The year 2017 has been an important one in the struggle against corruption, including the widespread problem of corporate state capture, the SACP said on Wednesday. “As society we made progress. Victory is now visibly certain. To all South Africans across all walks of life, the SACP says let us[…]
About 45 000 people flocked to the Mother City’s beaches and swimming pools for the annual Boxing Day celebrations. The City of Cape Town’s emergency and enforcement services had their hands full as they kept an eye on local and international tourists visiting the different hotspots across the metro. “An[…]
With holiday celebrations in full swing, some 600 Valhalla Park residents have been left destitute. This after a fire ravaged more than 100 informal structures in Sevende Laan. Displaced residents are now left with the task of rebuilding their lives. Ward Councillor Jonathan Cupido explains that the Solid Waste Department[…]
An Athlone family has been left devastated after 38-year-old Zaheer Brey lost his life while trying to save his 10-year-old from drowning yesterday. Zaheer and his son Mustafa had been fishing from the rocks at Crystal Pools in Gordon’s Bay at about 15:30, when the child was swept into the[…]
The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) says quick action prevented a drowning at Camps Bay on Tuesday. NSRI spokesperson, Craig Lambinon, says crew members were standing on the pump house at Camps Bay Beach, when they noticed a teenager in difficulty in the surf about 30 meters off-shore. He says[…]
Aid workers have begun evacuating emergency medical cases from Syria’s besieged rebel bastion of Eastern Ghouta, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Wednesday, after months of waiting during which the UN said at least 16 people had died. “Tonight the @SYRedCrescent with @ICRC team started the evacuation of[…]
A fire in Cape Town has caused significant damage for the second time in two days. Firefighters say a fire destroyed a car and four containers in Mfuleni Wednesday morning before they managed to extinguish it. This comes after a fire swept through the 7de Laan informal settlement in Valhalla[…]
At least 20 people are reported to have been killed and dozens more wounded in a series of Saudi-led air raids on a market in southwestern Yemen. Sources told Al Jazeera that Tuesday’s coalition raids struck Souk al-Shahra, a popular market in a Houthi rebels-held area of Taiz province, about[…]
Imam Rashid Omar from the Claremont Main Road Mosque believe believes 2017 has been an outstanding one for Muslim-Christian relations at the local level. In June, Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba delivered the keynote address at the Claremont Main Road Mosque’s Annual General Meeting and called for greater interfaith solidarity in[…]
The following are extracts from a khutbah by Sa’dullah Khan titled Pathway to Cape Accord, delivered at Claremont Main Road Mosque on Friday 22 December 2017 Muslims and Christians currently constitute more than fifty-five percent of the world’s population. This makes the relationship between these two religious communities a significant[…]
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