The Discover Islam Centre (DIC), a locally funded organisation specialising in Islamic da’wah, has sought to take proactive steps to avoid a potential closure. The organisation is currently R1.6 million in arrears and has called on members of the community to come out in support of their efforts, to ensure[…]
There have been further incidents of people trying to leave the country to join the Islamic State (ISIS), the State Security Department said on Wednesday. However, spokesperson Brian Dube could not confirm an SABC radio report that another Cape Town teenager was stopped from joining the terrorist group. “He [Minister[…]
Two days after a widely publicised television debate between the DA’s leadership candidates, the mudslinging began in earnest on Wednesday. This followed an interview with Wilmot James in The Star newspaper. Mmusi Maimane’s campaign manager Geordin Hill-Lewis felt there were a number of remarks made which could not go “unchallenged”.[…]
Mayor Patricia de Lille told Samwu strikers on Monday that the City had failed to resolve all the problems regarding workers, admitting she should have intervened earlier. “A committee of unions is invited to my office to address outstanding issues not yet resolved. These include grievances about allowances for pregnant[…]
The co-pilot who is believed to have deliberately crashed a Germanwings jet in the French Alps may have “rehearsed” steering the plane into a rapid descent on an earlier flight, German daily Bild reported. Quoting sources close to the French investigating authorities, the newspaper said that the co-pilot, 27-year-old Andreas[…]
Nigerian military says it has rescued 25 more children and women from Boko Haram as part of its ongoing campaign to attack and destroy the armed group’s camps in the northeast. Army spokesman Colonel Sani Usman said many Boko Haram fighters were killed in a gun battle on Wednesday morning.[…]
Indian movie star Salman Khan has been sentenced to five years in jail for killing a homeless man and injuring four others in a 2002 hit-and-run case. Mumbai’s High Court found Khan guilty of culpable homicide and other charges on Wednesday for driving his Land Cruiser into a group of[…]
Anti-apartheid activist, former South African minister and prominent businessman Tokyo Sexwale is visiting Palestine this week as the president of the anti-racism campaign, Global Watch. Global Watch is a brainchild of Sexwale and is supported by the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, South Africa’s ANC party as well as[…]
Community members have been warned about a scam artist who has been operating in Athlone collecting on behalf of the South African National Zakah Fund (SANZAF). The con artist, who goes under the alias of Shamielah Booysen, has been targeting unsuspecting residents in Bridgetown, Silvertown, Parktown and Bonteheuwel. SANZAF said it[…]
DA Parliamentary leader Mmusi Maimane won popularity points during a debate with his opponent Wilmot James, but the latter won on merit, a social media analyst said on Wednesday. “They said Wilmot had a better case and he debated really well. However, Mmusi has charm and charisma,” media monitoring group[…]
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