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FBI cracks iPhone of San Bernadino shooter

The FBI says it has successfully used a technique without Apple’s help to hack into the iPhone used by a gunman in a mass shooting in California . Monday’s announcement effectively ended a pitched court battle between the Obama administration and one of the world’s leading technology companies. The government[…]

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Reports: Hijacked EgyptAir plane lands in Cyprus

One man thought to be armed on the plane that was heading from Alexandria to Cairo. An EgyptAir plane carrying more than 80 people has landed at Larnaca airport in Cyprus, according to news reports quoting officials and aviation authorities. The plane was flying from Alexandria to Cairo and, according[…]

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MJC to elect new leadership

The tenure of the President of the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC), Moulana Ihsaan Hendricks, in 2016 comes to an end. Hendricks announced that he is not stepping down, but instead respecting the constitutional ruling of the MJC that only allows individuals to serve as president for no longer than two[…]

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15,000 Muslims gather in Benoni for Ijitima

Thousands of Muslims from South Africa and abroad gathered in Johannesburg to attend a three-day annual Islamic gathering known as the Ijitima organized by the international Sunni Jamaat Tablighi movement. “The purpose of Ijitima is to bring Muslims together and remind them about the teachings of Islam and how they[…]

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First halal testing lab to open

A year long ambition to establish the first halal laboratory is finally becoming a reality. The Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research (CPGR) has announced the launch of Tokeid Biotech, a new laboratory catering to the halal industry, the first of its kind in Africa. Aptly titled ‘Tokeid’, which means[…]

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HIV – Donor gives up on rural needy

More than 100 local organisations involved mostly with HIV-prevention, children, gender-based violence and sex workers face a crisis because a major international donor is redirecting its funding from rural areas to major cities. Global Fund, based in Switzerland, which works with organisations to fight HIV, tuberculosis and malaria, donates R1.7[…]

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Cpt taxi driver shot dead in his car

A 49-year-old taxi driver was shot and killed while sitting in his vehicle in Burg Street, Rosebank, on Friday morning, Western Cape police said. “The circumstances are under investigation and no one has been arrested as yet,” Lieutenant Colonel Andrè Traut said on Sunday. “The motive is yet to be established.”[…]

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Amla insists Protea can win a global title

South Africa batsman Hashim Amla insisted his team’s World Cup dream lives on, saying the top Proteas stars are still hoping for glory in the near future. Apart from their Champions Trophy triumph in 1998, South Africa have never won a major International Cricket Council event since their post-apartheid return[…]

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‘Mobilise for a week of outrage’ – Gupta crisis

Here is what social movement leaders are saying about the recent ANC national executive committee meeting, President Jacob Zuma and the Gupta family, GroundUp reports. Equal Education “As a movement of revolutionary youth we call on the young people of South Africa to make themselves heard. We call on every[…]

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Abbas, Ban discuss Middle East situation

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Sunday to discuss the ongoing violence in the Middle East and the road to a possible renewed peace process. During the meeting, Ban Ki-Moon reiterated his “deep concern over the situation and the need for both sides[…]

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