The South African Hajj and Umrah Council (SAHUC) recently met with the Ministry of Hajj to discuss the 20 per cent reinstatement of the Quota that was reduced in 1433H. This change would positively impact on the number of Hujaaj awaiting accreditation for Hajj 1438. Speaking to VOC’s Breakfast Beat,[…]
While many of us only dream of performing Salah in the third holiest masjid of Islam, devotees from around the world have in recent years annually travelled to East Jerusalem for a spiritual journey like no other – I’tikaaf in the precinct of Masjid al-Aqsa. Mussalies’ discovered within the besieged[…]
On Thursday, the final draft of the Cybercrime and Cybersecurity Bill was presented to media during a briefing by the Justice and Constitutional Development Department. The bill, which has been approved by Cabinet, now awaits Parliamentary approval, after which it will become law. The bill places an obligation on government[…]
Media release: Dr Imtiaz Sooliman (Gift of the Givers) Thanks for your incredible support for Shiraaz Mohamed and his family. Those efforts are truly appreciated. Our special thanks for all prayers and support coming from people outside our country. Today is Day 13 that Shiraaz is missing. Whilst the protests[…]
In the wake of increased racist rhetoric appearing on social media platforms in South Africa, the recent surfacing of a Whatsapp voice note has called into question the role of schools in quelling racist comments and/or actions. In the voice note, with the piano in the background, one of the[…]
Yesterday, a picture of a women seated in a cage at the back of a bakkie surfaced on social media. While the picture stirred social media commentators, many voicing outrage at the incident, the Eastern Cape driver, Johan Erasmus, has since explained that the farm-worker, Linda Senekal, requested to sit[…]
The recent surfacing of a video in which alleged minors appear to be engaging in sexual intercourse has shocked the Cape Town community. In the approximately minute long video, a minor is seen recording two individuals who appear to be minors engaging in sexual intercourse, while making ‘lewd’ hand gestures[…]
A recent statement relating to travel vaccinations, which was issued by the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in South Africa, has angered the Muslim community. According to the statement, which was released on Friday, people who wish to obtain medical reports/vaccinations for Saudi visas will on ONLY be accepted if[…]
Press statement by Gift of the Givers’ (GoG) Dr Imtiaz Sooliman: Following the “capture” of Shiraaz Mahommed on Tuesday night in Darkoush one of our medical team members, Dr Ahmad Ghandour, was summoned to the Investigation Department of Al-Nusra (now Fath Al Sham), an ex Al Qaeda affiliate to answer[…]
Gift of the Givers says it has not yet established the motive for the reported kidnapping of South African photojournalist Shiraaz Mohamed in Syria, but believes the incident may be a misunderstanding. The organizations Dr Imtiaz Sooliman says the drivers travelling with the journalist were told by the reported abductors[…]
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