The Al-Imdaad Foundation has sought to increase its assistance and aid towards refugees entering Europe from Syria and other war-ravaged countries in the Middle East, amid one of the world’s biggest refugee crises since World War II. A record number of people, believed to exceed 500 000, have made the[…]
There has been a “vigorous contestation of ideas” within the ANC around the possibility of cutting the number of provinces in South Africa, according to political analyst for Ethicore political consulting, Abdul Waheed Patel. The topic came to the fore over the weekend during the ANC in the Western Cape’s[…]
Hundreds of workers from various unions across the country have taken to the streets of Cape Town to march to Parliament for workers’ rights. Members from Cosatu, NUM, Sactwu and other unions gathered in Kaizergracht to start the protest at around 10:50 on Wednesday. Cosatu provincial secretary Tony Ehrenreich told[…]
A man arrested with a tik haul worth R900 000 will appear in the dock once he has been formally charged, Western Cape police confirmed on Wednesday. The bust took place at about 15:00 on Tuesday afternoon, police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel André Traut said in a statement. “Members of the[…]
The acquittal of two men for the killing of a Kraaifontein constable left her wife reeling outside the Western Cape High Court on Wednesday. “How can you do this? She is gone. She is shot. It is unfair,” Marissa Dixon-Witbooi proclaimed near the steps, directing the statements at acting Judge[…]
Amnesty International has accused the Arab coalition fighting in Yemen of carrying out unlawful air strikes, some of which amount to war crimes. The UK-based rights group on Wednesday called for the suspension of transfers of certain arms to members of the coalition, which launched an air campaign against Houthi[…]
Israeli forces and intelligence officers raided the home of a Palestinian teenager accused of stabbing an Israeli man in occupied East Jerusalem’s Old City on Wednesday, witnesses said. Locals told Ma’an that large numbers of Israeli special unit forces broke into the home of Shuroq Salah Dwayat, 18, in the[…]
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday banned any further negotiations between Iran and the United States, putting the brakes on moderates hoping to end Iran’s isolation after reaching a nuclear deal with world powers in July. Khamenei, the highest authority in the Islamic Republic, already said last month[…]
Distinguished Islamic scholar Shaykh Muhammad Bin Yahya Al Ninowy is back in Cape Town for two special programs on the 7th and 11th October hosted by the Madina Institute SA. If you are needing spiritual guidance to overcome life’s challenges, then the erudite scholar could touch you with his wisdom on[…]
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