Following Sunday’s meeting at Masjid Ghiedmatil Islam, which was called for by the masjid’s Interim Shurah Council (ISC), it seems that attempts to mediate between the board of trustees [the Rondebosch East Islamic Community Trust (REICT)] and the imam of the masjid, Shaykh Nazeem Taliep may in fact be leading[…]
The Democratic Alliance (DA) says Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s acknowledgement that she was wrong in ordering Parliament to change the constitution raises serious questions about her ability to perform independently. The party’s statement comes after Mkhwebane conceded that she was wrong to order a change in the Reserve Bank’s mandate.[…]
The High Court in Pretoria is on Tuesday expected to rule on a bid to stop the media from identifying child victims, witnesses, and offenders. The lawyers of Zephany Nurse brought the case in order to protect her identity before she turned 18 on April 29, 2015. Nurse was snatched[…]
With €22-billion (about R330 billion) in revenue last year, German software multinational SAP should have all the expertise it needs to close major deals. Instead, the #GuptaLeaks and related information show, the world’s third largest software company is not above calling in help from the politically connected, risking contravention of[…]
Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has formally declared victory over the Islamic State of the Iraq and Levant (ISIL) in Mosul. “I announce from here the end and the failure and the collapse of the terrorist state of falsehood and terrorism which the terrorist Daesh announced from Mosul,” Abadi said[…]
A U.S. military plane crashed in rural Mississippi on Monday evening killing at least 16 people, a regional emergency management official said. No official details were immediately available on the circumstances of the crash in northern Mississippi’s LeFlore County, about 100 miles (160 km) north of Jackson, the state capital.[…]
Strained relations between the trustees and the imam at Masjid Ghiedmatil Islam in Rondebosch East is threatening to throw the masjid’s operations into disarray, with much of the community divided on the issue. Over the weekend, residents in Crawford and Rondebosch East was called to an urgent public meeting by the[…]
By Ra-ees Moerat Cape Town is in the grip of its worst drought in 100 years, where three winters of below average annual rainfall was experienced. In response to this, the City of Cape Town is proposing a waterless solution to the car wash and taxi industry and has called[…]
The Black First Land First (BLF) insists that it has complied with the court order issued against them on Friday. BLF president Andile Mgxithama briefed the media in Johannesburg on Sunday afternoon, saying his party had no intentions to defy the court order. On Friday, the High Court in Johannesburg[…]
Some social grant beneficiaries in Ceres who cancelled their “green cards” in June have for the first time in months received their full social grant amount. GroundUp reports that “Green cards” are issued by Net1 subsidiary company EasyPay Everywhere (EPE) to social grant recipients who wish to take out loans[…]
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