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Bontas takes back streets

Outraged residents of Bonteheuwel are determined to take back their streets from gangsterism and drug pedalling after staging a march in the area on Sunday. Bonteheuwel Joint Peace Forum spokesperson Judy Kennedy says that due to high frequencies of crime infiltrating the area it has become increasingly difficult to pin[…]

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Shaykh Irfaan Abrahams elected as MJC president

Following the conclusion of the Muslim Judicial Council’s (MJC) 2016 Annual General Meeting, which took place on 23 April 2016, the MJC elections saw the inauguration of a new president, Shaykh Irfaan Abrahams. The elections also witnessed the change of the executive and the five senior positions within the MJC.[…]

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Sahuc releases 1437 haj list

BREAKING NEWS: The South African Haj and Umrah Council (Sahuc) has released this year’s haj accreditation list for the year 1437. The list has been published on Sahuc’s website sahuchajjregistry.org.za and all hujjaj were notified via SMS. Successful applicants have until the 3rd of May at 11pm to accept accreditation[…]

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Cape Town nears milestone of R50.7m project

The City of Cape Town hopes to complete the construction of 1005 serviced sites for its Gugulethu/Nyanga infill housing project soon, which will make way for the construction of subsidised housing units as part of the city’s commitment to enabling redress, it said on Sunday. The Gugulethu/Nyanga housing project comprised[…]

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Staggie arrest ‘linked to internal gang warfare

Former Hard Livings (HL) gang boss Rashied Staggie’s recent arrest is related to internal battles for control, rebuilding, rearming and reclaiming gang territories on the Cape Flats, says a criminologist. Staggie was arrested on Thursday after being linked to theft of firearms and contraband at the Cleveland police station in[…]

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Khulubuse Zuma linked to US oil deal probe

US authorities are investigating an oil deal originally fronted by President Jacob Zuma’s nephew, mining magnate Khulubuse Zuma, the latest leak in the Panama Papers has revealed. Federal authorities are in a tussle with hedge fund Och-Ziff Capital Management Group over a possible criminal guilty plea amid a five-year international[…]

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Obama pushes deal on Germany visit

US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have given a fresh push to a potentially huge US-European trade pact despite mounting opposition. Obama said after talks with Merkel in Hanover on Sunday that the deal could be reached by the end of the year. “Angela and I agree[…]

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Community notice: MJC announces new leadership

COMMUNITY NOTICE MUSLIM JUDICIAL COUNCIL 2016 ELECTIONS 24 APRIL 2016/RAJAB 1437 All praise is due to Allah, our sustainer, protector and lord of all creation. Salutations upon our beloved Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa alihi wa salaam and his noble family. As Salaam Alaykum wa Rahmatulahi wa Barakatu Following the[…]

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