Over the past year, the issue of qurbani has garnered much attention following farm inspections conducted by the SPEAKS FOR, PROTECTS AND CARES FOR ANIMALS (SPCA) of the Cape of Good Hope. The organisation during the 2015 qurbani period inspected a number of farms where it witnessed that those conducting[…]
As Muslims prepare for Eid al-Adha celebrations, many performing qurbaan will want to share the meat of the animals that are sacrificed with the less fortunate. Given the dire need that those in war ravaged countries find themselves in, Al-Imdaad Foundation will for the second year be granting South Africans[…]
As many as 1,323,520 pilgrims have arrived from various parts of the world to perform this year’s Hajj, which climaxes on Sunday with the Standing on Arafat. According to Director General of the Passports Department (Jawazat) Maj. Gen. Solaiman Al-Yahya, 1,245,203 pilgrims have arrived by air through King Abdulaziz International[…]
It’s all systems go for the start of this year’s mammoth haj pilgrimage, which gets underway on Saturday, the 8th Dhul-Hijja. More than 1 million pilgrims from all corners of the globe have descended upon the holy cities to take part in the ritual, which will be an intense spiritual[…]
Expatriates trying to perform Haj without permit will be deported and banned from entering the Kingdom for 10 years, the Department of Passports (Jawazat) has warned. “Anyone who is caught going to Makkah or the Holy Sites for Haj will be fingerprinted and turned back,” spokesman of the Jawazat Maj.[…]
Team South Africa’s Paralympic swimmer, Kevin Paul, has powered his way to winning a gold medal in Rio de Janeiro. The 25-year old won the 100-metre breast stroke event Thursday night. It’s his second Paralympic gold medal after doing the same in Beijing eight years ago. In London, four years[…]
A letter purportedly written by Sans Souci Girls’ High School administrators detailing “definite changes” to its code of conduct on hair and language, has caused confusion, according to one former pupil. Billie Jean Demas said girls did not know who had formulated the new policies. “This letter is not on an[…]
South African Airways chairperson Dudu Myeni has said she had nothing to do with the financial challenges being experienced by the national carrier. Speaking at a public meeting in Kempton Park on Thursday Myeni said she found SAA that way. “You will never read that Dudu put the airline in[…]
Gabon’s opposition leader lodged a constitutional court challenge on Thursday against a presidential election he narrowly lost, hoping to overturn a result whose validity has been questioned at home and abroad. Former foreign minister Jean Ping lost the Aug. 27 election to President Ali Bongo by fewer than 6,000 votes,[…]
An Anonymous hacker who helped expose the gang rape of a teenage girl in Steubenville, Ohio, is facing up to 16 years in prison, but her attackers are already roaming free. Deric Lostutter pled not guilty to four felony counts of hacking on Wednesday, with three covered under the Reagan-era Computer[…]
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