The Cape Town Islamic Educational Centre (CTIEC) organized an inspirational event in honour of Prophet Muhammed (PBUH). The Grand Moulood 1440 took place on Sunday 27 January 2019, which was attended by hundreds of devotees from across the City of Cape Town, including few guests from the Gauteng and Kwa[…]
President Cyril Ramaphosa paid tribute to “dedicated” former National Union of Metalworkers South Africa (Numsa) president Cedric Gina as condolences continued to pour in for him. The trade unionist died on Monday in Addington Hospital in Durban following an illness. Ramaphosa said that he was sad to learn of the death[…]
South Africa ranked 73rd out of 180 countries that participated in a Transparency International (TI) survey – which ranks participating countries according to their perceived levels of corruption in the public sector. TI’s Corruption Perceptions Index 2018, which gave South Africa a score of 43 – the same score earned in 2017[…]
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has suspended a controversial social security law that sparked widespread protests and strikes from workers and businesses across the West Bank in recent weeks. Abbas said in a decree on Monday that dialogue would continue over the disputed parts of the law, which aimed to get[…]
In the next few weeks students will be commencing the new academic year as universities across South Africa reopen. This include many first-time students starting off their tertiary studies. According to Vice Dean in Education Faculty at Stellenbosch Professor Aslam Fataar, universities have put in a great amount of effort[…]
The District Six Working Committee has once again met with current and future land claimants ahead of a second-High Court appearance set to take place on the 26 February 2019. In 2018, the Cape Town High Court ruled that the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform should speed up[…]
This forms part of a series written by Dr Salim Parker, the hajj doctor. More stories can be found on his blog site hajjdoctor.co.za ‘I worship the same Creator as them. I pray in the same direction as them and in fact often stand shoulder to shoulder with them, ensuring[…]
This forms part of a series written by Dr Salim Parker, the hajj doctor. More stories can be found on his blog site hajjdoctor.co.za ‘I really wish you were on Hajj with us,’ I said. There were certain constants in our lives on Arafat, Mina and Makkah that, if not[…]
Authorities in Brazil have raised the death toll from a massive dam collapse that triggered a devastating landslide to 58 amid fading hopes of finding survivors. Fears of a second dam breach near the southeastern town of Brumadinho receded on Sunday, enabling a search to resume for hundreds still missing after the collapse at mining[…]
Scores of Yemeni women have held a protest outside the home of the country’s interior minister, calling on the government to give them information about their sons reportedly held in an Emirati-run prison. The Association of Mothers of Abductees, a group run by Yemeni women who advocate for their arrested or[…]
WhatsApp us 