After launching the My Future VOC Studio Campaign two months ago, VOC now steps into the second phase of its fund-raising initiative – the Great VOC Dial-A-Thon. The project, launched on Thursday night, is a pledgeline dedicated to raising funds for the building costs of the stations new studio. The[…]
Following an uphill battle, Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille handed over a title deed to the Baitul Ansaar Childcare Centre in Beacon Valley. The centre is the largest such facility in Cape Town taking care of children at risk and providing them with safe accommodation. Addressing guests at the[…]
Cape Town has witnessed weeks of frustration and anger pouring into its streets, with communities of the Cape, inclusive of Parkwood, Mitchells Plain, Siqalo, Khayelitsha and Bo-Kaap violently protesting to have their demands responded to by City officials. With the most recent violent protests witnessed in predominantly Muslim communities, communities[…]
Despite vociferous calls for the deployment of the army to gang afflicted communities, the Minister of Police says the army will not be deployed to the Cape Flats. Various stakeholders from the community met for a ministerial session with the Minister of Police Bheki Cele on Thursday to address the[…]
For more Hajj Stories visit www.hajjdoctor.co.za ‘HOW I wish I could be served as the lord of the manor!’ he smirked. The two of us were sitting at breakfast in our hotel in Makkah. Hajj was to commence in about two weeks. We had already spent more than a week[…]
This a transcript of a Jumuah khutbah delivered by Imam Rashied Omar of the Claremont Main Road Mosque on women and janazahs. You are obsessed by greed and compete with each other for worldly possessions Until you visit the graves (Surah Takathur, Chapter 102, Verses 1 and 2) During the[…]
Africa has a higher percentage of companies affected by fraud, theft, money laundering or other financial crimes than the global average, according to one of the most comprehensive surveys of international business to date, a Thomson Reuters survey showed. More than 2 300 senior business leaders in large companies were[…]
The International Monetary Fund will incorporate Islamic finance into its financial sector assessments of select countries starting next year, aiming to improve regulation in the growing sector. The IMF has traditionally focused on conventional banking, but it has been increasingly engaging with regulators in countries where Islamic finance is now[…]
Queen Elizabeth’s grandson Prince William will visit Jerusalem and Ramallah when he becomes the first senior member of Britain’s royal family to visit Israel and the Palestinian territories next month, Reuters reports. William, second-in-line to the British throne, will begin his trip to the Middle East in Jordan on June[…]
Africa Day is being celebrated across the continent this Friday, with special emphasis in our country. South Africa is celebrating the day under the theme: “A year of Nelson Mandela – Building a Better Africa and a Better World”. President Cyril Ramaphosa will host the Diplomatic Corps in celebration of[…]
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