The start of the new Islamic year 1437 also marks the start of Muharram, one of the most sacred months on the Islamic calendar. This month is significant as it highlights the day of Ashura. Also during the month of Muharram, we recall the brutality which claimed the life of[…]
Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande is to meet with vice chancellors from various institutions to tackle the issue of fee hikes. The announcement follows a turbulent few days across institutions of higher learning throughout the country as students protested over fee increases. “I am tomorrow [Tuesday] convening a[…]
Protesting Witwatersrand University students on Monday vowed to shut down the institution until their grievances were heard. This follows the university council refusing to address the thousands of students gathered at Senate House on Monday following an agreement on Saturday. Council said students had gone against the “spirit” of the[…]
The government on Monday condemned the rape of a woman and the murders of two men in Rhodes Park in Kensington, Johannesburg. “This dreadful incident and similar criminal activities should be condemned by all peace loving South Africans,” spokesperson Phumla Williams said in a statement. She said everything possible was[…]
Turkey wants fresh funding from the European Union in exchange for stopping migrants streaming to Europe but should not be expected to turn itself into a “concentration camp” for refugees, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Monday. Europe, struggling with the arrival of hundreds of thousands of people in the[…]
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday Israeli and Palestinian leaders need to clarify the status of Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque compound to help end a spate of bloodshed and restore stability. Kerry, preparing for meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Germany and then with Palestinian President[…]
Israeli forces overnight Sunday detained 32 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, Palestinian sources and the Israeli army said. In the village of Nabi Saleh northwest of Ramallah, Israeli forces detained six Palestinians after ransacking and searching their homes. They were identified as Anan Naji al-Tamimi, 20,[…]
Universities are struggling to cope financially due to a lack of student funding coming from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), hence the proposed fee increases, according the director of the Higher Education Transformation Network (HETN), Hendrick Makaneta. A wave of protests has swept across tertiary institutions throughout the[…]
BDS groups the world over took to the streets this past weekend in a wave of solidarity protests, amid an upsurge in violence in the occupied Palestinian territories. Under the banner #SolidarityWaveBDS, activists heeded the call of the Ramallah-based Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), which leads the coordinates global boycott[…]
Press release from the CTIEC: Hundreds of Muslims converged to Cape Town to attend the “Mass Dhikr” that marks the start of the new Islamic Year (1437), a now annual gathering organised by the Habibia Soofie Masjid and considered one of the largest Muharram Dhikr gatherings in Cape Town. Saturday[…]
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