At least 10 people, including soldiers and civilians, have been killed after armed group al-Shabab carried out a suicide attack at a police station in the city of Afgoye. Captain Abdullahi Ali, a senior Somali military officer, told Associated Press news agency on Wednesday that troops have now fully secured[…]
Fighting has entered a third day as allied forces continued their advance on Mosul on Wednesday, an offensive that in recent days was slowed by explosives and booby traps encountered on the way to retake ISIL’s last major stronghold in Iraq. Iraqi commanders said that progress was being made as[…]
Given the fact that the recent assertions tabled by the South African Ambassador to Israel, Sisa Ngombane, were in conflict with the official stance of the South African government, stakeholders are now asking why the government has not headed the calls to have Ngombane recalled. Upon the return of the South[…]
As South Africans recover from what many describe as the “jaw-dropping” comments made by the South African ambassador to Israel, Sisa Ngombane, upon the return of the South African participant on the Women’s Boat to Gaza, Leigh-Ann Naidoo, activists have renewed the plea for the recall of Ngombane. Following the[…]
Cape Town’s most colourful and diverse community has lost its slave name and is now officially named Bo-Kaap. After a lengthy process to officially change the name from its former Schotschekloof, community members have successfully cemented the heritage of the ‘Malay Quarter’. Last week, community members were elated when the[…]
The National Awqaf Foundation of South Africa has become a founding member of the newly established Awqaf International Organisation (AIO). The announcement was made during the opening ceremony of the third Global Islamic Economy Summit (GIES 2016) held last week at the Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai. CEO and Founder of[…]
Arak, daru, sharaab, alcohol. The names may vary by language, but the essence is the same. Depending on which side of fence you sit, these words may conjure up the romance of a Hafiz poem or the sternness of a lecture at the mosque condemning their evils. Some in Muslim[…]
Fifty-five years ago today, hundreds of Algerians were massacred by French police and had their bodies thrown in the Seine River. What: Paris Massacre When: 17 October 1961 Where: Paris, France What Happened? On 5 October 1961, a curfew from was imposed from 20:30 to 05.30 on Paris for “Algerian Muslim workers”, “French[…]
National Assembly secretary Masibulele Xaso personally delivered the “state capture” report to the public protector’s office on Monday. Xaso hand-delivered the report in Pretoria, where the new Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, took over from Thuli Madonsela. Xaso said he received confirmation that it had been received. “Due to the time[…]
President Jacob Zuma is currently in a weakened state with only a “scorched earth” strategy remaining open to him, said economist Peter Attard Montalto of Nomura in a company note on Monday. According to Montalto, the situation in South Africa is “ultimately unpredictable”, following events last week when Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan[…]
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