain in custody. A further six people have[…]
A group in Syria has reportedly demanded the release of prisoners held in Syrian and Lebanese jails in exchange for the bodies of five people who were shot down in a Russian military helicopter last week. The Russian helicopter was downed in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province on Sunday, killing all[…]
An armed separatist group is being blamed for killing at least 13 people and wounding more than a dozen during an atttack on a busy weekly market in Kokrajhar town in India’s northeastern Assam state, officials said. One assailant was killed during the attack on Friday and security forces were[…]
As the much anticipated local municipal election process draws to a close, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), after two years of planning and employing 18 000 staff, confirms that everything is running on track. Provincial Electoral Officer for the IEC in the Western Cape Reverend Courtney Sampson explains that while nationally[…]
This week, political parties throughout the country competed for seats within their respective metro’s in the Local Municipal Elections. For many Muslim parties, particularly in the Western Cape, the provisional results have been a source of great dissatisfaction. While, Muslim parties appose blatant corruption, which has greatly impact the leading[…]
After performing their first Jumuah in the glorious city of Madina, the first groups of South African hujjaj are glowing and preparing themselves spiritually for the rituals of haj. The mood in the Prophet Muhammad’s (pbuh) revered city is one of peace and tranquillity and hujjaj are using their time[…]
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