VOC in association with Muslim Hands and Makro put warmth into the hearts and lives of the learners at Stephen Road Primary School in Lotus River on Wednesday, as part of the VOC Winter Drive. The campaign was spurred by VOC producer Quanita Kamaar after the 2015 VOC Stationery Drive,[…]
OPINION by Sharif Nashashibi – The Israeli government has shed crocodile tears over Friday’s killing by settlers of Palestinian toddler Ali Saad Dawabsheh. Much media attention was given to Israeli officials’ description of the attack as terrorism, which must be fought “regardless of which side it comes from”. That is[…]
Haj Pilgrims this year will benefit from a number of new projects from the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs, including almost 36,000 toilets at key holy sites. Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs Abdullatif Al-Asheikh toured the ministry’s projects in Makkah and the holy sites. Makkah daily on Tuesday[…]
Al-Kindi was a prominent individual and a versatile genius in the History of the medieval Islamic Golden Age. He was known as the “Father of Islamic Philosophy”. The titles he earned were endless, aside from being an Iraqi Arab Muslim philosopher; he was a polymath (great thinker due to extensive[…]
A Khayelitsha man was arrested after apparently stripping hubcaps and other items from a police minibus taxi and another taxi, Western Cape police said on Wednesday. Two constables were alerted and found the parked vehicles in Mandela Park on Tuesday morning with hubcaps, fire extinguishers, a jack and wheel spanners[…]
The attacks levelled at Public Protector Thuli Madonsela by the African National Congress are “despicable”, the Congress of the People said on Wednesday. “The time has arrived for all of us to stand boldly with our Public Protector. She is doing a stupendous job, as an independent constitutional agent, fighting[…]
The judiciary has become a threat to South Africa’s democracy, Cosatu president S’dumo Dlamini said on Tuesday evening. “We have seen how our hard won advances secured since the democratic breakthrough continue to face threats from our own judiciary which zigzags from making progressive rulings which asserts the new democratic[…]
Hundreds of migrants attempting the perilous journey across the Mediterranean are feared to have drowned after their overcrowded fishing boat capsized off Libya, Italy’s coastguard said on Wednesday. The boat had run into difficulty 15 nautical miles off Libya and sent out a distress call, picked up by the coastguard[…]
The opening of a cafe in Jerusalem built over a revered Islamic cemetery has sparked condemnation and anger from the Muslim community. The Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage said on Tuesday that the construction of the site was part of an Israeli plan that aims to demolish “everything related[…]
Two passenger trains in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh have derailed minutes apart on a flooded bridge, killing at least 24 people, officials say. The trains were passing each other near the town of Harda when a flash flood triggered by heavy rain struck the bridge, reports said. The[…]
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